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Just realized everyone at the Tacoma plant was wrong about cleaning the sand hopper

They all said you need to shut down for a full hour to do a deep clean on the main sand hopper. I tried a trick from an old manual I found, using a compressed air lance at a 45 degree angle while the system is at low idle. Got it done in 15 minutes with no buildup issues for a week now. Has anyone else tried running a clean cycle without a full shutdown?
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casey943
casey9432mo ago
That sounds like a good way to create a serious dust hazard or damage the internal baffles. Running any kind of clean cycle without a full shutdown goes against every safety protocol I've ever seen. The hour shutdown is there to let everything cool and settle for a reason.
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spencer707
spencer7072mo ago
Safety rules are just guidelines that sometimes slow down real work for no good reason.
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