© Tinius Olsen Ltd
L-Series Manual – Issue 1
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7. Installation of Tooling
TINIUS OLSEN manufacture a wide range of sample tooling (grips). A large proportion of this
tooling uses the same method of attachment. The attachment consists of five parts, these are,
male nose piece, attachment locking collar, tooling locking collar, fixing thread and grip pins
7.1. Attachment Parts
The diagram below indicates attachment parts.
The tooling attachment and grip pin can be supplied in two sizes of capacity. These are 5/8 inch
diameter male nose piece with 5/16 inch diameter grip pins for loads up to 20kN and 3/4 inch
diameter male nose piece with 3/8 inch diameter grip pins for loads up to 50kN.
The attachment fixing threads range from M6 to M16, depending on the capacity of load cell
used. The tooling attachment for the fixed crosshead uses the same thread size (M16) for all
machine capacities. (Except H1KL)
Before attempting to install the tooling attachments check the following :-
a)
Size of fixing thread in load cell
b)
Size of female noise piece used on tooling
c)
Size of grip pin
7.2. Method
To install the tooling attachment to the load cell, first ensure both locking collars are centralised
on the tooling attachment. Align the fixing thread to the load cell and rotate in a clockwise
direction to engage. Once engaged rotate a further 6 to 8 times. This is to ensure the correct
amount of thread has been inserted. Ensure the tooling attachment hole is facing forward. Now
rotate the fixing locking collar clockwise until it makes contact with load cell. Do not tighten the
attachment locking collar at this stage. Repeat the above procedure for the fixed crosshead,
this will require a M16 fixing thread tooling attachment.
The diagrams below indicate tooling attachments for load cell and fixed crosshead.
Installing Tooling Depending on the type of tooling to be installed, this procedure may require
additional help (tooling may be heavy). Ensure the distance between the load cell and the fixed
crosshead is sufficient for installation of tooling, the distance may require to be increased using
the direction control keys.
Align tooling female nose piece with load cell attachment male nose piece, slide the two
together until daylight can be seen through both grip pin hole in tooling and attachment. Insert
the grip pin from the front, make small adjustments to the tooling position to enable the grip pin
to slide in freely. Repeat the above procedure for the fixed crosshead tooling.
