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Tonnage Load Monitor (optional)
Installation
NOTES:
1) (2) SENSORS REQUIRED
2) (2) SENSOR ENCLOSURES ARE INCLUDED.
THESE HELP PROTECT THE T400 SENSOR GAUGES.
THESE ENCLOSURES INCLUDE ½” KNOCKOUT
HOLES. IF CONDUIT IS USED, WE SUGGEST
USING ½” STRAIN RELIEFS IN THE KNOCK OUT
HOLES.
SENSOR PLACEMENT
Sensor location must be determined.
You have two locations, the front or the
rear of the press. (Shown in the shaded area.)
HOW TO DETERMINE THE BEST LOCATION
* MEASURE THE REAR THICKNESS
______REAR
* MULTIPLY BY THREE x 3 =
* MEASURE THE FRONT THICKNESS
______FRONT
If the front thickness is smaller than value in , then mount sensors in the front. (This is the most
common.) If the front thickness is larger, then place the sensor in the rear. Adjust the input connection
for compression readings instead of tension.
TIE ROD AND NUT
CONDUIT FOR LOAD SENSOR WIRES ONLY.
CAUTION: DO NOT RUN CONDUIT NEAR TIE ROD
HEATING OPENINGS.
CROWN OF PRESS
COLUMN/UPRIGHT
BOLSTER/BED
1/3 L.
1/3 L.
1/3 L.
L = LENGTH
OF COLUMN
OR UPRIGHT
RULE OF THUMB FOR CAST FRAME PRESSES OR VERY
HEAVY FRAM PRESSES: INSTALL SENSORS IN AN AREA
OF LEAST CROSS SECTION. AVOID HOLES AS DE-
SCRIBED ABOVE.
IN ALL CASES, IF POSSIBLE, AVOID LOCATING SEN-
SORS CLOSER THAN (1) COLUMN WIDTH FROM THE
CROWN OR BOLSTER.
BEST SENSOR LOCATION IS IN
THE MIDDLE 1/3 LENGTH OF
COLUMN/UPRIGHT ON THE CEN-
TER LINE OF THE TIE ROD.
THE CLOSER A SENSOR IS TO THE
TIE ROD THE BETTER ITS PERFOR-
MANCE WILL BE.
IF POSSIBLE INSTALL SENSORS ON
THE INSIDE PRESS WALL FRAME, IF
IT’S A DOUBLE WALL FRAME PRESS.
AVOID INSTALLING SENSORS CLOSER
THAN 12” FROM THE TOP EDGE OR BOT-
TOM EDGE OF THE HOLES THAT ARE CUT
OUT IN THE PRESS FRAME.
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