Vacuum Table Installation

  1. Face your spoilboard (if you have one). Provide a clean, co-planar reference on your machine surface.
  2. Plan your installation location.
    **TIP - center your vacuum table on a 24x24 or 24x48 area for easier programming and repeat locating.
  3. Drill 4 holes in you machine spoilboard
  4. Install two of the ¾” Long locating pins diagonally across from each other. One should be close to the front left corner (0,0) of the AirWeight and the other at the furthest opposite corner (i.e. 24,24 or 24,48 or 48,24)
  5. Place the AW vacuum table onto the pins, constraining the vacuum table in the XY plane.
  6. Install screws in all locations, mounting the vacuum table to your machine surface. Use a torque wrench or clutched driver to ensure equal mounting force from each screw and a uniform surface. *TIP: Consider using ¼-20 (or M6) threaded inserts in your machine table for easy removal and installation. This also helps control equal torque values. Mounting points are sized to receive ¼-20 Socket Head Cap Screws.
  7. Push vacuum line into fitting in pump and fitting in vacuum table.
  8. Run a Vacuum Test as follows:
    1. Plug all 10/20 vacuum ports using provided rubber plugs. Don’t forget to plug the touch plate corner location(s).
    2. Turn on vacuum pump for 10 seconds.
    3. Turn off pump and watch gauge. Drop should be slow, losing less than 5”Hg every 10 seconds.