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1 General Instructions ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20
1.1 Comply with the instructions in the instruction manual ........................................................................ 20
1.2 Duties of the operating company....................................................................................................................20
1.3 Duties of the personnel ....................................................................................................................................... 20
1.4 Hazards when working with the clamping system ................................................................................... 21
1.5 Warranty and Liability .......................................................................................................................................... 21
1.5.1 Cleaning and Disposal .........................................................................................................................................21
1.6. Use for the intended purpose ........................................................................................................................... 22
1.6.1 General information .............................................................................................................................................22
1.6.2 Milling/turning centres ........................................................................................................................................22
1.6.3 Use of improper purposes / foreseeable misuse ........................................................................................22
2 Safety ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 22
2.1 Organisational measures ....................................................................................................................................22
2.1.1 Guards and safety devices .................................................................................................................................. 22
2.1.2 Informal safety measures ....................................................................................................................................22
2.1.3 Training of personnel ........................................................................................................................................... 23
2.1.4 Safety measures in normal operation ............................................................................................................23
2.1.5 Servicing ................................................................................................................................................................... 23
2.1.6 Design modifications to the clamping system. ..........................................................................................23
2.2 Safety Regulations .................................................................................................................................................24
2.2.1 Identification of safety instructions ................................................................................................................24
3 Description ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 24
3.1 Overview of the clamping system ...................................................................................................................25
4 Technical data ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 25
4.1 Clamping system ...................................................................................................................................................25
4.2 Clamping force development ........................................................................................................................... 26
4.3 Clamping force overview size 0 ........................................................................................................................26
4.4 Clamping force overview size 1 – 2 ..................................................................................................................27
5 Operation ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 28
5.1 Transport ...................................................................................................................................................................28
5.1.1 Basic principles ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.1.2 Transporting with a crane...................................................................................................................................28
5.1.3 Transport with industrial trucks .......................................................................................................................28
5.2 Installing the clamping system on the work table of the machine ..................................................... 29
5.2.1 Configuration variants ........................................................................................................................................29
5.2.2 Mounting on a machine table...........................................................................................................................30
5.3 Mounting the top jaws ........................................................................................................................................31
5.4 Mounting the front jaws .....................................................................................................................................31
5.5 Clamping / releasing the workpiece ...............................................................................................................31
5.6 Mounting on zero point clamping systems .................................................................................................31
6 Servicing �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 32
6.1 General Instructions .............................................................................................................................................32
6.2 Warranty ....................................................................................................................................................................32
6.3 Safety..........................................................................................................................................................................32
6.4 Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................................32
6.4.1 Spindle .......................................................................................................................................................................32
6.5 Inspection .................................................................................................................................................................32
6.6 Servicing ................................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.7 Description of Maintenance and Servicing Work....................................................................................... 33
6.7.1 Spindle .......................................................................................................................................................................33
7 Decommissioning, storage, disposal ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 33
7.1 Storage conditions ................................................................................................................................................ 33
7.2 Decommissioning..................................................................................................................................................33
7.3 Disposal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33