MTS Advantage Wedge Action Grips - Manual (Page 24)

Manual Name Installation 24
Servohydraulic
adapter
If you are installing the grips on a servohydraulic load unit, you must install a
load unit mounting adapter on the actuator and on the force transducer.
Servohydraulic installations require the attachment kit (MTS part number 051-
880-3xx) for the appropriate parts.
Install the Grips
1. Turn on the power to the load frame.
2. Adjust the crosshead position as necessary to allow adequate room to install
the grips.
3. Turn the load frame power off.
4. Clean all of the surfaces that will contact each other (such as the mounting
pin and the load frame mounting adapter) and lubricate them with Nikal.
5. Install the grips.
Install the mounting pin into the load frame mounting adapter. Align the
holes of the mounting pin with the load frame mounting adapter and install
the mounting dowel to attach the grip assembly to the load frame. Repeat
this step for the other grip.
Note The 300 kN grip does not use a mounting pin or load frame mounting
adapter. It is threaded into the load frame.
6. When both grips are mounted to the load frame, align the upper and lower
grips to each other and tighten the locking collars to preload the connection.
7. Install the wedges.