Festo MPAL-VI - Page 55

3 Mounting and installation
Festo – MPAL-VI-EN – 2017-07a – English 55
Installing unthreaded cartridges
1. Select the cartridge èTab. 3.1.
2. Press cartridge up to the stop in the port and turn it.
3. Press and hold down cartridge in this position.
4. Insert wire clamp in the retaining groove:
– With sub-bases: from above or below
– With supply modules: from above
– With exhaust plates on supply modules: from below
5. Slide wire clamps over the detent lugs èFig. 3.5.
6. Check that the cartridge is firmly seated.
Replacing unthreaded cartridges
1. If the wire clamps on the cartridges are concealed by valves, remove the valves.
With supply modules: unfasten screws on the exhaust plate or the cover plate of the silencer.
Remove the upper part.
2. Using a narrow slotted screwdriver, lever the wire clamp over the detent lugs and remove it.
3. Remove the wire clamp.
4. Remove the old cartridge.
5. Install a new cartridge.