FOAM PACKAGING EQUIPMENT SETUP
Learn about EZFlow Equipment Setup
Watch this video to learn about how to setup your foam packaging equipment
Video Transcript:
hello this brief video will help you to
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get your new easy flow equipment set up
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and operating first take a moment and
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make sure that you have all the
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components of your system
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the drum pumps you’ll have two of these
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one each for the a and the B chemical
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the heated hoses one blue for the b1 red
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for the a the dispensing gun with the
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cartridge the electronic controller if
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you have a streamer you will not have a
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controller the air hose assembly the gun
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holder tray the hose hanger and the
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maintenance pack a small package of a
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rings and other spare parts next locate
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the chemical drums where you want them
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open the bungs of each drum take the
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pumps out of their packaging you’ll have
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two of these you will not need the
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grounding lug that comes with a pump
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press the pump filter on to the bottom
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of each pump this is the pump adapter
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attach the pump adapters to the outputs
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of each pump wrap the threads of both
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sides in teflon tape first
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now put the adapter into the pump on the
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pump output and tighten it down now
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you’re ready to wet out the pumps drop
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one into the a drum and one into the B
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drum once a pump has touched one of the
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chemicals it can never be allowed to
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touch the other one next attach the
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hoses to the pumps make sure to attach
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the red a hose to the pump in the a drum
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and the blue B hose to the pump and the
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B drum you attach the hose to the
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adapter like this and then tighten it
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down now you can stretch out the hoses
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try to get them out full length of
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course the pump is going to be in the
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drum we’re doing a representation here
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to show you what to do
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you’ll probably be stretching the hoses
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out on the floor they’re 20 feet long
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get them out full length then take the
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air hose assembly attach the two short
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hoses to the drum pumps red for a blue
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for B now you’ve got the air hoses
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attached to the drum pumps take the
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longest air hose and stretch it out
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between the two chemical hoses a and B
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now take the dispensing gun attach the
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air hose the long air hose to the back
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of the gun
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attach the red a hose to the left side
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of the gun and attach the blue B hose to
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the right side of the gun you don’t need
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teflon tape for these connections now
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with a wrench you’ll tighten the swivel
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fittings of the hose to the 45-degree
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connections now you can connect the
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manifold to your compressed air source
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if possible feed the air a little at a
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time or start with a lower air pressure
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and work it up gradually
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if you connect it directly to a hundred
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psi if the pumps will cavitate or jump
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up and down once the system is
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pressurized with a hundred pounds per
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square inch or 100 psi of compressed air
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input you will have 200 psi of fluid
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pressure in the hoses because the pumps
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are 2 to 1 now you can bleed the air out
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of the hoses if there is air in the
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hoses when the heat is turned on you
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will risk burning out the heaters it’s a
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good idea to wear gloves for this part
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so turn both of the valves off on the
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gun and remove one of the filter nuts
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aim the gun at a waste container and
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open the valve you’ll get a hiss of air
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then some fluid and finally a steady
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pulsing stream of chemical like this
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then close that valve replace the filter
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nut and do the same thing on the other
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side take the filter net out aim at a
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waste container
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and try not to make a mess when you get
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a good flow you turn the valve off
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replace the filter nut and tighten it
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you’re almost done
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now find the place on the wall that you
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want to attach the controller if you
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have a streamer system you won’t have a
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controller and this step is not
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necessary once the controller is mounted
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on the wall you can plug it into its
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power source
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either 110 volts or in this case 220
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volts don’t turn the power switch on yet
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then attach the heater cables to the
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heaters the blue cable of course goes to
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the blue hose push it in and screw it
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tight
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and the red cable goes to the red hose
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push it in and screw it tight now you
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can turn on the power at the controller
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the Gen 4 system will prompt you to make
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sure that the pumps are activated this
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means that the compressed air is going
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to the pumps and there’s full pressure
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to the hoses once you’re sure of this
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press yes and the system will start to
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heat chemical in the hoses once the
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temperatures have gotten close to their
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proper level aim the gun at a waste
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container with the valves in the on
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position and pull the trigger when you
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pull the trigger don’t pull it back
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halfway or be nervous about it just pull
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it all the way back now you’re shooting
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fall be sure to wipe the tip after every
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shot now you’ll need to locate a place
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to mount your poly film as we’ve done
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here and a place for your gun holder as
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we have here now you’re ready to start
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shooting foam to see how to package a
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box please refer to our promotional
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video if you have any questions about
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any part of this process feel free to
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call us at any time at eight five eight
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two seven nine three five six nine you
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can also watch our short video on
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maintenance and solving common problems