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Assembly and Operating Instructions

Explosion-Proof Gear Units R..7, F..7, K..7, S..7, SPIROPLAN W Series

Edition 09/2012 20050542 / EN

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Contents1 General Information ............................................................................................ 6

1.1 How to use this documentation................................................................... 61.2 Structure of the safety notes ....................................................................... 61.3 Rights to claim under warranty ................................................................... 71.4 Exclusion of liability..................................................................................... 71.5 Copyright..................................................................................................... 71.6 Product names and trademarks.................................................................. 7

2 Safety Notes ........................................................................................................ 82.1 Preliminary information ............................................................................... 82.2 General information .................................................................................... 82.3 Target group ............................................................................................... 92.4 Designated use ........................................................................................... 92.5 Other applicable documentation ............................................................... 102.6 Transport/storage...................................................................................... 102.7 Installation/assembly................................................................................. 102.8 Startup/operation ...................................................................................... 102.9 Inspection/maintenance ............................................................................ 10

3 Check Lists ........................................................................................................ 113.1 Before startup ........................................................................................... 113.2 During startup ........................................................................................... 12

4 Gear Unit Structure ........................................................................................... 134.1 Basic design of helical gear units.............................................................. 134.2 Basic structure of parallel shaft helical gear units..................................... 144.3 Basic structure of helical-bevel gear units ................................................ 154.4 Basic design of helical-worm gear units.................................................... 164.5 Basic design of SPIROPLAN W10-W30 gear units ................................ 174.6 Basic design of SPIROPLAN W37 gear units......................................... 184.7 Nameplate and type designation .............................................................. 19

5 Mechanical Installation..................................................................................... 215.1 Required tools/resources .......................................................................... 215.2 Installation requirements........................................................................... 225.3 Installing the gear unit ............................................................................... 235.4 Gear unit with solid shaft........................................................................... 315.5 Gear units and gearmotors in category II2GD .......................................... 345.6 Torque arms for shaft-mounted gear units................................................ 365.7 Shaft-mounted gear units with keyway or splined hollow shaft................. 395.8 Shaft-mounted gear units with shrink disk ................................................ 465.9 Shaft-mounted gear units with TorqLOC ................................................ 505.10 Installing the cover .................................................................................... 575.11 Coupling of AM adapter ............................................................................ 595.12 Coupling of AQ adapter ............................................................................ 635.13 Adapter with a torque limiting coupling AR ............................................... 655.14 AD input shaft assembly ........................................................................... 67

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6 Startup................................................................................................................ 736.1 Checking the oil level ................................................................................ 746.2 Measuring the surface and oil temperature .............................................. 756.3 Pseudo-leakage at shaft seals.................................................................. 766.4 Helical-worm and SPIROPLAN W gear units ......................................... 766.5 Helical/parallel shaft helical/helical-bevel gear units................................. 776.6 Gear units with backstop........................................................................... 776.7 Speed monitoring...................................................................................... 786.8 Installation and adjustment of the WEX speed monitor ............................ 786.9 Installation of the voltage encoder ............................................................ 82

7 Inspection/Maintenance ................................................................................... 847.1 Preliminary work regarding gear unit inspection/maintenance ................. 847.2 Inspection/maintenance intervals.............................................................. 867.3 Lubricant change intervals ........................................................................ 867.4 Inspection/maintenance for the AL / AM / AQ. / EWH adapter ................. 877.5 AR adapter................................................................................................ 877.6 Inspection/maintenance for the AD input shaft assembly ......................... 917.7 Inspection/maintenance for the gear unit .................................................. 92

8 Mounting Positions......................................................................................... 1098.1 Designation of the mounting positions .................................................... 1098.2 Churning losses ...................................................................................... 1108.3 Mounting positions of SPIROPLAN gear units...................................... 1108.4 Key.......................................................................................................... 1108.5 Helical gearmotors R .............................................................................. 1118.6 Helical gearmotors RX ............................................................................ 1148.7 Parallel-shaft helical gearmotors F ......................................................... 1168.8 Helical-bevel gearmotors K..................................................................... 1198.9 Helical-worm gearmotors S..................................................................... 1248.10 SPIROPLAN W gearmotors.................................................................. 130

9 Technical Data................................................................................................. 1369.1 Extended storage.................................................................................... 1369.2 Lubricants ............................................................................................... 137

10 Malfunctions .................................................................................................... 14110.1 Gear unit ................................................................................................. 14210.2 AM / AQ. / AL / EWH adapter ................................................................. 14310.3 AD input shaft assembly ......................................................................... 14310.4 Adapter with a torque limiting coupling AR ............................................. 14310.5 Customer service .................................................................................... 14410.6 Disposal .................................................................................................. 144

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11 Declarations of Conformity ............................................................................ 14511.1 Gear units in category 2G and 2D with AM / AQA / AL / AD / AR adapter.. 14511.2 Gear units in category 3G and 3D with AR adapter............................... 146

12 Address List .................................................................................................... 148

Index................................................................................................................. 160

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