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Quick start Guide

Installation Instructions
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Mounting the Base (T-slot Table)

  • Position the Anchor Point Base on a clean machine table.

  • Place the toe clamps opposite each other in the toe clamp slots and hand tighten the bolts.

  • Tighten up one of the bolts.

  • Run a dial indicator along any side edge and tap the Base until it is square with the machine table.

  • Once square, tighten the other bolt and then fully tighten the bolts to secure the anchor point to the table

 

Mounting the Base (SMW Fixture Plate)

  • Position the Anchor Point Base on the SMW plate with two dowel pins as illustrated in the image below . push the anchor point up against the dowel pins to make it square to the machine.

  • Place the toe clamps opposite each other in the toe clamp slots and tighten the bolts.

 

Mounting the Base (M8 Holes)

  • Position the Anchor Point Base on your custom base plate.

  • Install all 4 of the M8 screws and finger tighten them

  • Run a dial indicator along any side edge and tap the Base until it is square with the machine table.

  • Once square, tighten the other bolt and then fully tighten the bolts to secure the anchor point to the base plate

 

Mounting the Base (Lang/HWR/Rock-lock Studs)

  • Install pull studs into bottom of anchor point base.

  • Install in base.

 

Air Connections

  • The Anchor Point Base requires a minimum of 100 psi of compressed air to unlock the pallets. Use one of the included connectors ( 1/4" or 1/8" Bsp Push-to-connect tube fittings) to connect to your compressed air source.

  • Screw the slide valve into the port on the anchor point.

  • Screw the 1/8" elbow into the inlet of the slide value.

  • Connect a section of tubing from the air source to the push-to-connect elbow on the side valve.

Operation Instructions

Using the Anchor Point Pallet System

  • Unlock the Base by sliding the blue collar on the valve toward the anchor point.

  • Place a Pallet on the anchor point and slide the blue collar away form the Anchor Point. (Some binding is normal during the break-in period of new Pallets and Base.)

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Machining/Using Pallets

  • Pallets are 6082-T6 plate Aluminum

  • Always machine fixtures with the Pallet locked on the Base.

  • If parts are to be bolted directly to the top of a pallet, start by face milling the top of the pallet to establish a consistent flatness.

  • The blank pallets supplied are made of saw cut plate so the raw edges may differ between pallets but they should all clean up to 101 x 101 x 28.5mm.

Maintenance Instructions

  • After each use - Clear chips, coolant and cutting oils. Install a blank pallet or Cover when not in use.

  • Every 36-48 hours-Apply a light coating of grease to the pins and bushings.

  • Every 300-400 hours-Apply a liberal coating of grease on the pull stud and actuate the clamp and unclamp 10-15 times to work the grease into the mechanism.

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