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CS-C1 CHIPPER
COMMISSIONING
Open the hopper by fully unscrewing the interlock knob at the front and lifting up until the hopper is
fully resting back on its hinges. Turn the rotor by hand to ensure that it is completely free to rotate.
Check that the knife block assembly is in the correct position and screwed down firmly. Replace the
hopper and screw down the interlock knob until it is tight.
It is now safe to switch on at the wall socket and to start the machine by pressing the start button on
the front of the machine (green button). To stop the machine press the red button.
The IMC Chipper features safety interlock devices that ensure the machine cannot run unless both the
knife block and the hopper are properly and fully in position. This makes it impossible for the operator
to touch the spinning rotor whilst it is running.
To confirm that the interlock is operating correctly press the start button to switch the machine on.
Then whilst it is still running, unscrew the hopper interlock knob. After two or three turns the machine
should switch off, but there are still two or three further turns of the knob necessary before the hopper
can be opened. The rotor should be stationary within 2 seconds of the hopper being opened. If the
knife block is not in place, another interlock will prevent the machine from running.
OPERATION
With the machine running, feed peeled potatoes into the hopper. It will hold approximately 15kg of
potatoes, which self feed into the mechanism of the machine and discharge as cut chips from the chute.
Always turn the chipper off once all potatoes have been cut.
Some care is necessary when loading, as the rotor will not accept abnormally large potatoes, so these
must be cut into two. The hopper is specially designed not to pass potatoes which are over size and
which could otherwise clog the mechanism. It is also essential that only potatoes be fed in to this
machine.
NOTE: Take great care to ensure that there are no stones mixed in with the potatoes.
A stone or any other foreign object will damage the cutting knives and could cause the machine to jam.
In this event the machine has an inbuilt protection device, which will switch it off before the electric
motor burns out. This overload protection feature will automatically reset itself when it cools down but
it is necessary to wait a few minutes for this to happen. After clearing the jam resume operation by
pressing the start button. Should a stone damage the knife blades they must be replaced as further use
could break the blades.
