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XenoROL® DRIVE BELT BREAK-IN ............................43 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ........................... 44 GENERAL ................................44 MOTOR AND GEARCASE ............................. 44 CHAINS AND SPROCKETS ............................ 44 ROLLERS ................................47 DRIVE BELTS ................................ 48 LINE-SHAFT BEARINGS ............................48 MOTOR CONTROLS ............................. 48 UNIVERSAL JOINTS .............................. 48 COUPLER SPROCKETS/CHAINS ...........................
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XenoROL® PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................70 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................71 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................72 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................73 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................74 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................75 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................76 PARTS IDENTIFICATION ............................77 PARTS IDENTIFICATION LIST ............................ 78 PARTS IDENTIFICATION LIST ............................ 79 ADDITIONAL REPLACEMENT PARTS ........................
XenoROL® PURPOSE It is the intent of MHS Conveyor, through this manual, to provide information that acts as a guide in the installation, operation and maintenance of MHS Conveyor XenoROL conveyors. This manual describes basic installation practices, assembly arrangements, preventive maintenance, repair procedures, troubleshooting, service internals and assists in replacement parts identification.
XenoROL® EQUIPMENT WARRANTY MHS Conveyor warrants that the material and workmanship entering into its equipment is merchantable and will be furnished in accordance with the specifications stated. MHS Conveyor agrees to furnish the purchaser without charge any part proved defective within 2 years from date of shipment or before the equipment has forty-one hundred (4100) hours of running use, whichever period is shorter, provided the purchaser gives MHS Conveyor immediate notice in writing and examination proves the claim that such materials or parts were defective when...
XenoROL® WARNINGS & SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Failure to follow the instructions, warnings, and obstructions. Never remove, deface or paint over cautions throughout this book, and warning WARNING or CAUTION labels. Any damaged label will be replaced by MHS Conveyor at no labels on the conveyor may result in injury to personnel or damage to the equipment.
XenoROL® Introduction To XenoROL DEFINITION OF TERMS XENOROL CONCEPT XenoROL rollers are driven by pretensioned Accessory - A device that receives power from and polyurethane belts which pull the drive spools contributes to the horsepower requirement of the against the line-shaft. Each spool delivers a line-shaft.
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XenoROL® Tapered Roller - A conical conveyor roller for use in Frame structure which supports a curve with end and intermediate diameters components of a conveyor bed consisting of formed proportional to their radius. channel rails bolted together with square tubing crossmembers.
XenoROL® RECEIVING & SITE PREPARATION GENERAL An identification label is attached to the inside of one XenoROL ® line-shaft driven live roller conveyors are side channel close to one end of each conveyor bed and on all drive packages. (See below.) This label shipped in subassemblies.
XenoROL® TYPICAL XenoROL LOOSE PARTS Part Number Item Illustration Line-shaft Guard End Cover Cover End of Lineshaft at 41700910 with Set Collar Kit COVER See WARNING Page 13 Termination of Conveyor with Set Collar, Kit 90140001 Safety Caps Cover End of Line-shaft Keyway See WARNING Page 20 90314510 Line-shaft Guard, 10’...
XenoROL® GENERAL PROCEDURES The following procedures are to be used as After the first elevation is established at a critical guidelines only for conveyor installation. Specific point, the elevation of all other points shall be methods will vary somewhat depending on available relative to this first point.
XenoROL® TYPICAL LAYOUT/LEGEND The layout you have received may or may not have the match mark tag numbers as indicated in the Illustrated below is a hypothetical layout of a MHS balloons. If your layout is tagged, these ballooned Conveyor system. The dimensional data has numbers will match the tag number on each bed been left off for clarity.
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XenoROL® LAYOUT DIMENSIONS or “J” and "H". Normally, merging takes place at In laying out the conveyor path, the dimensions 45° while most diverting devices utilize 30°. shown on this page indicate the relative position Reference the overall layout to determine which set between parallel or perpendicular conveyors in of dimensions to use.
