{"id":437,"date":"2026-08-03T13:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki2\/?p=437"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:10:52","slug":"refilling-the-bulk-abrasive-hopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/cnc-machining\/waterjet-cutting\/machine-operation\/437\/refilling-the-bulk-abrasive-hopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Refilling the Bulk Abrasive Hopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hpb-block-front\"><h2 class=\"hpb-heading\">Hazards<\/h2><div class=\"hpb-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/plugins\/hazard-ppe-pictogram-block-v1.7.4\/assets\/pictograms\/general.png\" class=\"hpb-icon\" alt=\"General hazard pictogram\" \/><div class=\"hpb-text\"><div class=\"hpb-title\">Garnet bags are heavy<\/div><div class=\"hpb-desc\">Each garnet bag weighs 25 kg. Do not attempt to move or lift bags unless you have completed manual handling training.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Refilling the Bulk Abrasive Hopper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garnet stock is stored on a pallet in the multi-purpose storage room near the Goods In area of the SEE Building. If you need more garnet, ask a technician to get it from the storage room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Turn off the compressed air supply (AIR IN) at the hopper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure that the lid is on the hopper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the DUMP VALVE. Wait until the container is not under pressure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Close the DUMP VALVE.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the lid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add one container of abrasive. If necessary, add more containers.<br><em>Caution: Make sure that no foreign material enters the hopper. Foreign material in the hopper can block the nozzle.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean the surfaces of the seal that touch each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pull the T-handle of the seal upward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While you hold the T-handle in this position, turn on the compressed air supply (AIR IN) at the hopper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the seal stays in position by itself, put the lid back on the hopper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refilling the Bulk Abrasive Hopper Garnet stock is stored on a pallet in the multi-purpose storage room near the Goods In area of the SEE Building. If you need more garnet, ask a technician to get it from the storage room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[85,141,56,54],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-operation","tag-bulk-abrasive-hopper","tag-garnet","tag-omax","tag-waterjet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}