fadini DRIVE 700 Installation Manual Download

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- Make sure that the

hydraulic jack

is perfectly levelled before fixing

the

F-ring

by tightening or loosening the

adjusting screws

in the

jack

guide base

(Pic.7). A spirit level can be used to assess levelling.

- Fit the

F-ring

to the jack shaft and indelibly mark it so that the

required shaft fitting position can be noted on it (this is quite simple
as both the shaft and the F-ring have four flattened faces).

- Remove the

F-ring

from the shaft (Pic.8)

- Rotate the shaft back by a

wrench

so that the nearest flattened

“face” is aligned with the gate in closed position.

- Fit the F-ring back to the shaft in the same position as marked before.
- Before definitely fixing the parts, spot weld the

F-ring

to the

plate

and the plate to the gate and carry out some maual open and close
operations of the gate.

PIC. 8

PIC. 5

- Lay the

jack

, which is fitted with a

guide base plate

, on to the

ground fixing base plate

- Make sure that the

jack

, once fitted on to the base plate fixed to

the ground, has the shaft straight with the top hinge center line:
a “plumb line” is recommended in this case to ensure that the
jack shaft is in true vertical position (Pic.4).

- Weld the four

angles

, provided with the equipment, on to the

ground fixing base plate

to match the position of the corners of

the jack

base plate

, to keep the

jack

in the correct position (Pic.5).

NOTE

: Before fixing the corners, operate the gate manually open

and closed to assess smoothness and alignment.

PUTTING THE JACKS IN PHASE

The

oil-hydraulic jack

is to be fitted to the gate by means of a specially designed

ferrule (f-ring)

having

a square center hole

A reinforcement plate is generally recommeded to fix the F-ring to the gate foot. Before this operation, it is needed to

put the jacks in

phase

: that is to say to set the

jack shaft

in the required position to achieve correct gate operation by rotating the shaft to the limit of

the permitted stroke in closed gate position; this is to be done before welding the

angles

on to the

fixing base plate

and before piping

the jack to the

motor pump unit

PLEASE NOTE: It is extremely important that the jack shafts are in the correct phase to ensure that the gates are properly and securely
driven to close position and the setting is maintained for long time.

- By means of a

wrench rotate the jack shaft until you can feel that the limit of the permitted stroke in closed gate position is reached

in this position it can be noted that one of the flattened sides of the shaft is now positioned 5 degrees beyond the closed gate line
(no need to rotate hard, as the jack is not piped yet and no fluid is inside it yet).

JACK

PIC. 4

FIXING BASE
PLATE

ANGLES

ROTATION SHAFT
IN AXIS WITH THE
HINGE CENTER LINE

GUIDE BASE

FIXING BASE
PLATE

ANGLES WELDED
ON TO FIXING
BASE PLATE

5°

FIXING BASE
PLATE

GATE STOP
IN CLOSED
POSITION

JACK FIXED TO
THE PLATE

JACK FIXED
TO THE PLATE

CLOSED GATE

PIC. 6

- Weld the

F-ring

to the gate foot and interpose a

strengthening

plate

between them, making sure that the parts are vertically straight with
the gate top hinge center line and that the fixing geometry has been
strictly respected as indicated before. Perfect alignment of the
DRIVE 700 shaft with the gate hinge is essential to the correct
operation of the gates (Pic.9).

FITTING THE MOTOR PUMP UNIT

The

hydraulic motor pump unit

is to be fitted at a suitable distance

from the

jack

so as piping can be as easy as possible in respect of

the site requirements. It is also to be considered that an easy access
to the internal parts of the

hydraulic motor pump unit

is recommended

during the fitting operations and to be able to override the system for
manual operations in events like an emergency or power failure.

PLEASE NOTE: for gates wider than 2 meters it is always
recommended to use the non locking version of the motor pump unit
and fit the gates with an electric lock

- Before starting the piping operations, bring the

enclosure

“apart”.

Drill a hole in the lateral component, where piping is required, the
size of the hole must be adequate to take a tube through it , into
which the

pipes

from the

motor pump unit

to the jack are to be laid

(Pic.10 and 12).

ADJUSTING
SCREWS

SPIRIT
LEVEL

PIC. 7