SCHALLER AUTOMATION D – 66440 Blieskastel / Saarland / Germany / Industriering 14 / P.O.

Box 1280
Industrielle Automationstechnik GmbH & Co KG Tel [+49(0)6842508] [ ]– 0 / Fax [ ]-260 / eMail: info@schaller.de / www.schaller.de

Technical Information

Problems on Oil Mist Detectors,

VISATRON VN 115/87
VN 116/87
VN 215/87

blinking LED Nr.14,

indicating suction pressure in measuring head too low

The described problems should be able to be fixed by following the given hints below.
As a standard remedy please execute the steps described in detectors manual page
5.01 – 5.06. If this does not help please go ahead with the following:

1) The fresh air bores for flow control are blocked

Remedy: - open the inspection cover of the measuring head
- Press cleaning pin contained in the service box into the left or
right fresh air bore, respectively.
The bores can be seen from the side of the scavenging air
chamber.
- close the inspection cover

Use the needle in Service

box for cleaning the bore

Caution: max.
11mm

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2) The flexible bellows underneath the measuring head are cracked, see below

Please check for cracks in the rubber. If so, replace the 2 pieces by new ones from the
service box.

Check for
cracks

3) The pressure reducer cannot be opened enough anymore due to old membrane
inside. Check whether a turn on adjustment screw has an influence to the vacuum
pressure, measured with the U-tube manometer on detectors measuring head .
Remedy: order replacement pressure reducer, express delivery.

Part No.: 11068

Price: on request
Availability: from stock
Installation: by crew onboard
Installation time: 10 min.

The parts exchange can be easily executed by the crew onboard

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4) Sensors calibration have changed due to circumstances

Remedy: - take off the measuring head (8 screws)
- send in the measuring head complete –together with the electronic
module- to Schaller Automation

False Oil Mist Alarms with engine stop/slow down due to Humidity Problem:

Beside the previous described problem with LED No. 14, in some rare cases under
heavy circumstances humidity can lead to malfunctions of the Oil Mist detector, e.g.
false high Oil Mist Alarms. This can happen, when a water drop is passing through the
detector’s light measuring track, releasing an Alarm.
To fix the humidity problem, Schaller Automation offers as an option a measuring head
heating element for an easy modification of existing Oil Mist detectors.
The external heating element can be easily installed within 10 min. by the crew
themselves. Location is on top of the measuring head, heating up directly the area
around the detectors infrared light measuring track, avoiding the optical system to be
disturbed by condensed water. Electrical connection value will not change as the
electrical value is identical with the standard heating element. Only the heating element
location is different.

Measuring
head
heating
element

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Parts name: measuring head heating element

Part Number: 10671
Price: on request
Availability: from stock
Installation: by crew onboard
Installation time: 10 min.

In case you needed a further support, please contact our after sales service engineer
Mr Ulli Bauer: ulli.bauer@schaller.de .

Kind regards

Michael Theobald
M.A., Dipl.-Ing.
Manager Business Development
Schaller Automation

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