CHAPTER 14WIDTH CHANGE PROCEDURE41WIDTH CHANGE PROCEDURECAUTION: Always make sure your machine is shut down prior to making anyadjustments. DO NOT reach through the opening of the shear while the machineis running. EVER! To do so could result in serious injury.1. Loosen the two “A” bolts on the Left Entry Guide (Figure 30). Slide the entryguide to the left or right to accept the new coil width.Figure 30: Entry Guide Bolts "A"2. Make sure that the coil is captured snugly between the entry guides and re-tighten the two “A” bolts.3. Using the Tooling Rail Adjustment Handle “B” (Figure 24) align the notch onthe tooling rail marker plate to the alignment pin located in the Left EntryGuide. Make sure to choose the notch that corresponds to the desired legconfiguration as noted on the decal on the marker plate (Figure 25). TheTooling Rail Adjustment Handle is spring loaded to allow it to disengage fromthe width adjustment gear (Figure 26). Press inward on the center of thehandle and turn (Figure 27) to engage the width adjustment gear. Turn thehandle clockwise to move the tooling outward or counter-clockwise to move itinward.
