Manual Cutting; Combining Manual And Automatic Operation - struers Discotom-50 Gebrauchsanweisung

Manual Cutting

Combining Manual and
Automatic Operation
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Discotom-50
Instruction Manual
Manual cutting may be the preferred cutting mode for simple
cutting tasks.
For cutting of extremely hard materials (>1000 HV), manual
cutting is recommended.
Clamp the workpiece.
Loosen the locking handle on the right side of the cutting
chamber. The cutting handle is now easily moved up and down.
Position the cutting table and the workpiece under the cut-off
wheel with the FORWARDS
Close the protection guard.
Ensure that AUTO mode is de-selected.
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Press START to start the machine. The cut-off wheel starts
rotating and the cooling water is turned on.
Pull down the cutting handle and let the cut-off wheel work
itself into the workpiece. Increase the pressure and begin
cutting.
When the cut-off wheel has almost cut through the workpiece
reduce the pressure.
When the cut-off wheel has cut through the workpiece push the
cutting handle back to its top position.
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Press the STOP
When cutting manually, the motor load bar should be used
to monitor the force on the workpiece.
Try to keep the motor load in the green or the beginning of the yellow area.
Manual and Automatic cutting modes may be used in
combination. You may start in manual mode and cut into the
workpiece.
Secure the locking handle in this position, press AUTO and
continue in automatic mode; the workpiece will move towards the
cut-off wheel.
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and BACKWARDS
key to stop the machine.
IMPORTANT
V
keys.