Ecco Xtatic HP6000 Operation And Maintenance Manual - page 25
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[Electrostatic effect]
Symptom
Cause
Countermeasure
Electric shock is felt
at the moment gun
grip is held.
Controller is not completely grounded.
Check the grounding.
Operator is not holding the gun with
bare hand.
Take off gloves or cut off a portion of palm
of each glove so that your bare hand is
kept in contact with gun.
Grounding (soft copper) wire in
connecting cable has been cut.
Replace connecting cable with a new one.
Gun grip is contaminated with paint.
Do not immerse gun into solvent but wipe
out whole gun with soft brush or cloth
soaked with a small amount of solvent.
Electric shock is felt
when holding the
product to be
coated.
The product being coated is poorly
grounded.
Remove deposited paint from conveyor
hooks and hangers to maintain the
complete grounding.
Electric shock is felt
when holding paint
hose connected to
gun.
Pump is not completely grounded.
Ground completely the pump.
Electric shock is felt
when touching an
article in workshop.
Static electricity is accumulated in the
operator
’s body due to the paint
collected on a poorly grounded floor
or wearing of rubber or synthetic resin
shoes.
Remove the paint on floor, completely
ground the floor and sometimes touch a
grounded object to discharge accumulated
static electricity. Wear conductive shoes.
Low electrostatic
effect
Paint pressure is too high.
Adjust paint pump to raise paint pressure.
Coating workshop is not adequately
ventilated.
Adjust exhaust air flow through booth
(between 0.3 and 0.6m/sec).
The product being coated is poorly
grounded.
Ground completely. Remove deposited
paint from conveyor and hangers.
Nozzle bore diameter and pattern
width are not suitable for the product
to be coated.
Replace nozzle with a suitable one.
Effect was reduced due to paint or
solvent change.
Check again whether solvent and paint are
suitable for electrostatic coating.
Paint mist splashes
onto operator.
The product being coated is poorly
grounded.
Completely ground.
Distance between the product to be
coated and gun is too long.
Spray at a proper distance.
Air flowing direction in coating
workshop is wrong.
Run air from operator to gun spray
direction.
The troubles identified with ※ in the table above may lead to a serious accident if not correctly handled and
no parts must be overhauled nor adjusted by any person other than our specialists. The warranty does not
apply if such parts are overhauled and repaired by any party other than us.
For the troubles identified with ※ in the above table, please contact us.
When contacting us, specify the symptom, the serial number of the product (indicated on the nameplate
attached to the gun grip) and the part name and number.