XenoROL® LAYOUT DIMENSIONS WARNING WARNING Remove any coupler sprocket which is not coupled to an adjacent sprocket. These Safety caps are required on ends of all sprockets must be removed BEFORE the bed adjoining line-shaft conveyor beds not is installed. The white line-shaft safety caps coupled together.
XenoROL® SUPPORTING ARRANGEMENTS FLOOR SUPPORTS Stagger anchors from front hole on one side to rear Install bolts used to attach the standhead to the hole on opposite side. Anchor bolts for equipment frame so the nut is on the bottom. Standhead bolts subject to impact loads should be a minimum of 1/2"...
XenoROL® CONNECTORS The spacer channel connector kit consists of two Adjoining beds may be connected using optional formed channels 4-1/2" deep with mounting stand- head connector plates (one on each side). hardware. This connector is a standard component Connectors are normally used with ceiling hangers of ceiling hangers but is also used to allow a support when the hanger is not centered on the frame joint.
XenoROL® CEILING HANGERSS After hanger uprights are installed and the heavy extension nuts welded to angle hangers, thread the drop rods into the extension nuts. Thread the jam nuts and stop nuts on the drop rods far enough up the rods to allow installation and adjustment of the cross pipe.
XenoROL® SWAY BRACING (CEILING HANGER) 1. Sway bracing should be a minimum of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 3/16" angle. 2. Sway bracing is secured to the hanger upright near the conveyor support and extended upward at an angle of approximately 30 degrees from the hanger upright.
XenoROL® MULTI-LEVEL XENOROL® SUPPORT Clamping of stringers or headers to building trusses To mount XenoROL to multiple level supports, bolt will normally be done only at panel points. Specific two V-brackets and two spacer channels to each customer permission and load calculations by a horizontal crossmember.
XenoROL® BASICS OF XenoROL INSTALLATION GENERAL FRAME ALIGNMENT XenoROL ® bed sections stacked on pallets for shipping Conveyor frames must always be installed in a (7) intermediate beds per side. straight line from end to end as described in GENERAL PROCEDURES.
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XenoROL® Angular alignment and gap may be checked by Carefully note from the system layout drawings any combining a feeler gauge and shim material to bed joint locations which are not to be coupled due check for equal gap of 9/32 every 90 degrees. to the ending of that conveyor drive.
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XenoROL® PULSATING EFFECT OF POWERED CURVES Since U-joints are common and basic to the During the operation of the powered curves, a slight operation of XenoROL, they are taken for granted. pulsating or jerking effect may be noticed in the However, if they are not applied or installed rollers driven from that portion of the line-shaft correctly, they can cause major problems.
XenoROL® SUBASSEMBLY INSTALLATION DRIVES CURVES On drive beds under 24" wide, right angle drive Curves are installed the same as straight sections. motors will protrude outside the conveyor frame. In addition to end supports, 90 degree curves should The narrower the conveyor, the greater the have a support in the center of the outside frame protrusion.
XenoROL® JUMP CHAINS/BELTS The external jump chain connects two parallel conveyors from one drive motor. Depending on the Jump chains are preassembled at the factory twist of the drive belt connecting the line-shaft to the complete with sprockets aligned chain roller, the travel direction of the conveyors can be tensioned.
XenoROL® MERGE ASSEMBLY While the product is merging, it is being pushed by Merge assemblies are used at the juncture of two the spur and pulled by the abutting bed. The bottom of the product is forced to slide on the rollers as it conveyors where one is required to merge into and join the other line.
XenoROL® Guard rails (angle or adjustable channel) are 2. Place the end plate of the spur against the recommended on both sides of each conveyor. side channel of the abutting bed and mark Conveyor rollers may be skewed upstream on each the location of the mounting bolts on the conveyor, as required, to align products along one frame of the abutting bed.
XenoROL® WHEEL DIVERTER ASSEMBLY Two rows of powered wheels raise pneumatically to divert product off the main line to a 30° spur. Driven by the main conveyor line-shaft the wheel diverter does not require a separate drive. Air pressure required for quick positive response is 60-80 PSI.
