Atlas™ Series Heated Platens
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Installation into Atlas™ Power and Auto Presses
For installation of the Atlas™ Heated Platens into an Atlas™ Power or
Auto Press, it is similar procedure to that described for the Atlas™
Manual hydraulic Press, but both the top (
1
) and lower (
2
) heated
platens assemblies with the water cooling tubing fitted and electrical
cable connections are passed through the
front
of the press (front
safety guard is raised) and the tubing and electrical cable connections
are carefully routed through the recess gap at the rear and to the base
of the
permanently fixed rear
safety guard on these presses.
Note:
For Atlas™ Power and Auto Presses the
front safety guard
is a
crucial safety feature for operation. The front safety guard
must
be used in a down/closed position to allow power to be supplied
for automatic operation of the piston mechanism. When the front
safety guard is raised, power is cut for any pressing operations.
Atlas™ Heated Platens for Perkin Elmer Presses Only
If you have use of a Perkin Elmer manual hydraulic press that has a
larger diameter pressing piston face (
11
) (circa 90mm) than that
offered from the standard diameter pressing piston face (
11
) (circa
82mm) of the Specac hydraulic presses, then the Atlas™ Heated
Platens that can be supplied for installation are also different from
standard.
For installation of the Perkin Elmer press compatible heated platen
assemblies, the Perkin Elmer press top bolster pressing surface (
8
)
should be removed as usual, but the Perkin Elmer top heated platen
assembly is attached by a screw threaded bolster fixing to the
external
screw thread
of the press lead screw (
10
), rather than by fitting via the
hollow recess of the lead screw. The lower heated platen assembly for
a Perkin Elmer press has a larger diameter underside recess (circa
91mm) to fit over the larger diameter lower bolster pressing face of the
Perkin Elmer Press.
If you have any difficulties in the installation of the Atlas™ Heated
Platens into a Perkin Elmer manual hydraulic press please contact
Specac for advice.