Rapid-Air SERVO FEED WITH PILOT RELEASE: KBX SERIES - Manual (Page 13)

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LOADING MATERIAL INTO THE SERVO FEED
Upon the satisfactory completion of all the tests, you should be ready to load a strip of
material into the servo feed.
Step number one is to select the manual mode of operation on the operators console.
Open the rolls manually by lifting the lever mounted on the side of the servo feed then
open the straightener cover. Position the leading edge of the material with the center
of the material near the center of the entry rolls. Adjust the edge guides on the
cascade rolls to the proper width. Hand feed the material into the KBX unit until it
protrudes out of the feed rolls and starts into the die on the press. Close the feed rolls
to capture the material.
Check the roller force pressure to be sure that there is enough pressure to prevent
slippage but not too much to induce camber into the material. The pressure setting is
the amount of force necessary to move the material into the press at the speed and
feed programmed , then close the straightener rolls.
You may find it necessary to readjust the force as you finalize the setup procedure.
The amount of force needed will vary depending on the width and type of material
being fed. Make a note of the final setting to aid in the setup of the KBX feed the next
time the same material is run.
On the keypad, there is a button for electrically raising the main rolls in the manual
mode. This button also opens the straightening rolls for pilot or roll release and can be
used to open the rolls when starting a new coil instead of opening the straightener rolls
completely. This information is given to show all the possibilities available to you but if
there is quite a bit of coil set in the stock then the end of the material will not get by all
the rolls and the straightener will have to be opened anyway just to get the material
past the servo rolls.
You are now ready to begin testing the complete system under power. To check the
progression, cycle the press in the single cycle mode with the servo feed in the
automatic mode. If the progression is correct, no further adjustments are necessary. If
the progression is either short or long, go to the troubleshooting chart and perform the
sequences described there for inaccurate feeding, once the feed progression has been
accuratelly set and the repeatability is satisfactory, you are ready for full automatic
mode.