XenoROL® URETHANE BELT TRANSFER (UBT) Important: The twist of the drive belt determines the direction of the roller rotation. When devices such as urethane belt transfers (UBTs) are driven from the line-shaft, the motor must run in the direction to suit the UBT. Test the drive belt twist for correctness before installing rollers in that conveyor.
XenoROL® UBT XenoBRAKE Pivoting roller stops normally received preassembled, separate from the bed they are to be installed into. The powered roller which will be replaced by the pivoting stop roller must be removed from the conveyor bed. At least two rollers will need to be temporarily removed over the pivot point of the A XenoBRAKE designed for use with UBTs provides arms.
XenoROL® RIGHT ANGLE CONNECTION/URETHANE BELT TRANSFER MODULE (RAC/UBT MODULE) The gearbox style designation (A or B) refers to the A right angle connection (RAC) module in a 12" bed output shaft rotation. For opposite rotation (from A is used at 90°...
XenoROL® XenoBRAKES Normally, XenoBRAKES are factory mounted in the conveyor bed; however, they may be purchased XenoBRAKES are used to stop XenoROL ® rollers separately and mounted during installation. A brake by clamping them from below. XenoBRAKES are preassembled with cylinders mounted to the inside of the side channel between connecting air line to a "T"...
XenoROL® POWERED GATE ASSEMBLY The gate provides a break in the conveyor line for pedestrian traffic. The gate is line-shaft driven from the adjoining conveyor. Powered gate assemblies use the standard 4-1/2" deep frame. They consist of two beds, a 4' gate bed and 2' adjoining bed.
XenoROL® ROLLERS STRAIGHT ROLLERS ROLLER INSTALLATION There are two types of rollers used in straight WARNING sections: single grooved and double grooved. Single grooved rollers are used when connecting the Use a blunt object to push on the roller axle. line-shaft pulleys (spools) directly to the rollers.
XenoROL® LINE-SHAFT GUARDS Line-shaft guarding is installed at the factory on curves, transfers, merges, gates, jump chains and WARNING other accessories. During installation, only straight Cutting a 10' line-shaft guard to match a section guards need to be mounted to the conveyor specific length conveyor section can create frames.
XenoROL® GUARD RAILS ADJUSTABLE CHANNEL GUARD RAIL Adjustable channel guard rail is used to better match ANGLE GUARD RAIL the width between guard rails to the conveyed Angle guard rails are bolted to the conveyor frames product. It may also be adjusted vertically to better top flange.
XenoROL® AIR SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS GENERAL Every conveyor system is unique with its own AIR CONSUMPTION specific requirements. Therefore, the following is a The highest air consumption is when several general guide. Compressed air for conveyor devices are operating simultaneously. systems is produced by air compressors. Air is Formulas to determine cubic feet per minute (CFM) pumped by the compressor into a storage tank and...
XenoROL® ELECTRICAL GENERAL NEMA 4 - Indoor and outdoor use, designed to keep out rain and dust. WARNING All electrical controls must be installed, wired NEMA 12 - Indoor use, provides protection against and connected by a licensed electrician only. dust, dirt and oil seepage and dripping of noncorrosive liquids.
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XenoROL® OPERATOR CONTROLS - Additional operator controls should be designed into the system with the WARNING Before restarting a conveyor which has same guidelines that go into start and stop pushbutton, depending upon their function. Devices been stopped because of an emergency, an which are repeated on multiple control stations, such inspection of the conveyor must be made as emergency stops, should be located at the same...
XenoROL® COMMISSIONING OF EQUIPMENT • Verify circuitry GENERAL Commissioning of the equipment can best be • Verify proper line voltage defined as the final adjustments and test of the • Verify function of all safety shutoff devices installed equipment required for its proper operation. •...
XenoROL® PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE GENERAL particular unit. Check for overheating, vibrations The key to ensuring the expected return on and dirt buildup. investment is to protect against premature failure with a well-planned and follow-up program of With Reliance Relialube reducers, change oil only preventive maintenance.
