Rapid-Air SERVO FEED: 100C, 100D series - Manual (Page 5)


The shipping container should contain:
1 Mechanical Servo Feed: –Standard
1 Console Complete: –Standard
1 Cascade Assembly: –Optional
(100 Series)
1 Servo Mounting Bracket: –Optional
1 Guide Support Assembly: –Optional
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.
INSTAllATION AND mEChANICAl SET-UP
Installation and Mechanical Set-Up of Servo Feed
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 100 All 3/8-16 4
The servo mounting bolts should
not penetrate into the servo body by
more than .625”.
The cast mounting bracket is
available for mounting the servo
feed directly to the bolster plate of
the press. There are several sets
of mounting holes in the bracket to
afford the setup person an efficient
means of mounting the bracket.
Mounting holes are located on the
top and front for securing the bracket
firmly. It is very important that the
servo bracket and the servo feed be
secured and not allowed to float
or vibrate.
NOTE: It is very important that the
end of the bolster plate, where the
servo feed is to be mounted, be
perpendicular to the top surface of
the bolster plate within +-.005 to as-
sure the servo feed will be aligned for
proper feeding.
Installation and Mechanical Set-Up of Mounting Bracket
Align the servo feed bracket with the
center line of the bolster plate and trans-
fer the mounting holes on the top face.
There are two 1/2” holes on this bracket.
Once the bracket has been aligned
and secured to the bolster plate, the
servo feed can now be put in place.
The slotted holes in the mounting
bracket allow for accurate alignment
of the servo feed in the x – y axis.
There is an elevating screw to
position the servo feed to the proper
tooling pass line height.
When the servo feed has been
aligned and mounted to the bracket,
loosen the elevator locking screws
and position the servo to match the
tooling pass line height. This is
accomplished by turning the adjusting
screw provided. When the servo is
correctly positioned, tighten the
elevator locking screws to prevent
the unit from moving. There are 2
locking screws on the this bracket.
The unit is now assembled and the next
step will be to attach the electrical and
air, if used, to the servo feed unit.
Material alignment is critical. The
servo feed rolls are so precise that
they will move the material in what-
ever direction that they are presented
to the die. The feed and die must be
in line and square to one another. The
servo feed does not have the power
of a press driven roll feed so the feed
will fault out if misaligned. This is a
good warning and if corrected could
result in better tool life.