Beninca PONY - Laying the Foundation Plate - Quote; Laying the Foundation Plate - Cement Foundation; Cement Foundation Procedure

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Laying the foundation plate - Cement foundation
If there is no cement floorin
g
(
or similar material
)
a cement* foundation must be pr
e
-
p
ared. Proceed as follows:
1 - Di
g
a suitable hole
(
minimum 40x30cm, at last 35cm deep
)
, considerin
g
the mea
s
-
urements
i
n
di
cate
d
i
n t
h
e prev
i
ous paragrap
h
.
2 - Prepare the pipes for the passa
g
e of the electric cables
(
see “Electric connections”
)
,
l
eavin
g
the pipes lon
g
er by about 30
/
40cm
(
fi
g
ure 4-ref.T
)
.
3 -
B
en
d
t
h
e 4 t
h
rea
d
e
d
b
ars:
a
)
if the rack is pre-installed at a measurement
g
reater than that indicated in Fi
g
ure 1,
or in the case o
f
possible water sta
g
nation, the
f
oundation plate may have to be raised.
In this case, bend the bars at a height o
f
about 45 mm as indicated in Figure 5.
b
)
if the motor will be fixed to the
g
round, bend the bars at a hei
g
ht of about 30 mm
as
i
n
di
cate
d
i
n
Fig
ure 6.
4 - Prepare the plate
f
or the cast,
f
ixing the threaded bars. With re
f
erence to Figure 7
use 4 lower su
pp
ort nuts D and 4 nuts F with the relative washers R to block the
p
late
i
n position. The position o
f
the bars must be similar to that indicated in
f
igure 7
.
5 - Prepare the cement followin
g
the manufacturer’s indications. In some cases it may
be necessary to realise a metal ca
g
e to make the
f
oundation more stable.
6 -
S
ink the bars into the cement, payin
g
attention to the level of the plate and the
parallelism with the leaf
(
fi
g
ure 8
)
.
7
- Wait
f
or the cement cast to be rein
f
orced
.
8
- Remove the upper screws and washers, which will be successively used to
f
ix the
g
ear motor
.
9 - Fi
g
ure 9 shows the plate when
f
ixin
g
is ultimated. I
f
necessary, it is now possible
to raise the plate by a maximum o
f
20 mm, positioning 4 nuts and the relative washers
under the plate, as indicated in fi
g
ure 10.
*
If in doubt, contact
q
ualified staff for realisation of the foundation
.
The plate must be tightly
fi
xed to the ground, per
f
ectly levelled and pa
-
rallel to the lea
f
.
Fi
g.
7
F
D
R
F
i
g
.
8
Fi
g.
9
25 mm
Max 20 mm
Fi
g. 1
0
F
i
g
.
4
T
30 m
m
F
i
g
.
6
45 mm
Fi
g
.
5
150 mm
190 mm
190 mm
150 mm
Fig.3
a
F
ig.3
b
Posa della piastra di fondazione - Quote
It is also indispensable that the rack pro
j
ects, with respect to the centre o
f
the plate, by
at least the measurements indicated in
f
i
g
ure 3a
(
motor on le
f
t
)
and 3b
(
motor on ri
g
ht
)
to allow positionin
g
o
f
the end run brackets.
In some cases it is possible that the rack projects by a
f
ew centimetre
s
w
ith respect to the plumb line o
f
the gate in order to allow complet
e
c
l
osure
.
M
ake note o
f
the measurements indicated be
f
ore proceedin
g
with the successive
ph
ases.
T
he
f
oundation plate has two lar
g
e holes
f
or the passa
g
e o
f
the raceways.
T
hey can both be used, thanks to the space present on the bottom o
f
the
g
ear motor, but it is easier to use the hole of the left if the pinion,
h
i
g
hli
g
hted in the fi
g
ures.