4. 5
FL UT TE R R OL L E R
Parallelism.
Loosen screw A (Figure 4.5). Insert a screwdriver
into the slot and move the upper bearing forwards
or backwards until the flutter roller is parallel with
the head front.
Azimuth.
Set the speed selector to 7Vz ips, put a tape into
the tape path, and move the joystick to ) . Insert
a screwdriver as shown in Figure 4.6 and twist it
to move the flutter roller to the left until the tape
just touches the top edge of the nearest tape guide
post.
Move the screwdriver to the position shown in
Figure 4.7 and move the flutter roller carefully
to the right. If the roller is correctly adjusted the
tape will lift slowly upwards from the bottom part
of the tape guide post and touch the upper part
of the tape guide post without curling.
This adjustment can be checked with a lamp placed
behind the tape path. Look from the front to see
light between the tape and the lower part of the
tape guide post.
Fig. 4.5. Adjusting the parallelisem of the flutter roller.
Fig. 4.6. Adjusting the azimuth of the flutter roller.
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Fig. 4.7. Adjusting the azimuth of the flutter roller.
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