Wellsaw 1316S-SA - Manual (Page 9)

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7.
PresstheBladeStartbuttonandadjustthedesiredbandspeed(250SFPMformild
steels.)Makethisadjustmentonlywithmotorrunning.
8. OpentheCoolantvalvesandnotecoolantflowtotheblade.Slowlyadjustcoolantflow
totheIdleEndbladeguidesothatcoolantjusthangsoffoftheblade.Adjustcoolant
flowtotheDriveEndalmostfullopen.Thiswillflushchipsoffofblade.
9. Makefirstcutinmanualmodetoestablishcuttingrate.SetFeedControlknobtoZero
position.WithblademotorrunningpressFrameLowerbutton.Openfeedcontrolknob
tonumber1.Notesawheaddescendandbegincutting.Keepcuttingratelowduring
setͲup.Cutonlyatarateenoughtoproducegoodchips.
Note:SawcanbeoperatedintheManualmodeortheAutomaticMode.
ConditionsforAutomaticCuttingCycle:
1. PresstheFrameRaisebuttontobringframeuptolimitswitch.
2. AdjustViseJaw,whileintheopenposition,toallowtheparttoslidethroughwithout
resistance.
3. Blademotorrunning.PresstheBladeStartbutton.
4. PressthegreenAutobutton.Visewillcloseandframewilldescend.
AutomaticSequence:
1. Sawframewilldescendthroughthecut.
2. Blademotorwillstopatendofthecut.
3. Sawframewillraisetothepresetposition.
4. Visewillopen.Thisistheendoftheautomaticcycle.Atthispointhesawisreadyfor
eitherautomaticormanualcontrol.
CuttingPressureControl
Thecuttingpressureiscontrolledbythreefeatures:
1.
TheFrameWeightcrankhandle.Theprimarycuttingforcecomesfromgravity.The
counterbalancespring(atthebackofthesaw)compensatesforthechangeinthe
weightofthesawframeasitmovesfromtoptobottom.ForstartͲup,turntoMinimum
(decrease).Thecrankhandleturnsabout90turnsfrommaximumtominimum.
2. ThePowerDownfeedairpressureregulator.Thisprovidespositivedownforcetothe
sawframeinadditiontotheforceofgravity.Setat10PSIforsetͲup.Thisisusefulto
beginacutofalargediameter.
3. TheFeedControlknob.Thisadjuststheratethattheheadwillfall.MakesetͲuptestcut
atposition1.
Theseforcescombinetoputcontrolledcuttingforceontheblade.Itisimportanttokeep
theseforcesinbalance.ExcessiveDownfeedpressurewillshortenthelifeofthebladeor
increasetheriskofbladedamage.Increasinganyofthesepressureswillincreaseblade
cuttingforceandshouldonlybedoneinsmallincrements.Alwaysinspectthechipsfromthe
cut.Measurethecuttingtimesandcompareagainstknowncuttingrates.
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