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This manual provides detailed information about how to safely and correctly use the cylinder (YW type) for a lathe.
Before starting to use this cylinder, read this manual carefully and always follow the instructions and warnings in

"Important Safety Precautions"

and

"Precautions for Use"

at beginning of the manual. Failure to follow these

precautions could result in a serious accident.

In this manual, precautions for handling that are considered especially important are classified and displayed as shown below
depending on the damage of risk including the seriousness of the harm that could result. Please sufficiently understand the
meanings of these terms and follow the instructions for safe operation.

Preface

Terms and Symbols Used for Safety Messages

This product is a hydraulic device to control the operation of power chuck installed on the lathes or rotary tables. For any
other applications, please contact us.
Our company will not assume responsibility for injury, death, damage, or loss resulting from not following the
instructions in this manual.
There are countless things that cannot or should not be done, and it is impossible to cover all of them in this manual.
Therefore, do not perform any actions unless they are specifically allowed in this manual. If any questions related to
safety arise about operation, control, inspection and maintenance which are not specified in this manual, please confirm
them with our company or distributor before performing them.

Liability and How to Use this Manual

The guarantee period of this product is 1 year after delivery.
Use  the  parts  delivered  by  Kitagawa  Iron  Works  for  all  the  parts  including  consumable  parts.  We  will  not  assume
responsibility for injury, death, damage, or loss caused by usage of parts not manufactured by Kitagawa Iron Works.
Additionally, if parts other than genuine parts manufactured by Kitagawa Iron Works are used, this guarantee will be
completely invalid.
The  chuck  and  cylinder  from  Kitagawa  Iron  Works  should  be  used  together.  If  you  must  use  a  part  not  made  by
Kitagawa, check with us or our distributor to be sure it is safe to do so.  We will not be responsible for injury, death,
damage or loss caused by use of a chuck or cylinder made by another company unless this use has been approved by
Kitagawa or its distributor.

Guarantee and Limitation of Liability

Table of Contents

１．Structural Drawing and Parts List

1-1. Type display
1-2. Structural drawing
1-3. Scope of product
1-4. Parts list

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． Important Safety Precautions

３．Specifications

3-1. Specification table

４．Hydraulic Oil

５．Trial Operation

６．Proximity switch

6-1. Specifications
6-2. Adjusting the position of a proximity switch

７．Maintenance and Inspection

7-1. Maintenance and inspection of cylinder
7-2. Maintenance and inspection of hydraulic unit
7-3. List of seals to use

８．Malfunction and Countermeasures

8-1. In the case of malfunction
8-2. Where to contact in the case of malfunction

For Machine Tool Manufacturers (Chapter 9)

９．Attachment

9-1. Outline drawing of attachment
9-2. Production and attachment of cylinder adapter
9-3. Production and attachment of draw bar and draw pipe
9-4. Attachment of cylinder
9-5. Tightening torque of cylinder attaching bolt

10．About Hydraulic Circuit Design

11．Other Information

11-1. About standards and orders
11-2. Information about markings of product
11-3. About disposal

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