MTS Series 322 Load Frames - Manual (Page 47)

Install the Crosshead Assembly
Series 322 Load Unit Installation 47
Note Skip the next two steps if you do not have hydraulic lifts.
6. Assemble the cylinder clamp around the lift cylinder. Start the clamp’s cap
screws into the platen. Use the cylinder’s clamp marks to get its height right.
Get the cylinder parallel to the column. Torque the cap screws to 55 lbf·ft
(75 N·m).
A. If the lift bracket has been removed, reinstall it, hand tightening the cap
screw that goes into the crosshead.
B. Raise the piston. Hand tighten the cap screw that goes into the piston.
C. Torque the crosshead’s cap screw to 34 lbf·ft (46 N·m). Torque the
piston’s cap screw to 80 lbf·ft (110 N·m).
D. Repeat this step to install the other lift cylinder.
7. Connect the hose at the cylinders’ end caps.
110 N·m (80 lbf·ft)
Clamp position mark
75 N·m (55 lbf·ft)
Parallel
Connect