PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 291
FEBRUARY 1977
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1,
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JOY MODEL 415HEP2 AIR COMpReSSOR-
STQP tHAT BLOW
Dear Editor,
±uRing servIing of the No.
2
oxygen
purifier cylinders the cap blew oF.
²oRtunately³ the operator eLCAped
´
seRµous injury, and the compresSor
·
Was not damaged¶
This blo·-o¸ happened
¹
afºer a»
gages Read
0
P¼½¾ The receiver drain¿
SerVicÀ relief³ seÁvice line shutoF and
service hose shutoF valveS had bÂen
opened Ãr several minutes¾
ÄÅN
4730-00±²96³²502
and check
valve, N¼N
4820³00³684³7²0´.
Even tho the opeÆator had ûoÇed
a» ÈHe by-theÉboOk Êoop there was sti»
enough air trapped in the system to
blow the cap ËÌ
Íe came up with a fix that
guarantees there
'I
be no more trapped
Î
aiR in our Joy air compressor air
system after shutdown.
Íe removed the aiÏ filter pipe Ðlug
fRom the inlet port on the ouÑside Òf
the hiGh pressure air
Ó
cleaner filter
Î
headÔ Then we added an elbow; N¼N
´7µ0¶00¶2·8³38´5¸
globe
Õ
valveÖ
N¼N
4820±00³809³509¹º
nipÊle×
Íe oØen this shutoF valVe during
shutdoWÙ proceduRes and bleed
Ú
ALl
the air from the sySteMÛfrom both
ÜndsÝ
(±d Not²: sa²ty ³nd ´m ³r² h³nd 'nµ glov² o¶²r³tion·. ¸d¹ thº· v³lv² »´±N
¶oo¶ to your unit s»´.)
»¼
GE¼ERATO½ ¾pERA¿O½S
.±•
C»PEN A9
SJUT<CA$E
Ever hear of e½ectric power dead½in¾
ed because somebody banged up the
generator doors?
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