Section 5 -
Attaching Side Channels to Headbox
1.
Insert Side Channel Guide and Fabric
Retainers into Side Channels.
Please Note:
Make sure Fabric
Retainers go back into Side
Channels with Fabric Guide at top
of Side Channels and angled leg
towards the back.
Insert
Side
Channel
Guide.
Side
Chan
nel
UP
Angled leg of FABRIC RETAINER STRIP
must be oriented towards back
Side Channel Cross Section
SIDE
CHAN
NEL
FABRIC
RETAINER
STRIP
HEM B
AR
ZI
PPE
R
W
ALL
W
ALL
ENDCAP
ENDCAP
Side
Channel
Side
Channel
W
ALL
W
ALL
Side
Channel
Guide
Side Channel
Guide Properly
Engaged
in Headbox
2.
Insert "Zipper" on
one side of Hem Bar
into Fabric Retainer
in Side Channels.
4.
Attach Side Channel to mounting surface using
appropriate fasteners.
IMPORTANT:
Side Channels must be installed parallel, plumb,
and square, with a tolerance of +/-
1/8
"
(3mm)
.
5.
Repeat Steps 2 - 4 for the other Side Channel.
6.
Re-attach Side Channel Covers using the
screws removed in Step 1.
Please Note:
Failure to use provided fasteners to re-attach Side
Channel covers may result in product failure in high wind.
3.
With "Zipper" engaged in Fabric Retainer, insert
Side Channel guide into bottom of Headbox.
W
ALL
W
ALL
ENDCAP
ENDCAP
Side
Channel
Side
Channel
W
ALL
W
ALL
Side
Channel
Guide
Side Channel
Guide Properly
Engaged
in Headbox
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