Festo — EXCH — 2022-03b
Mounting (horizontal mounting position)
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7.3.2
Checking the toothed belt pretensioning
Requirements
For motors with brake:
• When checking before commissioning: the motors are demounted
• When checking after commissioning: the motor brakes are released.
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Fig. 27: Checking toothed belt pretensioning, EXCH-40 as an example
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Y-axis (cross-brace)
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X-axis 1 with energy chain
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Motor-side drive cover
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Belt tension setting piece
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X-axis carriage
Procedure
1. Place the belt tensioning setting piece on X-axis 1 with energy chain between the drive cover and
the X-axis carriage.
The slot of the belt tensioning setting piece is intended for attaching and fixing to the profile of
the X-axis.
The toothed belt pretensioning can be inspected with the profile cover of the X-axis in place or
removed.