Rapid-Air SERVO FEED WITH PILOT RELEASE: KBX SERIES - Manual (Page 6)

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INSTALLATION AND MECHANICAL SETUP OF SERVO FEED
The shipping container should contain:
1 Mechanical Servo Feed/Straightener -Standard
1 Console Complete -Standard
1 Cascade Assembly -Optional
1 Servo Mounting Bracket -Optional
1 Guide Support Assy. -Included
If a mounting bracket was purchased then it should be installed at this time. There are
mounting bracket prints in the back of the manual for hole location dimensions and a
bracket mounting instruction section can be found later in this section.
If a mounting bracket was not purchased then the feed should be positioned with the
centerline of the drive roller in line with the centerline of the die entrance and at the
proper pass line height to the die. Aligning the feed to the die (Parallelism) is very
important to the accuracy of the feed. Drag due to misalignment can cause short feeds
and servo faults.
If the feed is positioned as such that the material has to move unsupported from the
exit side of the feed to the die and the material being moved is allowed to droop or
buckle during a move, a short feed can occur. A guide should then be built between
the feed and the die to solve this problem.
The following chart lists the servo size with the proper bolt size.
SERVO BOLT QUANTITY
Series KBX 3/8-16 4
The servo mounting bolts should not penetrate into the servo body by more
than .625".