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Cleaning and assembling of Compression Machine REVISIONS Revision Description Original Issue

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Cleaning and assembling of Compression Machine

Procedure: As soon as the compression of a particular batch is over, clean the entire exterior of the machine as well as the room. Following procedure adhered to: 1. Disconnect the electric Supply. 2. Dismantle carefully the following parts a. Feed Hoppers b. Acrylic Guards c. Feed Frames d. Turret Guards e. Cover plate of worn shaft. f. Nylon break plugs along with the spring steel strips. g. Die screws h. Tablet collecting chutes i. Dust collecting hood assemblies. Clean all the above mentioned part along with relevant bolts thoroughly with hot tap water and keep them aside. 1. Remove carefully all the lower punches in a specially design tray, serially arranged. Similarly remove all the upper punches and keep tem in a separate tray serially arranged. Remove all the dies with the help of a SS rod and keep them serially arranged in one of the above trays. 2. Clean all the interior area of the machine like base plate on which the turret is fitted, cam tracks, die seats, upper and lower punch holes, turret surface, first with a dry nylon brush and then with special denatured spirit. Care should be taken while cleaning the punch hole and die seats so that they are free from particular matter. 3. Wipe clean the exterior of the machine with a lint free duster soaked in special denatured spirit. 4. Get the entire area cleaned by janitor. 5. Cleaning and fitting of dies and punches. Take about 2 liter of hot tap water, 10% teepol mixture and cleaned all the punches by dipping each in hot water teepol mixture and then cleaning thoroughly with hot tap water. After cleaning, all the punches and dies put serially in the clean trays meant for storing them. 6. Use 15 liters of distilled water to give couple of washes to the cleaned parts and dismantled punches and dies. Inspect the final rinse water for absence of any suspended matter. If required, use additional distilled water to get the clear rinse water.
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Cleaning and assembling of Compression Machine 7. Wipe all the cleaned parts from step 6 with a clean dry lint free cloth. Fitting of Dies: Before the dies are fitted, ensure all the die seats are free from any foreign matter. Place the die face downwards on the die hole. Apply light pressure with fingers on the top phase of the die to locate centrally over the die hole. After locating the die correctly, drive the die into its position with the help of SS rod introduced through the upper punch guide holes. Once the die is fitted, the top portion of the die flush with the turret surface. Now introduce all the dies screw and tighten again. Check whether the die surface flush with the turret surface. Fitting of Lower Punches: Take a lower punch. Wipe it dry, smear with liquid paraffin and introduce it through the lower punch die hole taking care that each numbered punch goes into its corresponding compression station. All the lower punches thus introduced move freely up and down. Put the plug back into its position. Fix all the cleaned and dried nylon plugged with spring steel trips. Fitting of upper Punches: The cleaned and dry upper punches smeared with liquid paraffin and introduced into their corresponding holes. 1. Put back all the turret guards after wiping them dry. Fit the cleaned and dried feed frame at their respective position. Install the cleaned and dried acrylic guards and hoppers in their relevant positions. 2. Assemble the cleaned dust collecting hood assemblies. 3. Cover the cleaned machine with a clean cloth cover. Affix a cleaning ticket indicating the following. Equipment Name: Last Product: Next Product Cleaned By: Date: Supervisor Signature:

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