Mounting Slide-A-Mark
Q. The model calls out for a 17/32 clearance hole to mount these units. I don’t see
any dowels on the drawings for these units. We are mounting these with M12
Screws, are we required to heel the marking unit due to the force? What is the
preferred method of mounting these units?
A.
- The bolt holes are over sized to help give
stability so as to have enough thread to avoid loosening from normal machine
vibration . - No dowels nor heal blocks are needed.
- Suggest basic machine tool builder practice
in making sure the marking head is square to the part to be marked surface. - As you may know the reaction force is
captivated and is not applied to the body or mounting. - I have demonstrated this by actually hand
holding the marker. - During our leak and fire test which we
perform on every marker prior to shipping we do not mount it and only set it on
some location pins and not clamped or bolted. - This is in part is one of the many simple but
great features of the slide a mark tool. - Sometimes “reaction force” not applied
realized by the force delivering body can be better explained much like a
hammer blow. In that when a human strikes a object with a typical 16 oz hammer
(delivering several tons of force) his feet do not lift off the floor.
The 4 most important items covered in the manual catalog and installation diagrams are the following:
- Proper alignment (stamps and rod are square to marking surface) Part is solidly backed up.
- Extremely short (less than 1/10th of a second) dwell between advance and retract air valving.
- Sufficient (min 0.8 Cv) flowing air circuit items (FRL & Valve)
