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・ Store this manual near equipment for future reference. ・ If any questions related to safety arise about this manual, please confirm them with the distributor or our company. KITAGAWA IRON WORKS CO., LTD. 77-1 Motomachi, Fuchu, Hiroshima 726-8610 Japan TEL +81-(0)847-40-0526...
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Preface This manual provides detailed information about how to safely and correctly use the scroll chuck (SC-N, SC-FN, JN-N, JN-TN type) for a rotary table. Before starting to use this scroll chuck, read this manual carefully and always follow the instructions and warnings in "Important Safety Precautions"...
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The guarantee period of this product is 1 year after delivery. Use the parts delivered by Kitagawa Iron Works for all the parts including consumable parts. We will not assume responsibility for injury, death, damage, or loss caused by usage of parts not manufactured by Kitagawa Iron Works.
Table of Contents 1. Structural Drawing and Parts List -----------------------------------------------------------------------5 1-1. Type display 1-2. Structural drawing 1-3. Parts list Important Safety Precautions ------------------------------------------------------------8 3. Specifications ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 3-1. Specifications 3-2. Gripping range 3-3. Relationship between handle torque and gripping force 4. Forming Soft Jaw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17 4-1.
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For Machine Tool Manufacturers (Chapter 9) 9. Attachment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 9-1. Outline drawing of attachment 9-2. Manufacturing of back plate 9-3. Attachment of chuck 10. Other Information ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------38 10-1. About standards and orders 10-2. Information about markings of product 10-3. About disposal...
Important Safety Precautions Important safety precautions are summarized below. Please read this section before first starting to use this product. Failure to follow the safety precautions below will result in DANGER serious injury or death. Turn off main power supply before attaching, inspecting or replacing chuck, and before adding oil.
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Important Safety Precautions Failure to follow the safety precautions below will result in DANGER serious injury or death. Always tighten the bolts at the specified torque. If the torque is insufficient or excessive, the bolt will break, which is dangerous as the chuck or work will fly out.
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Important Safety Precautions Failure to follow the safety precautions below could WARNING result in serious injury or death. Determine the gripping force required for processing by the machine tool manufacturer or user, and check that the required For All Users gripping force is provided before processing.
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Important Safety Precautions Failure to follow the safety precautions below could WARNING result in serious injury or death. Do not modify the chuck in a way not permitted by the manufacturer. For All Users ・ It may not only break the chuck but the chuck and the work may fly out, which is dangerous.
・ Tightened at the maximum permissible handle torque. ・ The numerical values are obtained with the Kitagawa gripping force meter . The gripping position of the gripping force meter is at a position 1/2 of the height of the jaw top surface (height from the chuck surface to the top surface of the jaw).
4. Forming Soft Jaw 4-1. Attachment of soft jaw Use the most appropriate soft jaw considering the shape, dimension, material, and surface roughness of the work and the cutting conditions, etc. ・ Be sure to use the chuck at the above permissible protruding range (Table 4). If exceeded the above range, the engaged part strength between the jaw and scroll becomes insufficient, thus scattering the chuck jaw or work and resulting in danger.
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・ Always tighten the bolts at the specified torque. If the torque is insufficient or excessive, the bolt will break, which is dangerous as the chuck or work will fly out. Table 5 Bolt size Tightening torque N・m N・m N・m N・m N・m N・m...
4-2. Forming soft jaw with outside diameter gripping 1. Preparation of the plug for forming ・ Prepare the plug for forming. The surface roughness of the plug outside diameter is to be approximately 25s, and make a shape with sufficient thickness which does not distort. ・...
4-3. Forming soft jaw with inside diameter gripping 1. Preparation of the ring for forming ・ Prepare the ring for forming. The surface roughness of the ring inside diameter is to be approximately 25s, and make a shape with a sufficient thickness which does not distort. ・...
4-4. Forming method when you use forming jig 1. Preparation of the jig for forming ・ Prepare the jig for forming. (There is a commercially available product.) ・ Attach the pin (Example 1) or the bolt and nut (Example 2) by dividing equally into 3 portions onto the ring shape plate.
5. Usage This product is a device to fix a work-piece when it is processed by the rotary table. The handle closes the jaw manually and fixes a work-piece so that it does not move during processing. The chuck opens the jaw after having processed it and remove a work-piece. ・...
