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6
Installation
6.1
Important information on installation
•
The rails, machine bed, mounting plate and fastening screws must have the
same room temperature at the start of installation.
•
Always clamp the rails with their locating side against the locating side of the
machine bed.
The locating side of the rails is on the side facing away from the name
SCHNEEBERGER and the type number.
•
For high running accuracy and a good screw head position, grease the
contact surface and the thread of the fastening screws with grease containing
MoS
2
.
•
Always
tighten the fastening screws with a torque wrench.
See section 9.1 for the tightening torques.
•
Tighten the fastening screws
alternately
from the rail center and the rail train
center.
•
Multi-part rails are numbered and are identified on the butts. The rails must be
fitted so that these numbers correspond.
•
Always install multi-part rails so that the rails touch each other. If there are no
locating sides on the machine bed, fix the rail butts with a clamping device.
Handling rails