Tips And Tricks; Environmental Protection; Technical Specifications - Metabo KE 3000 Manual Original

Align the materials as required and press firmly
together. After just a short time the joint is
completely functional.

Tips and tricks

For especially reliable results:
The parts to be bonded (or sealed or filled)
must be dry, absolutely clean, and completely
free of grease.
Apply the melted adhesive in dabs or stripes.
Do not attempt to spread it.
The parts to be bonded should be at room
temperature. Before applying melted adhesive
to any material that is cold (e.g. tiles, marble
etc.), such surfaces should be warmed up
(e.g. using a hot-air gun).
Before applying melted adhesive to any material
that is normally difficult to stick (e.g. rubber, metal,
certain plastics etc.), such surfaces should be
roughened up (e.g. using fine emery paper).
Rigid foam (e.g. expanded polystyrene) does
not pose a problem. Apply the melted adhesive
to the base surface and not to the polystyrene
itself. When sticking to smooth and/or cold
surfaces (e.g. metal), apply the melted
adhesive to the smooth/cold surface first.
When sticking more extensive surfaces use
only hot-melt adhesive with an open time of
longer than 20 seconds and always apply the
melted adhesive in large dabs.
When sticking textiles or similar materials,
apply the melted adhesive in wavy lines.
For sealing purposes apply the melted
adhesive in stripes on the area to be sealed.
The adhesive can then be spread and
smoothed out using a spatula.
Joints bonded using hot-melt adhesive can be
unstuck again simply by reheating.
Any superfluous adhesive left protruding can
be easily removed using a heated knife blade.
Unwanted drips of adhesive can best be
removed when cold.
During longish pauses when working with the
adhesive gun (i.e. more than 30 minutes)
withdraw the power plug from the mains socket
(the adhesive in the device might otherwise
spoil).
By applying only moderate pressure on the
trigger the amount of melted adhesive can be
dosed precisely. Excessive pressure, however,
may cause the glue stick to get wedged in the
gun and the feeder to become blocked. If this
happens, heat the gun for 10 minutes and pull
the stick out. If the glue stick is wedged too
deeply in the gun, heat up a new stick at the
front of the gun, allowing it to fuse together with
the wedged stick, and then carefully pull both
out together. Caution! Do not pull the stick all
the way out of the glue gun. Hot glue running
into the glue gun may cause damage.
Repairs
Repairs to power tools must be
carried out by a qualified electrician
only!
Contact your local Metabo representative if you
have Metabo power tools requiring repairs.
For addresses see www.metabo.com.
You can download a list of spare parts from
www.metabo.com.

Environmental protection

Observe national regulations on environ-
mentally compatible disposal and on the
recycling of disused machines, packaging
and accessories.
Only for EU countries: Never dispose
of power tools in your household waste!
In accordance with European Guideline
2002/96/EC on used electronic and electric
equipment and its implementation in national
legal systems, used power tools must be
collected separately and handed in for
environmentally compatible recycling.

Technical specifications

Metabo hot-melt glue sticks:
11 mm dia., 45-200 mm long
Voltage: 100 -240 volts
Power: heating-up phase 200 W, idle phase
approx. 16 W
Heating-up time: approx. 6 minutes
Adhesive melting temperature: approx.
200 °C, electronically controlled
Maximum output: 18 g/min.
Weight: 0.25 kg
Machine in protection class II
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Alternating current
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