BRAVO MAXIMA II
Operating manual - English
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Copyright Silca 2011
6
CUTTING OPERATIONS
ATTENTION: for complete safety during the cutting operations, take the following precautions:
•
Always work with dry hands.
•
Check that the machine is properly earthed.
•
Wear protective goggles even if the machine has a protective shield over the cutting tool.
•
Start the motor (switch P) only after completing the operations on the carriage (securing the
keys, etc.).
•
Keep hands away from the cutting tool in motion.
6.1
Key cutting
When BRAVO MAXIMA has been turned on by means of push button (C), it is ready for cutting but the
cutting tool is not rotating (because the carriage is held in the idle position). Now the original key and
the blank can be placed in the jaws, ready for cutting.
S
ECURING
THE
KEYS
IN
THE
JAWS
Position the key blank (right-hand jaw) and original (left-hand jaw), ensuring that:
a) the keys are resting properly on the bottom of the jaw.
b) the key stop butts against the gauge (K) or, in the absence of a stop, the tip of the key is
against the stop bar (fig.19).
c) close the jaws by turning the knobs (F).
ATTENTION: the knobs are gauged so that they do not exert too much pressure for closing (if pressure is too
high they only idle), which would damage the key and the parts of the clamp (including the
knob).
Fig. 19
T
O
TURN
THE
CLAMPS
:
With loosened handle (F) a light rotation of the clamp is sufficient (gripping by the 2 jaws) to
turn it to the required side. Alignment is automatic and guaranteed by the mobile pressure
device (E1)
(fig.20).
Fig. 20
ATTENTION:
•
for keys placed flat, such as those with cuts on one side only, position the clamps as shown
in fig. 6, page 8.
•
for keys with cuts on both sides, turn the clamps as shown in fig.6.
K
stop bar
E1
Attention
:
With loosened handle (F) a
light rotation of the clamp is
sufficient (gripping by the 2
jaws) to turn it to the
required side. Alignment is
automatic and guaranteed
by the mobile pressure
device (E1).
F