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XenoROL® During the monthly check, look for damaged or worn links in the chain and wear spots on sprockets. If either the chain or sprockets are worn, then both must be replaced and the cause of wear corrected. If chains have stretched so that above adjustments cannot be made, remove a link and reconnect.
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XenoROL® For jumps follow the above procedure starting out by For our standard HPR or HTD, 8 mm pitch, 30 mm placing the pulleys as close to the line-shaft wide Belt, use the following information to program bearings as possible and aligning the pulleys as the meter.
XenoROL® • If you do not have a Sonic Meter, the belt tension For MOVIMOT drives the belt strand tension can be measured by applying a set amount of force should be 20-30 lbs. and measuring the resulting belt deflection. Note: You must use either the Gates 505C or the following table gives you the information you need Gates 507C Sonic Meter for measuring the belt...
XenoROL® DRIVE BELTS Drive belts should require no actual maintenance. CAUTION Visually check for broken or worn belts. Normally, a Avoid touching components until they have had few broken belts will not hamper the performance of time to cool. Some may still be hot XenoROL®.
XenoROL® provides additional protection against the entry of AIR SYSTEMS foreign matter. The best preventive maintenance for any air operated device is clean air. Always be alert for air Grease in the bearing prevents excessive wear of leaks anywhere in the system and correct promptly. parts, protects ball races, balls, etc.
XenoROL® MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE Periodic maintenance intervals shown may vary with MONTHLY load, speed, hours of daily operation, ambient • Check air filters for cleanliness. temperature, humidity, etc. Intervals can be • Check coupler chains for cracks. established by fairly frequent maintenance at first, •...
XenoROL® LUBRICATION GUIDE Item Procedure Recommended Lube Drives, External & Internal Chain Drives See Page 39 & 52 Mineral Oil, SAE 30 Jump Chains & Slave Drives Mobil SHC-634 for gearbox. For Drive packages using input bore and motor shaft use Fel- Reliance Relialube reducers Pro C5A AntiSieze or MobilTemp 78 Grease...
XenoROL® Troubleshooting Guide Troubleshooting is the process of looking at trouble symptoms and then relating these to the most likely cause. By carefully analyzing the problem, the experienced troubleshooter can take appropriate corrective steps. WARNING Do not perform maintenance on the conveyor until the startup controls are locked off and cannot be turned on by any person other than the one performing the maintenance.
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XenoROL® MECHANICAL PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Not enough rollers being driven Drive more rollers if available Improve product conveyability or install Poor bottom on product drive belts with right tension Overloading of product Remove overload Insufficient drive Lubricant on belts, rollers or drive Clean belts, rollers and spools (Ref.
XenoROL® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-MECHANICAL TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-MECHANICAL MECHANICAL PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Pad or tubing not contacting all Shim padded channel Adjust per rollers p. 30 Padded channel bent Replace padded channel Product over XenoBRAKE will Accumulating distance too Add additional XenoBRAKES not hold great Use plastisol coated rollers over...
XenoROL® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-MECHANICAL MECHANICAL PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Chain contacting stationary parts Remove interference Worn sprockets or chain Replace both (Ref. p. 53) Maintain proper lubrication intervals Inadequate lubrication (Ref. p. 42) 19 Excessive chain noise Broken or missing chain rollers Repair or replace chain (Ref.
XenoROL® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-MECHANICAL MECHANICAL PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Improper chain installation Replace chain (Ref. p. 19 & 20) 26 Broken coupler chain Misalignment of line-shaft Realign shafts and sprocket and sprockets gap. (Ref. p.19 and 20) Brakes should be no more than Excessive clearance XenoBRAKE hitting with 1/4"...
XenoROL® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-MOTOR/REDUCER MOTOR/REDUCER PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Check oil level in gearcase and be Low reducer oil level sure breather plug is open (non Relialube reducers) 31 Reducer running excessively hot Check and inspect all bearings on conveyor Drag on conveyor Check for excessive product load Check all rollers for free rotation Insufficient reducer lubricant...