5-3. Precautions related to usage of jaw ・ If a soft jaw other than one made by Kitagawa Iron Works is used, the engagement will be inferior, and the gripping precision will worsen, and the work will fly out due to gripping failure, which is dangerous.
5-5. Attachment of locator and jig ・ In the case of attaching the locator and the jig on the chuck body surface, tap or drill a hole in the additional process range specified in Fig. 7. Fig.7...
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Table 6 Type H (Max) ℃ SC-3N SC-4N 11.5 SC-5N 24.25 14.5 SC-5FN 24.25 14.5 JN06N 35.5 JN06TN 35.5 JN07N 17.5 JN07TN 17.5 JN09N 40.5 21.5 JN09TN 40.5 21.5 JN10N JN10TN JN12N 53.5 JN12TN 53.5 SC-14N SC-16N A, B: Additional process impossible dimension. H: Processible depth of tapping or drilling a hole.
Table 7 Genuine Kitagawa genuine product CHUCK GREASE PRO product (Kitagawa distributor of each country) Kitagawa chuck grease Conventional product Molykote EP Grease TORAY Dow Corning (only inside Japan) Conventional Chuck EEZ grease Kitagawa-Northtech Inc.
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・ To keep the chuck running in the best condition for a long time, adequate grease lubrication is necessary. Insufficient grease lubrication causes a drop in the gripping force, operation failure at low hydraulic pressure, drop in gripping precision, abnormal wearing, seizing, etc. The work will fly out due to a drop in the gripping force and this is dangerous.
6-3. Disassembling Disassembling procedures Read the following disassembling procedures with reference to pages 6-7. 1. Turn off the main power of the machine before starting work. 2. Remove the jaws. 3. Loosen the chuck attaching bolt [11] and remove the chuck from the spindle. 4.
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Table 8-3 Knock pin Tightening Knock pin Chuck model torque M6, M8 N・m 3”~5” N・m 6”~10” N・m 12”~14” N・m 16” ・ Use an eyebolt or a hanging belt when attaching and detaching the chuck to and from the machine, as there is a danger of injury or damage if the chuck drops.
7. Malfunction and Countermeasures 7-1. In the case of malfunction Check the points specified in the table below and take the appropriate countermeasure. Table 9 Defective Cause Countermeasure The chuck The chuck inside will break. Disassemble and replace the broken part. does not The sliding surface is seized.
・ If the chuck failed due to a seizure or breakage, remove the chuck from the machine, following the disassembly steps in page 28. When the chuck cannot be removed due to a blockage of workpiece, do not disassemble forcibly but please contact us or our agent.
8. Quality standard 8-1. Runout accuracy Table 10 Chuck runout (mm) Test bar runout (mm) Type Pinion position SC-3 0.05 0.05 SC-4 (0.05) (0.05) Master SC-5 pinion JN06 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.04 JN07 0.03 0.02 0.02 (Master (0.05) (0.05) (0.05) JN09 pinion JN10...
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For Machine Tool Manufactures Following pages are described for machine tool manufacturers (personnel who attach a chuck to a machine). Please read following instruction carefully when you attach or detach a chuck to machine, and please sufficiently understand and follow the instructions for safe operation.
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9-2. Manufacturing of back plete ・ Process the engagement diameter of the back plate after measuring the actual spindle. ・ Run-out of the back plate directly affects the process precision. The end surface run-out of the back plate, spigot joint diameter run-out must be 0.005 mm or less. ・...
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・ Use the bolts attached to the chuck, and do not use other bolts. However, if you must use other bolts not provided by Kitagawa, use bolts that have at least a strength classification of 12.9 (10.9 for M22 or more) and be sure they are long enough.
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・ Use an eyebolt or a hanging belt when attaching and detaching the chuck to and from the machine, as there is a danger of injury or damage if the chuck drops. Chuck size Eyebolt (inch) 9, 10 12, 14 ・...
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10. Other information 10-1. About standards and orders This product is based on the following standards or orders. ・ Machinery directive:2006/42/EC Annex I ・ EN ISO 12100-1:2003+A1:2009 ・ EN ISO12100-2+A1:2009 ・ EN ISO14121-1:2007 ・ EN1550:1997+A1:2008 10-2. Information about markings of product Fig.11 10-3.About disposal Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled according to all national laws and...
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The products herein are controlled under Japanese Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act. In the event of importing and/or exporting the products, you are obliged to consult KITAGAWA as well as your government for the related regulation prior to any transaction.
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