DE-STA-CO MDE Series, Installation Manual

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Drive fixture-anchors into the drilled holes with a heavy mallet.
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Use an electric/pneumatic-bolt gun to tighten the fixture-anchors down
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use a large torque wrench (long bar) to apply finishing torques to the fixture-
anchors
Attach Unit to Base-Plate
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In the event the unit came pre-attached to the base plate this section can be
disregarded
01.
Lift unit with forklift/crane
02.
Move unit over base-plate
03.
Check to make the unit’s sure frame surfaces or mounting feet of indexer
are clean of any debris
04.
Apply any cements, adhesives or epoxies to the base-plate surface
05.
Lower unit onto base-plate with authorized personnel guiding it into exact
position
06.
Clean an
y residual cement, adhesives or epoxies from around the unit’s
frame or mounting feet.
07.
While cements, adhesives or epoxies are still wet insert mounting screws
into mounting holes of unit’s frame or mounting feet
08.
Verify again the unit is correctly aligned with the base-plate
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This is important as once any adhesives set it will be much more
difficult to properly align the unit
09.
Use an electric/pneumatic bolt gun to tighten the mounting bolts in a star-
pattern

Do not tighten bolts in a sequential pattern as this can lead to cock-
eyeing
10.
Use a large torque wrench with a long-bar to apply finishing torques to the
mounting bolts
Manual Adjustment of Unit
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HAZARDS

Unexpected Activation: unexpected activation of the motor can result in drawing in,
entanglement and electrocution.
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Ensure no power is supplied to the unit
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Damage to Unit: damage to the unit can occur if the motor-brake is not manually
released prior to adjustment

Ensure the motor-brake is manually released before making manual
adjustments
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EQUIPMENT
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Brake release lever
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Screwdriver set
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STEPS
01.
Disconnect all power to unit
02.
Manually release brake with brake-lever attached to motor
03.
Remove fan-cover of the motor with screwdriver set
04.
Remove the cover plate from the indexer
05.
Spin motor-fan by hand until desired output position is achieved
06.
Reapply motor-fan cover
07.
Reapply brake
08.
Store brake release lever back on motor mount
09.
Reapply input shaft cover with screwdriver set