Installation Rules - Beko BEKOMAT 3 E 25 Installation Und Betriebsanleitung

The following basic rules should always be observed for
installation of the BEKOMAT:
1. The condensate must be fed into the BEKOMAT with a
continuous downward slope (head) and through a prefer-
ably short condensate inlet line.
Recommended minimum pipe diameter:
BEKOMAT 3 G ¾" (Inner diameter > 18 mm)
BEKOMAT 6 G 1" bzw. ¾"
(Inner diameter > 18 mm bzw. > 22 mm)
2. The continuous slope serves to en-sure the unimpeded
inflow of condensate into the BEKOMAT, whilst allowing the
return of air from the container. The device can only fill with
conden-sate, when the inflowing volume of condensate is
balanced by a corres-ponding volume of outflowing air.
3. If for technical reasons only the lower "IN" connection of the
BEKOMAT can be used for condensate inflow, then the air
exchange described under 2. is only assured in conjunction
with a balance air pipe connected at one of the upper "IN"
connections. There must be the same pressure prevailing
at the entrance and exit points of the balance air pipe. The
recommended minimum pipe diameter amounts to ¼" (or
G ½" in the case of BEKOMAT 6 variants). The balance
air pipe connection at the vessel to be drained (exit) must
lie above the max. possible condensate level.
BEKOMAT 3 variants:
Equally, installation of such a balance air pipe is always
required, when the condensate flow rate exceeds 120 l/h,
which may generally be the case with a compressor perform-
ance above 40 m¦/min during summer temperatures.
BEKOMAT 6
BEKOMAT 6 variants must always be fitted with a flexible
air pipe (min. ½") as described above under item 3. This
type of installation is explained further in the following
examples of installation and associated drawings.
4. The condensate discharge pipe must fixed to the wall with
a rising slope of no more than 5 m length. Here, it should
be taken into account that the minimum operating pressure
required (see page 11) will increase by about 0.1 bar per
metre of level difference.

Installation rules

5. It is only permissible to join several condensate discharge
pipes to one collecting pipe, if all the relevant discharge
pipes are subject to the same pressure. With different pres-
sures, e.g., in the case of multistage compressors, there
must be a separate collecting pipe for each pressure level.
The collecting pipe must measure at least G 1", and there
should be an atmospheric pressure of eg = 0 bar at the
pipe exit point. The collecting pipe must never be closed
by a valve or similar fitting.
6. Do not use any conical pipe joints, since this may damage
the threaded connections.
CAUTION
If above notes are disregarded during installation, proper
functioning of the BEKOMAT can no longer be guaranteed.
The same applies with respect to the following examples
of installation.
Examples of installation
IMPORTANT
During installation and operation the "Installations rules" and the
"Examples of installation" must be observed at all times. The
following examples of installation represent merely a selection
of the installation options possible in practice.
In our experience most cases of malfunctioning of the BEKO-
MAT are due to incorrect installation.
It should therefore be realised that installation errors can cost
a great deal in terms of time and money.
If your particular application requirements are not considered
in the following examples or if there are still further points you
would like to clarify, please contact your supplier.
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