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Connecting Plate Conveyor to Plate Processor

Plate Conveyor Assembly
Conveyor - Processor Interface
Attaching Plate Conveyor to Platesetter
Attaching Plate Conveyor to Processor
Parameter Settings in the Platesetter

Plate Conveyor Assembly

The Plate conveyor is supplied in a separate package. It is recommended that two (2) people unpack and assemble the conveyor. Refer to the following figures; the numbers in brackets, in the instructions below, identify the various parts.

1. Open the packaging. The packaging includes the following parts (Figure 2-13):
• Upper assembly [4]; has two parts, front and back, where the back part can fold toward the front part.
• Two identical leg assemblies [3].
• Leg adjuster assembly [8].
• Small bag with screws and washers.
2. Remove the two Leg assemblies, the Leg adjuster and the bag of screws and other accessories (the Upper assembly should remain in the packaging).
3. Open the inner protection cover of the Upper assembly so that the side facing you is exposed (the other parts are assembled to the Upper assembly while it is in the packaging).
4. Refer to Figure 2-14 - connect the two leg assemblies to the Upper assembly: each leg assembly is connected with two shoulder screws [1]. The Leg assembly orientation should be so that the slots in the Leg assembly horizontal bar will enable inserting the leg adjuster screws [9]. Do not tighten the screws.

Note: If the leg assembly does not fit into the upper assembly (item [15] in Figure 2-13), open the four screws that attach the leg assembly, make the necessary adjustment and tighten the screws.

5. Connect the leg adjuster [8] to the two leg assemblies:
• Refer to Figure 2-13 - disconnect the two parts of the leg adjuster by releasing the set screws [2]. Note that one part has a ruler printed on it.
• Refer to Figure 2-14 - connect the leg adjuster part with the ruler to the top bar of the front leg assembly. Use screw [9], spring washer [10] and adjuster washer [13]. Do not tighten the screw.
• Refer to Figure 2-14 - connect the other part of the leg adjuster to the bottom bar of the rear leg assembly. Use screw [9], spring washer [10] and adjuster screw [13]. Do not tighten the screw.
• Refer to "Conveyor - Processor Interface". Locate the name of the processor to be used in the customer's site, and the required leg adjuster height (value A in "Conveyor - Processor Interface") for that processor.
• Refer to Figure 2-15 - using the ruler printed on the leg adjuster, adjust the length according to the required height (above).
• Tighten the two set screws [2] shown in Figure 2-13.
6. Adjust the leg assemblies angle [3] to the upper assembly [4] (Figure 2-13 and Figure 2-15):

• There are sets of holes in the leg assembly and in the upper assembly. Rotating the leg assembly will engage holes in the fixed and mobile parts.

Note: It is important to adjust the front leg assembly first.

• Locate the correct hole for the front leg - see value C in "Conveyor - Processor Interface" for your processor. Match it with the corresponding hole in the upper assembly, by rotating the leg.
• Insert a screw [5], washer [7] and spring washer [6] into the two holes of the front leg. Tighten the screws.
• Locate the correct hole for the rear leg - see value B in "Conveyor - Processor Interface" for your processor. Match it with the corresponding hole in the upper assembly, by rotating the leg.
• Insert a screw [5], washer [7] and spring washer [6] into the two holes of the rear leg. Tighten the screws.

7. Tighten the shoulder screws [1] that connect the upper assembly with the leg assembly (a total of 4 screws, 2 for each leg).
8. Adjust the height of each leg assembly:
• Refer to Conveyor - Processor Interface for the required leg assembly height for your processor. For the rear leg - value D; for the front leg - value E.
• Release both set screws [14] of each leg in the front leg assembly, and in the back leg assembly.
• Using the ruler printed on the leg, adjust the length of the narrow part of each leg according to the above height.
• Tighten the two set screws of the two legs of the front leg assembly, and the back leg assembly.
9. At both ends of the leg adjuster, tighten screw [9] that connects the leg adjuster to the leg assemblies.
10. Turn the Conveyor over, face up, so that it stands on its legs (the back part should be folded on top of the front part).
11. Attach the Conveyor to the platesetter, as described in "Attaching Plate Conveyor to Platesetter".

Conveyor - Processor Interface

A - length of leg adjuster ruler part
B - rear leg angle position
C - front leg angle position
D - length of rear leg ruler part
E - length of front leg ruler part

* Note: This processor is only an example. CreoScitex does not recommend any specific company's product.

Figure 2-13: Plate conveyor assembly (1)

Figure 2-14: Plate conveyor assembly (2)

Figure 2-15: Plate conveyor assembly (3)

Attaching Plate Conveyor to Platesetter

The Conveyor connects to the upper back panel of the platesetter.

1. Refer to Figure 2-16 and Figure 2-17 - attach the conveyor hooks [11, 12] to the upper back panel of the platesetter, using the two screws [16] and two spring washers [17]. Note that there is a left and right hook (in the figure, items [11] and [12] respectively).
2. Refer to Figure 2-18 - hang the front part of the upper assembly on the two hooks on the back panel of the platesetter.
3. Verify that the conveyor is stable in its place. If needed, fine-tune the height of the leg assemblies by adjusting the length of the ruler part of the leg.
4. Pull out the conveyor power cable from inside the platesetter (through the cable opening at the bottom).
5. Plug the conveyor power cable into the wiring plug adapter attached to the upper assembly.

Attaching Plate Conveyor to Processor

1. Place the processor near the conveyor, so that the plate entrance at the front side of the processor is close to the conveyor (several mm distance).
2. Adjust the processor height to the conveyor height: the plate entrance of the processor should be at the same level as the upper strip of the conveyor belts.
3. Some processors have plate sensors that can be connected to the conveyor. For these processors, connect the plate sensor to the appropriate opening in the front side of the upper assembly (see Figure 2-19).

Figure 2-16: Attaching Plate conveyor to platesetter (1)

Figure 2-17: Attaching Plate conveyor to platesetter (2)

Figure 2-18: Attaching Plate conveyor to platesetter (3)

Figure 2-19: Attaching plate sensor from the Processor to Plate conveyor

Parameter Settings in the Platesetter

1. At the Operation monitor, open the Utilities menu.
2. Click on the Tools button.
3. Enter the Service password in the Password window.
4. From the extended Utilities menu, right click on Lotem 800 I/O object (in sw version 2.0).
5. In the I/O object menu, choose New Local.
6. Under Solenoids Unload Conveyor Solenoid, set Open value to 1.
7. Under Detectors Unload Conveyor Detector, set Open value to 1.
8. Restart the application.

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