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ReelCraft 7000 Series Manual

ReelCraft 7000 Series Manual

Industrial grade hose reels
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Summary of Contents for ReelCraft 7000 Series

  • Page 1 Reelcraft Industries Industrial Grade Hose Reels Series 7000...
  • Page 2: Intended Applications

    Intended Applications © Reelcraft Industries October 30, 2007 © SKF Group Slide 2...
  • Page 3 Windshield Washer Fluid (EPR required) • Pressure wash • Fuel (Viton) • Welding Gas: Oxy/Acetylene • Welding Gas: Fuel • Twin Hydraulic • Cable Welding • Water NH Fittings • Food processing • Breathing Air (Buna w/ food grade lubricant) © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 4: Product Detail

    Product Detail © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 5 Weld settings such as temperature, speed and size are repeatable with less instance of human error. Structural forms – incorporated into the design to give added strength throughout the reel. Mounting holes – Four 1/2” holes in base plate. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 6 OLP, OMP and OHP models. On models with a stainless steel flow path, a 316 grade shaft is used. Output thread on shaft is either 1/4”, 3/8”, 1/2” or 3/4” NPTF. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 7 Machined flat engages aluminum arbor key that in turn, keeps the spring arbor from rotating, thus building spring tension. Aluminum arbor and arbor key © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 8 Latch spring is a wear item. Every flick of the latch pawl causes stress on the spring. Reelcraft does extensive cycle testing on its latch spring designs. Customers requiring a reel that is constantly in tension can remove these parts from a standard latching reel or order it from the factory as such by adding the suffix “CT”...
  • Page 9 Cast aluminum ratchet has latching positions ever 180º. Latching parts are designed to be wider than competitors for improved wear. Spring case stud is mounted through this hole in the spring case and serves as the anchor point for the drive spring. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 10 Spring case is assembled onto shaft and arbor and arbor key are fitted into the correct position. The partially assembled reel is now ready to receive one of six standard drive springs. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 11: Drive Spring

    Before the spring is wound, the material is heated and the end is Formed in a stamping die. This is where the spring will engage the arbor. With drive spring installed, it is time to attach the sheave assembly. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 12 Carefully, rotating the spool clockwise two full revolutions and latch the reel. Hose can now be installed, by threading it carefully onto the gooseneck. A tug of the hose should release the latch and the hose can be guided onto the reel. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 13 The sheave arrives at the pictured state through multiple stamping operations. Reinforcing ribs are added, holes cut and a transition is added so that the hose moves seamlessly onto the spool. Nylon arbor is then riveted in place. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 14 Six press studs affix sheave to spring case assembly with nuts. The entire sheave assembly is then assembled onto the shaft, mating to the spring case assembly. Together they encapsulate the drive spring. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 15 Four nuts attach the guide arm to corresponding press studs on the base. Standard guide arm position from the factory is top wind (TW). Other positions are available as standard, but must be specified at time of order. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 16 FAQs © Reelcraft Industries October 30, 2007 © SKF Group Slide 16...
  • Page 17 My Reel Won’t Retract at All!?! Freight damage Latch out • 7000 Series reels leave the • Reels come from the factory in factory in a double wall top wind position. • If a customer moves the guide corrugated cardboard box. They...
  • Page 18 My Reel Will Not Retract at All!?! Seizure • In particularly dirty or grimy work environments, debris can lodge in the bushing on the ratchet and fuse the ratchet to the main shaft. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 19 My Reel Won’t Latch!?! Damaged, disassembled Constant Tension or missing latch spring. • Reelcraft offers most all of it’s • The latch spring holds the pawl latching reels in a constant tight to the ratchet. tension version as well. This will •...
  • Page 20 Customer supplied hose prematurely or in extreme cases • Customer’s hose may not meet fail entirely. our minimum bend radius or • Always consult engineering in recommended O.D. this type of application. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 21 • Caused by excess movement of accompanied by an out of the spring assembly within the spring ordinary noise. pan. • Usually a warranty issue • It is not detrimental to the reel’s function. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 22 • This is also dangerous in the • If experienced in warranty shaft and spool can be dislodged period, potential return. from the base. • Tighten/replace set screw. © Reelcraft Industries...
  • Page 23 Pipe Thread Fitting (NPTF or NPT, for short). Leaks at either the threaded portion where the ell meets the swivel body or where the ell attaches to the hose can generally be corrected with either tightening or additional pipe tape. © Reelcraft Industries...