Festo — EXCH — 2022-03b
Mounting (horizontal mounting position)
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7.3.3
Setting the toothed belt pretensioning
The toothed belt pretensioning is reduced during storage and operation. This is a normal process that
must not be altered by retensioning the toothed belt. This reduced pretensioning must not be used for
evaluating the wear condition of the toothed belt.
Belt tensioning device
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Fig. 28: Toothed belt tensioning device, EXCH-40 as an example
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End cap with toothed belt tensioning
device
EXCH-40
1. Loosen the fixing of the toothed belt tensioning device by unscrewing the 2 threaded pins
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