XenoROL® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-MOTOR/REDUCER MOTOR/REDUCER PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Overfilling Drain lubricant to proper level Place vent in uppermost position Vent in wrong location Reducer leakage (non Extend vent with pipe nipple Reliance Relialube) Tighten all bolts and fittings Defective oil seals on output shaft Install new oil seals Check overload size and replace Incorrect size...
XenoROL® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE-ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL/SOLENOID POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY VALVE PROBLEM Loose connection Check all wire connections 41 Electrical shorts Improper voltage Consider adding additional transformer Check fuses Retroreflective photoeye not Realign photoeye with retroreflective Photoeye or proximity properly aligned with target target so indicator light comes on switches do not energize solenoid...
XenoROL® REPAIR PROCEDURES WARNING Do not perform maintenance on the conveyor until the start-up controls are locked out and cannot be turned on by any person other than the one performing the maintenance. If more than one member of a crew is working on the conveyor, EACH CREW MEMBER MUST HAVE A LOCK ON THE POWER LOCK OUT.
XenoROL® CHAIN/SPROCKET REPLACEMENT ON LINE- Disassembly/assembly procedure as follows: SHAFT 1. To provide access to maintenance area, 1. Shut off and lock out power supply to area of remove necessary rollers. requiredmaintenance. 2. Remove line-shaft guarding in area requiring 2. To provide access, remove necessary rollers. maintenance.
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XenoROL® LINE-SHAFT 3. No major oil leaks During manufacturing processes line-shafts are left with a light coating of lubricant. Excess is wiped off before the assembly of components onto the line- shaft. A certain amount of lubricant is needed to prevent formation of rust before the conveyor is put in use.
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XenoROL® 4. No excessive heating 5. No unusual vibration or noise Enclosed gear drives (except those tagged as prelubricated) require filling to the proper oil level before operating as indicated. Equivalent lubricants should con-form to AGMA Standard Specification No. 250.03 applying to the AGMA Lubricant Number indicated for the required ambient range.
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XenoROL® DRIVE BELTS In an emergency the belts may be replaced by When becomes necessary replace cutting and splice welding a new length belt from XenoROL® drive belt, there are choices depending cord stock using the following procedure: on the situation. New original manufactured belts are the best and will last the longest.
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XenoROL® XenoBRAKES may be used to hold product back until line pressure is great enough to overcome the SOLENOID VALVES coefficient of friction between the product and the In order to minimize downtime, it is normally not roller surface. They are also used to create zero feasible to repair malfunctioning electrical or valve pressure zones with individual sensor controls.
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XenoROL® MOTOR CONTROLS WARNING WARNING Avoid touching components until they have Before servicing or performing any work in the had time to cool. Some still may be hot. motor control panel, disconnect and lockout the main incoming service. If only the panel Check overload settings on motor controls.
XenoROL® Parts Identification This section is used to identify parts that may require replacement during the life of the conveyor. Parts which specifically pertain to XenoROL ® XR40 or XR48 are included with illustrations. Additional parts and assemblies are listed together in chart form as "Additional Replacement Parts" on page 69. Drive components are identified for standard speed and horsepower combinations.
XenoROL® PARTS IDENTIFICATION LIST Balloon No. Description Part Number Drive Belt Refer to Drive Belt Data Chart Slave Belt page 70 Roller Refer to Roller Data page 66 Roller, Slave Roller, True Taper Non-full length rollers Bearing, 1 Bore " 90050103 Spool, 1 Bore "...
XenoROL® ADDITIONAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Line-shaft Assembly Specify model, bed length, zone lengths, drive or intermediate bed and driven Including: Line-shaft bearings, spacers, spools, coupler sprocket size if drive bed. Contact the sprockets (for 3 rollers) " Distributor Services Department for cost and delivery.
XenoROL® ISSION To meet or exceed all customer expectations by providing the highest quality products and services, on time, at exceptional value, in an environment which promotes safety and personal development. MHS Conveyor 1300 E Mount Garfield Road Norton Shores MI 49441-6097 USA 231.798.4547 Email: us-info@mhs-conveyor.com Web Site: mhs-conveyor.com...
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