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To install connection plates:
1. Read the guidelines above and plan the use of connection plates in your installation so that you know
where you will need to install them. See Figure 22. You will need one connection plate B for each corner
where two ore more panels meet and one M10x15 bolt with washer C per corner. Bolts must be steel,
grade 8.8 minimum. Connection plates and suitable Allen bolts are available from your Martin® supplier.
2. As soon as you have fastened a panel into the installation using the panels' integral fastening
mechanisms, fasten connection plates B to the panels A using bolts with washers as shown in Figure
22. Fasten all adjacent corners together. Install connection plates continuously while you work so that
you never exceed the limits (given under '1. Single columns' and '2. Multiple columns' above) for the
number of panels that can hang freely without connection plates. Do not overtighten bolts.
3. When tearing down an installation, remove panels starting from the bottom and do not remove
connection plates until you are ready to remove the panels that the plates are fastened to.
B
C
A - VDO Face 5 panel
B - Connection plate
Anchoring the bottom of columns
Warning! Anchor the bottom of columns of panels to make it impossible for the columns to swing or
snake if a primary attachment fails or if panels are exposed to air pressure.
Tighten anchoring straps at the bottom of columns gently by hand, and only enough to remove any
slack. Do not tighten straps hard, or you may add to the downward force acting on columns and
suspension hardware, creating a danger of failure.
To anchor the bottom of a column, fasten an M10 eyebolt or VDO Face 5™ corner connection plate to the
hole in the bottom corner of the panel at the bottom of the column, then loop a strap such as nylon webbing
through the eyebolt or connection plate and around an anchoring point. Make sure that there is no slack in
the strap, but tighten the strap gently by hand only.
• Anchor both sides of each single column of panels.
• Anchor both sides of each multiple array of columns.
A
A
Figure 22: VDO Face™ corner connection plate
Physical installation
C - Connection plate fasteners (one M10 x
15 Allen head bolt per panel)
A
A
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