Degritter MARK II Manuel utilisateur
User guide
DEGRITTER automatic
record cleaning machine
MARK II - ENG 3.3
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00 Warning
01 Features
02 Cleaning Eect
03 Machine overview
04 Getting aed
05 Turning on/o
06 Using the machine
07 Settings menu
Contents
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00 Warning
Read before use
FAILURE TO HEED THESE
WARNINGS WILL VOID
WARRANTY!
Make sure that you have selected
the correct AC voltage range on the
back of the machine before plug-
ging it into your wall outlet. Failing to
do so will cause serious harm to the
machine.
The machine mu be electrically
grounded. Failing to do so can result
in serious electric shock or death.
Do not ick metallic objects into the
machine from any of its openings,
e.g. the ventilation slots on the sides.
Doing so may result in serious elec-
tric shock or death.
The machine mu be placed on
a level suace before operating.
Failing to do so may cause a spill
and damage the machine.
Do not cover the veical ventilation
slots on the sides of the machine.
Free ailow is needed to guaran-
tee the proper functioning of the
machine.
Do not operate the machine in a
tight closed environment such as a
cupboard or a closet.
Only use purified water with no
dissolved solids (we recommend
diilled or deionized
water). Limescale build up ruins the
machine.
Machine internals mu be cleaned
every 200 washing cycles (see
section 09 Cleaning the machine).
WARNING
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01 Features
Ultrasonic Cleaning
Architecture
4 Transducer Layout
Power DriveTM 2.0
Pulse Mode
Frequency Sweep
300 Watts
Ultrasonic cleaning tank that’s in
Degritter is purpose built for vinyl
records. The tank has two ultrasonic
transducers on either side emitting
120 kHz ultrasonic vibrations, evenly
diributing the cleaning energy
across the record’s suace.
Pulse Mode cleaning is a feature
oered by the Power DriveTM 2.0
ultrasonic generator. During pulsing,
ultrasonic transducers rapidly
switch on and o at high power.
This gives enhanced cavitation in
water, but keeps the average power
consumption low.
The driving frequency of the Power
DriveTM ultrasonic generator sweeps
between 120-125 kHz. This evens the
cavitation energy diribution in the
water, minimizing losses and giving
an uniform cleaning action.
The average power output of all
the washing programs is 300 W. This
makes Degritter the mo poweul
ultrasonic record cleaner on the
market per liter of water. The higher
120 kHz driving frequency keeps your
records safe.
ultrasonic cleaning
architecture
clever features
designed for you
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Clever features Designed For YouSmart Drying
Postwash Rinse Option
Active FilteringTM Distinctly Automatic
Simple Water
Management
Record Safe
Temperature Control
Records are dried by a flow of
filtered air. Both the drying time and
fan speed can be adjued to keep
noise levels in check and to prevent
atic electricity build up.
Degritter suppos rinsing records
during washing cycles with the help
of a separate water tank.
Cleaning water is pumped through
a replaceable filter during washing.
Continuous filtration
keeps removed di from ending
back up on the record.
The Degritter is fully automatic,
requiring no additional eo aer
the cleaning cycle has aed. Use
the free time for liening to records
inead of cleaning them.
The machine has a convenient
removable water tank for replacing
cleaning water.Degritter monitors water temper-
ature and prevents it from rising
to levels harmful for vinyl records.
High temperatures are managed by
automatic cooling cycles.
01 FEATURES
Perfect Touch Buttons
We have peected the feel and
function of the machine’s buttons.
The rotations and presses provide
mo satisfying feel you will be
unable to let go of.
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02 Cleaning Eect
ULTRASONIC CLEANINGULTRASONIC CLEANING
Vinyl record
groove width
Ultrasonic cavitation
bubble size
Bristle width
of a carbon fiber
brush
THE PRINCIPLE
CLEANING RECORDS
Ultrasonic cleaning has a unique
ability to remove di that is not
easily accessible by using other tra-
ditional means. Ultrasonic cleaners
are used to clean many types of
objects, including jewelry, optical
pas, dental and surgical inru-
ments and electronic equipment.
The smalle features in a vinyl
record groove are the size of a few
micrometers. Due to their minute
size, it is diicult for the briles of a
typical vinyl cleaning brush to clean
the entirety of the record groove.
5 μm
2,5 μm 10 μm
56 μm
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THE PRINCIPLE
Cavitational bubble
growing phase
Bubble implosion
with water jet
CLEANING RECORDS
NOTE
Ultrasonic cleaning works by agi-
tating the cleaning liquid with high
frequency acouic pressure waves.
This creates a large number of
microscopic vacuum bubbles in the
liquid, a phenomenon called cav-
itation. With every pressure wave,
countless small vacuum bubbles
are created and collapsed, releas-
ing heat and water jets towards the
record. This action will safely loosen
and remove di and contaminants
from the record.
Ultrasonic cleaning as used in
Degritter removes contaminants
from records layer by layer. The
cleaning is equally rong on the
top of the groove and inside the
groove.
However, when records are covered
with a thick layer of gunk, it can
take ultrasonic cleaning some time
before the deepe layer of di is
reached. We therefore recommend
to fir wipe heavy suace di
away with a microfibre cloth. This
will speed up the cleaning process
and will give better results faer.
Wiping the record with a microfiber
cloth wet in record cleaning fluid or
isopropyl alcohol will speed up the
cleaning process when cleaning
extremely diy records.
02 CLEANING EFFECT
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03 Machine overview
CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE
• Degritter machine
• Removable water tank with lid
• Replacement valve for
removable water tank
• AC power cable
• 100 ml cleaning fluid
• Fluid dosing pipette
• SD card for machine soware
• Water level measurement rip
• Pack of replacement filters
• Microfiber cloth
• Replacement valve kit for
water tank
• Replacement O-ring seal for
filter cap
CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE
MACHINE REAR PANEL
BUTTONS AND SCREEN
REMOVABLE WATER TANK
PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MACHINE FRONT
& SIDE PANELS
Weight 8.7 kg or 19.2 lb
Dimensions 37 × 28 × 21 cm or 14.6 x 11 x 8.3 in
Suggeed ambient operating
temperature
10 - 28 °C or 50 - 83 °F
Water tank capacity 1.3 L or 0.35 gal
Power input AC 100-240 V, 4 A, 50/60 Hz
Power usage ~ 310 W at full power, ~2 W in sleep mode
Fuse 4 A, slow, 20 x 5 mm, DIN 41.660
Noise level 70 db
Ultrasonic cleaning frequency 120 kHz with fine-band frequency sweep
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