9.2.
Feeding the machine
9.2.1.
General safety information
DANGER
Danger of physical injury!
Risk of rotating parts causing physical injury!
Reaching into the mixing barrel during operation is strictly forbidden.
DANGER
Risk of personal injury and property damage!
Before feeding the machine, check whether there are foreign objects in the mixing barrel.
NOTE
Diluting the clay body with water is not recommended.
9.2.2.
Description
Step
Action
1
Put the clay into the mixing barrel from above in practical sizes.
2
The clay is rapidly conveyed down through the mixing blades.
3
Make sure that the mixing barrel is always well filled.
4
This allows the pugmill to optimally mix and deaerate the clay.
5
At the same time, it allows the greatest throughput per hour.
To obtain a very well prepared, homogeneous clay body, the mixture should be put through the
6
pugmill 2-3 times.
9.3.
Cutting device
9.3.1. General safety information
DANGER
Danger of physical injury!
When cutting the processed material, make sure that there are no limbs between the
material and the cutting device (cutting wire).
⇒ The clay body produces a consistency that is too soft and can no longer be
processed by the machine and
⇒ the addition of water can damage drive parts and seals.
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