The zero point ready installation only needs to be done on machines that are ordering the RPL to be added to an existing machine. 

 Note: For machines purchased with an RPL, the zero point ready is already installed on the machine. Skip this section if the machine already has the zero point ready kit installed.

This procedure applies to the following kits:

• 93-1001032 - Zero Point Ready Kit VMC

The zero point receiver comes assembled and needs to be fastened to the table.

The instructions below can be referenced in case the receiver needs to be reassembled or to verify the receiver has all the needed components.

Note: The receiver for a VF machine is different than the receiver for UMC machines. Make sure that the receiver is compatible with the machine.

Turn the clamp assembly upside down.

Use dielectric grease to install the 3 O-rings onto the clamp assembly.

Install the smallest O-ring on the clamp port [1].

Install the large O-ring [2] and the medium O-ring [3] onto the clamp assembly as shown in the image.

Install the clamp assembly [1] onto the zero point receiver [2].

Make sure that the clamp port [3] is aligned with the port on the pallet receiver plate [4].

Note: If the clamp port is not aligned, the zero point will not clamp/unclamp properly.

Place the alignment keys [1] on the pallet receiver plate spacer [4] and pallet receiver plate [3].

Fasten the alignment keys [2] to the plates using the M6 x 1 x 12MM SHCS [1]

Torque the bolts to their required specifications.

Use the SHCS ½-13 X 3.5" bolts [5] to align the pallet receiver plate [3] to the pallet receiver plate spacer [4].

Close the air valve [1] at the bottom of the lube cabinet.

Bleed the remaining air out of the manifold by pulling on the air release [2]. Make sure the gauge on the manifold reads zero.

Install the air booster on the side of the lube cabinet using the magnets to attach.

Place the decal for setting air pressure on the front plate of the booster.

Connect the pressure sensor cable to the pressure sensor as shown. 

Route the cable back to the I/O board and plug this into P13 using the adapter cable provided in the kit.

Route the steel braided air lines [1] through the through the conduit spring holder [2].

Route the opposite ends of the air lines through the hole in the enclosure..

Note: The hole in the enclosure shown is for a VF-2. The enclosure hole for the VF-3 through 5 is on the right enclosure wall.

 Note: Both hoses coming from the work holding are steel braided. They are shown as green and red in the image to differentiate between them.

Attach the mounting bracket [1] to the sheet metal on the exterior side of the machine, around the enclosure hole. Use ¼-20 bolts [2].

Run each steel braided hose through a cable clamp [3] and bolt these to the mounting bracket. 

Route the hoses to the lube panel.

 Note: Both hoses coming from the work holding are steel braided. They are shown as green and red in the image to differentiate between the clamp (red) and unclamp (green) hoses.

Connect one end of the red high pressure hose (shown as blue) to the push connect fitting on the inlet of the air booster [2]. Connect the other end of that hose to the elbow push connect fitting going straight to the air manifold [1].

Connect the other red high pressure hose (shown as yellow) to output of the air booster [3]. Connect the other end to the elbow push connect fitting on the top solenoid [4].

Connect the steel braided hoses coming from the zero point receiver in the machine to the straight fittings [5] and [6]. The braided hose for clamping gets connected to the fitting with the pressure sensor [6]. The unclamp braided hose is connected to the fitting next to it [6].

The elbow push connect on the bottom solenoid [7] gets connected to the clear hose that is routed to unclamp the load station.

Connect cable 33-1355 to P36 [5] on the IO PCB. Connect the coolant refill to the pigtail if needed.

Route the other end to the lube panel.

Connect the V-1 end [1] to the solenoid going to the zero point in the machine [2].

Connect the V-2 end [3] to the solenoid going to the load station zero point [4].

To test the clamp and unclamp of the zero point ready kit go to the Pallet Changer Recovery page.

Press [F2] [1] to unclamp the zero point pallet. 

Place a pallet [2] into the zero point receiver [3].

 Note: Make sure that pallet is oriented correctly so that the dowel pin aligns with the zero point receiver.

Press [F2] again to clamp the zero point pallet.

Verify that the pallet is clamped to the receiver and that no alarms are generated.

The zero point ready installation only needs to be done on machines that are ordering the RPL to be added to an existing machine. 

Note: For machines purchased with an RPL, the zero point ready is already installed on the machine. Skip this section if the machine already has the zero point ready kit installed.

This procedure applies to the following kits:

• 93-1001033 - Zero Point Ready Kit UMC-500
• 93-1001034 - Zero Point Ready Kit UMC-1000    
• 93-1001035 - Zero Point Ready Kit UMC-750

The purpose of the zero point ready kit is to allow for the pneumatics be routed to the zero point clamp through the body of the tilt rotary. Installing this involves removing the platter and rotating the machine B-axis. Make sure this is possible before starting this procedure.

Note: The only difference between these kits is the bottom cover panel for the TRT body on the different size machines.

