Riving Knife/Splitter; Application As Pull-Push Saw; Application As Circular Saw Bench; Operation - Mafell ERIKA 85Ec Manual De Instrucciones

4.6 Riving knife/splitter

Danger
Pull the power plug during all
service work.
The kerf guide prevents during longitudinal cutting
that the kerf closes behind the saw blade, resulting in
a backlash of the workpiece.
This function is however only guaranteed, if the kerf
guide is correctly adjusted, i.e., its distance to the
tooth rim of the saw blade is max. 5 mm (3/16 in.)
throughout the entire cutting depth (see Fig. 7) and its
thickness is in between the kerf width and the blade
thickness of the used saw blade. The provided kerf
guide fits to the carbide tipped saw blades specified
in Section 4.4.
Proceed as follows, if it is necessary to adjust the kerf
guide:

Set the saw blade to the maximum cutting depth
(see Section 5.5).

Remove the upper saw guard (see Section 4.5).

Bring the saw unit in the central position
(circular saw bench function) (see Section 4.8).

Set the saw unit to 45 inclined (see Section 5.6).

Loosen both hexagon socket head cap screws
37 (Fig. 7 - page 4) and adjust the kerf guide 3
according to fig. 7 with regard to the distance to
the tooth rim and height.

Tighten the hexagon socket head cap screws
37.

Push the upper saw guard onto the kerf guide
again and tighten it in the required position (see
Section 4.1).
The kerf guide can be engaged in two positions
without requiring tools:
- upper position with saw guard - for normal cuts
- lower position without saw guard - for covered cuts
In order to attain the respective position just pull the
kerf guide upwards and forward or press it down and
to the rear.

4.7 Application as pull-push saw

The special advantage when using as a push-pull
saw is the trouble-free and precise separation of
firmly attached workpieces up to max. 423 mm (16
5/8 in.) cutting length on workpieces with a thickness
of 16 mm (5/8 in.), e.g. panels. Position the workpiece
next to the stop plate rail 14 (Fig. 9 - page 4) of the
multi-function stop 15. Press the red release knob 16
and pull the saw unit forward with the handwheel 17
and pull rod 18. After completing the cutting
procedure the saw unit runs back to the home
position and is stopped there automatically.

4.8 Application as circular saw bench

Slitting of larger workpieces is carried out with the
circular saw bench function. For this purpose, position
the sawing unit in the foreseen table position. For this
purpose turn the locking button 24 (Fig. 8 - page 4)
clockwise and pull the saw unit forward until it
automatically engages in the intended position.
Use the multi-function stop 15 as parallel stop. You
can thereby use the stop plate rail 14 according to the
workpiece dimensions with the high workpiece
bearing surface or turned by 90° with its low bearing
surface 25.
Return to the push-pull saw function by turning the
locking button 24 counterclockwise. The saw unit
then runs to the end position automatically.
5

Operation

5.1 Initial operation

Personnel entrusted to work with the machine must
be made aware of the operating instructions, calling
particular attention
instructions".

5.2 Switching on and off


Switching on: Press the green switch button 12
(Fig. 9 – page 4).

Switching off: Press the red switch button 11.
The saw shaft is automatically braked, reducing
the slowing down time to less than 10 s.
For transport you can wind the
connecting cable over the brackets
13 on the right side of the machine
(at the same time transport
handles).
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