Blade Installation - Woods RT42.30 Operator's Manual

BLADE INSTALLATION

Four Blade Installation
1. Remove any burrs on flanges generated from
blades that have slipped.
2. Start blade assembly with first blade installed next
to rotor shaft flange.
NOTE: Blade cutting edges should face the direc-
tion of rotation.
3. Install blade inside flange pocket with blade hole
closest to end matching holes in flanges.
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TIGHTEN TO
140 LBS-FT
FORWARD ROTATION
Figure 15. Four Blade Forward & Reverse Rotation Blade Installation
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4. Install bolt through flange, blade, flange, and nut but
5. Rotate blade backwards until blade profile is seated
6. Tighten bolted joint to 140 lbs-ft.
7. Proceed by installing next blade of the same part
8. Repeat steps 2-7 installing opposite hand blade in
INSERT BLADE PROFILE
INTO FLANGE POCKET
AGAINST EMBOSSMENT
do not tighten completely.
on flange embossments in the flange pockets.
number in next flange.
next flange hole until all four rows of blades are
installed.
CD8621
INSERT BLADE PROFILE
INTO FLANGE POCKET
AGAINST EMBOSSMENT
REVERSE ROTATION
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TIGHTEN TO
140 LBS-FT