Start by assembling the pneumatic manifold [1] that goes inside the C-body of the machine.

Tighten the NPT 1/4" plug fitting [2] to the single port.

Tighten the 2 Brass 1/4" fittings [3] to the angled ports.

Tighten the 2 ORB6M NPT 1/4" steel fittings [4].

Install the 4 O-Ring 2-212 [5] into the grooves of the manifold. 

Connect the 3 Port Rotary Union Shaft to the 3 Port Rotary Union Shaft Extension using [2] SHCS 1/4-20 X 5/8 make sure the O-Ring 2-011 [1] are seated in the cavities of the shaft.

Torque the bolts to their required specs.

Press the dowel pin [1] into the anti-rotation block [2] until it bottoms out. 

Assemble the platter coupler [3] by placing the O-rings in position.

Place 3 of the 2-011 O-Rings [1] on the air ports shown in the image.

Place the larger 2-031 O-Ring [2] onto the middle groove of the coupler.

Rotate the B-axis +90 degrees and remove the cover [1]. Return the B-axis to its original position at 0 degrees.

This cover will be replaced by the cover included in the zero point ready field install kit.

Remove the platter by following the removal section of the UMC C-Axis Platter Replacement linked below.

 WARNING: IF YOU DO NOT DEPRESSURIZE THE SYSTEM BEFORE REMOVING THE PLATTER YOU CAN PERMANENTLY DAMAGE THE BRAKE BY REMOVING THE PLATTER.

Place the platter on a bench and bolt the coupler [1] to the platter using SHCS 1/4-20 X 5/8 [2].

While the platter is on the bench insert the felt strip included in the kit in the groove [3]

NOTE: If the UMC is not exchanging platters reuse the felt strip already in the groove. 

Torque the bolts to their required specs.

Install the coupler onto the shaft assembly [1] by using 1/4-20 X 1 1/4 bolts [3]. Make sure the O-Rings 2-011 [2] are in the cavaties of the shaft and not where the bolts attach.

Torque the bolts to their required specs.

Install the coupler and platter assembly [2] back onto the rotary using M12 bolts [1].

Tighten the bolts, but do not torque them down yet.

Follow the installation section of the UMC C-Axis Platter Replacement linked below for the full instruction on how to correctly re-install the platter.

The Zero point receiver will come assembled. Depending on the machine type, the receiver can have different features.

UMC-500:

• Zero Point Receiver Assembly has no spacer plate [2] as shown in the left image.

UMC-750/1000:

• Zero Point Receiver Assembly has a spacer plate [2] between the platter [1] and receiver [3] as shown in the right image.

Note: The zero point receivers come assembled. The steps below can be referenced to ensure the assembly includes all the needed components and that the receiver is compatible with the machine.

Turn the clamp assembly upside down.

Use dielectric grease to install the 3 O-rings onto the clamp assembly.

Install the smallest O-ring on the clamp port [1].

Install the large O-ring [2] and the medium O-ring [3] onto the clamp assembly as shown in the image.

Install the clamp assembly [1] onto the zero point receiver [2].

Make sure that the clamp port [3] is aligned with the port on the pallet receiver plate [4].

Note: If the clamp port is not aligned, the zero point will not clamp/unclamp properly.

Place the alignment keys on the pallet receiver plate [3] and the platter spacer plate [4].

Fasten the alignment key [1] to the plates using the 2 M6 x 1 x 12MM SHCS [2]

Torque the bolts to their required specs.

Note: The platter space plate [4] is only on UMC-750 and UMC-1000 machines. UMC-500 machines do not need the spacer plate shown in the image.

Assemble the pallet receiver that will be installed on the platter.

Important: Place the 3 O-Rings [5] in the receiver plate.

Note: The platter space plate [3] is only on UMC-750 and UMC-1000 machines. UMC-500 machines do not need the spacer plate shown in the image.

Fasten the receiver spud [1] to the pallet spacer plate [2] and the receiver plate [3] using the 3 M6 x 55mm SHCS [4].

Note: Make sure that the platter spacer and receiver plate are oriented the same direction. The alignment keys installed in the previous step will help this alignment.

Torque the bolts to their required specs.

Place 3 2-011 O-Rings into the top of the coupler through the center bore in the platter.

Then install the pallet receiver and spud assembled in the previous step to the platter. 

The receiver is held in position by 4 T-nuts that are placed in the T-slots of the platter.

Use the 4 SHCS [3] to fasten the pallet receiver [2] to the T-nuts [1]. 

Note: The spud is not shown in the image but should be located into the center bore in the platter. The spud must be assembled to the pallet receiver [2] before the receiver is fastened to the platter.

Rotate the B-axis 90 degrees [1].

Attach the anti-rotation block [3] to the gearbox using the M6 bolts [4].

If the read head is in configuration [1] you will need to clock it to position [2]  this will require you to redo the compensations on the machine.

If the read head is in configuration [2] the compensations will not need to be redone.

