INSTALLATION
• Support Installation
(If rigid mounting is required.)
1 . Determine primary direction of product flow . Figure 4A
indicates the preferred flow as related to the drive .
2 . Attach supports to both ends of drive section and to one
end of intermediate or tail sections (Figure 4A and 4B) .
Hand tighten bolts only at this time .
3 . Adjust elevation to required height .
FIGURE 4B
SIDE CHANNEL
(CANAL LATERAL)
MOUNTING BOLT
(TORNILLO DE MONTAJE)
SIDE CHANNEL
(CANAL LATERAL)
• Conveyor Set-Up
1 . Mark a chalk line on the floor to locate the center of the conveyor .
2 . Place the infeed section in position .
3 . Place the remaining sections on the extended support of the previous section
(Figure 4A) .
4 . Fasten the sections together with splice plates and pivot plates (Figure 4B) .
Hand tighten the bolts only at this time .
5 . Ensure that all bed sections are square . Refer to page 4 for instructions on how
to square the beds .
6 . Tighten all splice plate and support mounting bolts and lag the conveyor to the
floor .
• Electrical Equipment
CONTROLS
Electrical Code: All motor controls and wiring shall conform to the National
Electrical Code (Article 670 or other applicable articles) as published by the
National Fire Protection Association and as approved by the American Standards
Institute, Inc .
CONTROL STATIONS
A) Control stations should be arranged and located that the operation of the
equipment is visible from them, and shall be clearly marked or labeled to indicate
the function controlled .
B)
A conveyor which would cause injury when started shall not be started until
employees in the area are alerted by a signal or by a designated person that the
conveyor is about to start .
When a conveyor would cause injury when started and is automatically
controlled or must be controlled from a remote location, an audible device shall
be provided which can be clearly heard at all points along the conveyor where
personnel may be present . The warning device shall be actuated by the controller
device starting the conveyor and shall continue for a required period of time
before the conveyor starts . A flashing light or similar visual warning may be used
in conjunction with or in place of the audible device if more effective in particular
circumstances .
Where system function would be seriously hindered or adversely affected by
the required time delay or where the intent of the warning may be misinterpreted
(i .e ., a work area with many different conveyors and allied devices), clear, concise,
and legible warning shall be provided . The warning shall indicate that conveyors
and allied equipment may be started at any time, that danger exists, and that
personnel must keep clear . The warnings shall be provided along the conveyor at
areas not guarded by position or location .
C) Remotely and automatically controlled conveyors, and conveyors where
operator stations are not manned or are beyond voice and visual contact from drive
areas, loading areas, transfer points, and other potentially hazardous locations on
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the conveyor path not guarded by location, position, or guards, shall be furnished
with emergency stop buttons, pull cords, limit switches, or similar emergency stop
devices .
vicinity of such locations unless guarded by location, position, or guards . Where
the design, function, and operation of such conveyor clearly is not hazardous to
personnel, an emergency stop device is not required .
concerned and shall not depend on the stopping of any other equipment . The
emergency stop devices shall be installed so that they cannot be overridden from
SPLICE PLATE
(PLACA DE EMPALME)
other locations .
D) Inactive and unused actuators, controllers, and wiring should be removed from
control stations and panel boards, together with obsolete diagrams, indicators,
control labels, and other material which serve to confuse the operator .
PIVOT PLATE
E)
(PLACA PIVOTE)
Start/Stop from any push button powered from that control station . Control stations
STATIONARY SUPPORT
can be linked together to provide 38 motors of power and controls tied together .
(SOPORTE ESTACIONARIO)
• Racked Sections
It is important that each bed section be checked for an out-of-square condition .
If conveyor is not square, tracking problems of packages will result . Figure 5A
indicates a racked section .
TO CORRECT A RACKED SECTION
1 . Bed spacers and inset support channels need to be loosened at the bolts con-
necting them to the side channels .
2 . Using a tape measure, measure from corner to opposite corner down the length
of the unit . Take that measurement and compare to the opposite set of corners .
3 . Using the comparison to lightly tap the necessary side channel with a dead blow
hammer, and continue to re-check the opposing corners until the measurements
are equal, or "square ."
TO CORRECT AN OUT-OF-SQUARE SECTION
1 . Locate points on corners of section and measure distance "A" & "B" . If the dimen-
sions are not equal, the section will need to be squared .
2 . After all bed sections have been checked and corrected for "racked condition",
tighten all butt couplings and pivot plate bolts .
3 . Make final check to see that all conveyor sections are level across width and
length .
"Racked" conveyor sections will cause package to travel toward side of conveyor .
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All such emergency stop devices shall be easily identifiable in the immediate
The emergency stop device shall act directly on the control of the conveyor
Control stations for "MC" models power "line of sight" conveyor . Units can
Adjust to Desired
Elevation
(Ajuse La Elevacion
A La Altura Requerida)
4"