Alpine Equipment Manuals

16 AutoSet C4 ™ P R O D U C T M A N U A L EN Figure 24 Figure 25 Liftout Down – Lower Liftouts Liftout Up – Raise Liftouts L – Move Gantry Left R – Move Gantry Right Figure 26 ! CAUTION On systems with more than one gantry head, only one operator may activate liftouts at at time. Communicate with the other gantry operator so that liftouts are not activated simultaneously. 4. Operation ! WARNING Do not extend hands, arms, or any part of the body into the machine or table while the pucks are setting up, the gantry is moving, or the liftouts are activated. Failure to comply with this safety warning may result in serious injury or death. 4.1. Setup Step 1. Remove any debris from the table surface (tools, lumber, etc.). Step 2. Setup table using the AutoSet C4 Software (Section 3). Step 3. Once the automated pucks have stopped moving, place lumber, plates, etc. on the table. Step 4. Build the truss on the table. Step 5. Place plates on the top and bottom of lumber connections per the engineering drawing. Step 6. Set plates using a hammer. Step 7. Remove any tools or loose objects from the table surface. Step 8. Run the EasyRider Gantry across the truss (Section 4.2). Step 9. Raise liftouts to eject the truss (Section 4.3). 4.2. EasyRider Gantry ! WARNING Do not extend hands, arms, or any part of the body into the machine or table while the pucks are setting up, the gantry is moving, or the liftouts are activated. Failure to comply with this safety warning may result in serious injury or death. NOTE The gantry head is responsible for partial embedment of truss plates. It should always be used in conjunction with a finish roller. The EasyRider Gantry is operated from the operator platform (Figure 24). The joystick used to control the liftouts, and gantry movement is shown in Figure 25. The liftout sections are determined by the group selection on the operator console (Figure 26). Turn the switch for the group rst then push the joystick into the Liftout Up position.

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