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Operating Manual
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QV4.2
4.2 Installation of the base blanket
(using the example of Heidelberg Quickmaster 46)
BEFORE INSTALLATION OF THE RSP EASY:
Switch off the plate damper.
Switch off the ink vibrator and the plate inkers.
Fit a printing plate which is no longer required.
Install the protective impression cylinder jacket (see page 38).
Remove the blanket and packing sheets.
The automatic rubber blanket or impression cylinder wash-up device must not be used.
Installation of the base blanket into the print unit
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Inch the press forwards until the front lock-up shaft is easily accessible.
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Insert the front clamping bar of the base blanket into the fastening clamps of the
front rubber blanket lock-up shaft and push it against the spring force towards
the operating side until the clamping bar is fully engaged with the lock-up shaft.
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Insert calibrated packing sheets of appropriate thickness (for determination of
the packing height see page 48) beneath the base blanket as far as the packing
sheet fastening bar (Fig. 1).
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Hold the rear clamping bar of the base blanket together with the calibrated pack-
ing sheets firmly under tension and feed in by inching forwards, until the rear
lock-up shaft is accessible.
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Insert the clamping bar into the rear lock-up shaft and push it against the spring
force towards the operating side until the clamping bar is properly engaged with
the rubber blanket lock-up shaft.
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Secure the base blanket to the lock-up shaft using a torque wrench set to
20 Nm
(Fig. 2).