FMI PTW72, Manual

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o. VACUUM UNIT - On/Off – Switching to On activates the Vacuum Unit
and Off shuts Vacuum Unit down.
p. TACK OUTFEED- Rev/Fwd- Use to move the tack station outfeed
conveyor forward or reverse. This is used to bring the tacked beam up to
the welder infeed conveyor. This function will not operate if the tack
station
OUTFEED CONTROL is set to TACK.
q. DATUM & OPPOSITE TORCH Up/Down - Joystick used to finely adjust
the height of the welding heads. The joystick on the left controls the
welding head on the stationary side of the machine. The joystick on the
right controls the welding head on the movable side of the machine. Note:
The positive electrodes must be well insulated.
r. INFEED/OUTFEED Off/Ground - This function allows for the placement
of the ground shoes. Placing the INFEED selector in GROUND will cause
the ground shoes on the infeed side of the machine to close. Placing in OFF
will cause the ground shoes on the infeed side of the machine to open.
Placing the switch in the center(
between GROUND and OFF ) will allow
ground shoes to be in a relaxed state neither opened nor closed. The
OUTFEED selector performs the same functions for the ground shoes on
the outfeed side of the machine.
s. INFEED HOLD DOWN-UP/DOWN; OUTFEED HOLD DOWN
UP/DOWN-
Placing INFEED HOLD DOWN switch in DOWN will cause
the hold down roller on the infeed side of the machine to move down.
Placing
INFEED HOLD DOWN in UP will cause the hold down roller on
the infeed side of the machine to move up. Placing switch in the
center(
between UP and DOWN ) will cause the hold down to be in a relaxed
state(somewhere between up and down). The OUTFEED HOLD DOWN
switch performs the same function for the outfeed hold down roller.
t. WEB LIFTS Up/Down – Placing the switch on the left in UP will bring up
the web lift roller on the infeed conveyors stationary side. Placing the
switch in
DOWN will cause the web roller to go down. Use the switch on
the right to operate the web lift roller on the movable side of the infeed
conveyor.
u. (Optional)PUSHERS; OPEN;CLOSE – Use to open and close material
pushers
v. (Optional)BRUSH; MANUAL; AUTO – Place switch in Auto and the
cleaning brush will automatically activate when material has reached a
position where cleaning is needed. Place switch in Manual to allow manual
control of the brush operation.
w. (Optional)BRUSH; ON; OFF – When Brush; Manual; Auto switch is in
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