Barry-Wehmiller Thiele Technologies Streamfeeder Reliant 1500, Manual

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This section provides information about setting up various wedges
which are optional with the Reliant 1500 Universal Friction Feeders.
Now that you are familiar with the basic principles of using a wedge,
it is simply a matter of combining these principles with the informa -
tion provided in this section. This will allow you to get optimum
performance when setting up the wedge included with your particular
feeder.
The following wedges are covered:
• Load compensating
• Articulating roller
• Extended narrow
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Additional Wedges
Load Compensating
When to use: Effective for moderately thick material. Due to charac -
teristics of material, no mid-range support is required.
Setup guidelines: Adjust so that top angle of wedge preshingles the
stack against curvature of gate assembly. Edges of material should not
extend beyond the tip of wedge. Ideal separation should be where as
the stack moves down the wedge, 3 or 4 sheets of material separate
out and come to rest on lower angle of wedge. Then, 3 or 4 sheets of
material fall to table top, which are then replaced with another 3 or 4
sheets from stack above (Figure A1).
Top
Side
Figure A1. Load Compensating Wedge Setup
No material edge
past this point
No mid-range
support needed