
Fastening screws
Tension adjustment screws
Steel belt
R E P 1 2 9 0
Model Name: Rockhopper-46/62
R E P 1 2 9 0
Model Name: Rockhopper-46/62
How to replace the Steel Belt
How to replace the Steel Belt
Item
Replacement and Adjustment Procedure
1. Replacement
Procedure
Replace the Steel Belt
1. Remove left and right covers.
2. Move the head to near the center.
3. Remove the head cover. (2 fastening screws)
4. Loosen the two steel belt tensioning screws.
5. Remove the belt fastening screw and take off half the steel belt
towards the Y motor side
6. overlap the end of the steel belt removed in 5. with the end of a new
steel belt and attach it with tape.
7. Pass the taped part around the drive pulley, press it into the Y rail
and pull it from the return pulley side and fit the new belt into the Y
rail.
CAUTION:
Do this work with the pressure roller down.
Up to here
Press in
Old steel belt
New steel belt
Tape to old belt using the fitting on
the front of the new belt
CAUTION:
Check that there is no foreign matter or dust on
the new steel belt, drive pulley or return pulley as
this may cause abnormal printing or belt damage.
CAUTION:
Be careful not to cut your finger with the end of
the steel belt.
8. Remove the tape and fasten the new steel tape to the head with the
two fastening screws.
CAUTION:
Be careful that the belt is not twisted in the Y rail.
1. Adjust the steel belt tension.
2. Adjustment and
Examination
Procedure