Torque the bolts to their required specs.

Please contact service about borrowing a swivel checker.

Install the manifold assembly [2] from step 1 by inserting the anti-rotation dowel pin [1] into the pneumatic manifold.

After installing the shaft assembly to the pneumatic manifold make sure to install the snap ring [2] to the shaft groove [1].

Note: If the groove for the snap ring is not visible on the shaft, then some bolts may not be fully tightened, or the dowel pin needs to be pressed further into the manifold.

Close the air valve [1] at the bottom of the lube cabinet.

Bleed the remaining air out of the manifold by pulling on the air release [2]. Make sure the gauge on the manifold reads zero.

Install the air booster on the side of the lube cabinet using the magnets to attach.

Place the decal for setting air pressure on the front plate of the booster.

Route air lines through the black conduit that routes through the center bore and to the work holding manifold.

Route the opposite ends of the air lines to the top of the lube cabinet.

The clamp hose denoted in green  [1] goes the fittings as shown.

The unclamp hose denoted in red [2] is goes to the fitting as shown.

In the lube panel connect the hoses to the solenoids installed in the previous section.

Connect the hose coming from the air manifold in the lube panel [1] to the incoming connector of the air booster [2].

Connect the output of the air booster [3] to the port on the solenoid [4].

Note: Both hoses going to the air booster are red. They are shown as blue and yellow in the image to differentiate between them.

Connect the red [5] and green [6] hoses coming from the zero point of the machine to the push connects on the solenoid as shown in the image.

Note: The pressure switch should be on the red clamp hose.

The clear hose [7] coming from the lower solenoid gets routed to the RPL load station. See section 5.2 RPL - Installation for where to route the hose.

Connect cable 33-1532 - Air Lube Solenoid cable to P35 on the IO PCB with the connector with the pigtail for Pallet Unclamp [16].

Route the cable to the lube panel to make the following connections to all the solenoid power cables. The color for each connector is listed:

[2] PulseJet Solenoid - White and Violet

[3] Auto Door  - Gray

[4] TRP Unclamp  - Yellow and Black

[5] Spindle Air - Violet

[6] Spindle Lube - White

[7] Min Lube Grease - White and Red

[8] Open Door Interlock - White and Brown

[9] Auto Air Gun (AAG) - Red

[10] TSC Purge - White and Orange and Yellow jumper to TAB Air [15]

[11] SMTC Pocket U/D - White and Black

[12] UMC Auto Window - White and Yellow

[13] Purge Solenoid - White and Gray

[14] Pallet Air Blast - White and Green

[15] Tool Air Blast Air (TAB) Yellow jumper from TSC Purge [10]

Connect the pressure sensor cable to the pressure sensor as shown. 

Route the cable back to the I/O board and plug this into P13 using the adapter cable provided in the kit.

Note: The pressure sensor should be on the fitting where the red hose is connected. This sensor makes sure the zero point is clamped.

Check the P48 connector on the IO PCB. If there is not pigtail for the HPU HYD pressure sensor, then replace that cable with cable 33-2560 [1] from the kit.

Connect cable 33-2560 to the IO PCB at P48 [2].

Connect the grease pressure lube panel end [3] of the cable to the pressure sensor [4] on the solenoid assembly.

Connect cable 33-1306 to P36 [5] on the IO PCB. Connect the coolant refill to the pigtail if needed.

Route the other end to the lube panel.

Connect the V-1 end [1] to the solenoid going to the zero point in the machine [2].

Connect the V-2 end [3] to the solenoid going to the load station zero point [4].

Reinstall the new cover [2] and return the rotary [1] to 0 degrees on the B axis.

After installing the Zero Point Receiver, MRZP needs to be done to account for the change in pallet height compared to the platter.

Assemble the zero point MRZP pallet [1].

Press the dowel pin [2] into the MRZP pallet.

Install the zero point pull stud [3] using the M10x20 SHCS [4].

Mount the MRZP artifact [5] to the zero point MRZP pallet using the 2 SHCS [6].

Go to the Recovery Page. Press [F2] [1] to unclamp the zero point pallet receiver [2] inside the machine.

Place the MRZP pallet assembly [3] with the artifact in the receiver. Make sure the dowel pin is aligned in the correct position.

Clamp the zero point receiver by pressing [F2] again.

Exit recovery and continue with doing MRZP. Refer to the UMC - MRZP and Safe zones page for more information on how to do MRZP.

Note: The center bore in the zero point calibration pallet can also be used for probing. The diameter of the center bore is 2 inches.

To test the clamp and unclamp of the zero point ready kit go to the Pallet Changer Recovery page.

Press [F2] [1] to unclamp the zero point pallet. 

Place a pallet [2] into the zero point receiver [3].

Note: Make sure that pallet is oriented correctly so that the dowel pin aligns with the zero point receiver.

Press [F2] again to clamp the zero point pallet.

Verify that the pallet is clamped to the receiver and that no alarms are generated.