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Installation and Adjustment Guidelines for MINIRAIL and MINISCALE PLUS
16.3 / 16.4 Installation and Adjustment Guidelines
16.4 Installation
16.4.1 General
• Before installation, the guideway, machine bed, mounting plate and fastening
screws must all be at room temperature
• Always tighten the fastening screws with a torque wrench. See chapter 16.5 for
torque values
• Always press the reference surface of the guideway against the reference surface
of the machine bed. The guideway can be located on both sides, the reference
side of the carriage is opposite the carriage side with the company logo / type
designation
16.4.2 MINIRAIL and MINISCALE PLUS
• Alternate between sides of the guideway, starting at the middle, when tightening
fastening screws. Pay attention to guideways on multi-part MINIRAIL systems
(chapter 8.2)
16.4.3 MINIRAIL
A protective plastic guideway is included on delivery (matched deliveries are
the exception). The carriages should be transferred directly from the
protective plastic guideway onto the steel guideway. This prevents dirt from
getting into the carriagesor the carriages from tilting which could lead to the
loss of ball bearings.
Fixing MINIRAIL guideways correctly
Carriage on the protective plastic guideway before being transferred onto the steel guideway