ThyssenKrupp Flow2, Assembly Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Flow2 stairlift Tab 04 Install adjust and release ...

Page 2: ...lease 2006 ThyssenKrupp Accessibility B V All rights reserved The information in this manual may not under any circumstances be given to someone else reproduced or published by any means without the prior written permission of Product Management ...

Page 3: ... 4 1 Registering control boxes 16 3 4 2 Re registering a control unit 17 3 4 3 Registering a repeater 18 3 4 4 Setting the call and park positions 18 3 5 Preparing the drive unit for use 19 3 6 Fit the chair base 20 3 6 1 Installing the fixed seat and manual swivel seat 20 3 6 2 Chair base height adjustment 22 3 6 3 Adjusting the length of the safety belt 24 3 7 Fixing the rail to the stairs 24 4 ...

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Page 5: ...fixing materials and an installation drawing Consult the installation drawing and the bill of materials to check The colour of the rail The type and colour of the upholstery 1 2 At the customer s home Inspect the area in which you plan to install the stairlift to verify that all the necessary and agreed structural alterations have been carried out If these alterations have not been carried out the...

Page 6: ...all the points for which you need information from the customer i e What is the best position for the transformer What is the best place for the call and park units Is there anything that you will need to remove or relocate such as a painting or a hat rack Are there any structural points you will need to take into account TIP Now give the customer the user manual so that he she can read it already...

Page 7: ...ging contacts and then draw the remainder through the rail section d Slide the rail section over the section bush of the previous rail section and clamp the section bush e Drive a locking pin into the rack coupling f Repeat steps a to e inclusive for the next rail section g Fit a cap to the top and bottom ends of the rail h Assemble and install the charging contacts i Connect the transformer j Pos...

Page 8: ... support 1 Fit the leg 5 to the foot 10 Do this by assembling it with the M10 bolt 15 and locknut 20 2 Screw the bolt 6 and washer 22 into the wedge 3 in the sleeve 5 with the rail bracket 2 between at the right height CAUTION Fit the legs and brackets solely to the rail sections Do not fix them to the stairs yet Fig 2 1 Fitting the tread support on the rail bracket 1 Fig 2 2 Fitting the floor sup...

Page 9: ...tening the first socket head bolt do not over tighten 4 Slide the other rail section over the section bush and make sure that the two sections mate properly 5 Position a locking pin in the uppermost hole in the rail section 6 Push the locking pin using a welding clamp or adjustable wrench into the rack 2 3 Installing the feeder cable 1 Pull the two core supply cable with a cable puller 2 through t...

Page 10: ...onnector on the lips in the charging contact 5 Fit the charging contact to the rail with 2x M6x16 6 Adjust the position of the charging contact so that it is in line with the drive unit spring contact Adjustment is always necessary for a vertical start TIP A rail section with a parking point will be fitted with an extra bracket with a feed through opening The two core supply cable must also be fed...

Page 11: ...nnected with solder cap When there are several floors the join can best be made at the junction see Fig 2 11 CAUTION The connections to the and terminals of the bottom charging contacts must be reversed as compared to those of the other charging contacts This is necessary to enable the drive unit to detect that it has reached the bottom of the stairs and must stop This is the so called reset point...

Page 12: ...he centre of the rail s pipe 2 Check the gradient of the rail against the gradients shown on the installation drawing 3 Locate the rail in the optimum position 4 Adjust the legs and brackets such that the rail is stable on the stairs Insert one or more spacers between the legs and the rail if so required 2 7 Greasing the rail 1 Degrease the rail with degreaser if it is greasy 2 For greasing use Su...

Page 13: ...its packaging at the location where it will be driven onto the rail This is done as follows 1 Open the packaging 2 Remove the top frame from the box and place it next to the driving on point on the rail 3 Lift the drive unit out of the box and place it on the top frame so that the drive unit is in the right position to drive onto the rail CAUTION It is possible that the entire unit becomes somewha...

Page 14: ... 3 Turn on the drive unit by pulling the red main switch on the rear of the drive unit up a few millimeters 4 Check that the mode knob on the service board is set to mode 3 Fig 3 1 Prepare the drive unit 1 1 1 Fig 3 2 Remove the service cover 1 Fig 3 3 Fuse in drive unit 1 Fig 3 4 Switch on drive unit 1 TIP When switching on the lift an audio signal will be heard The three digit release number wil...

Page 15: ...ng in front of the drive unit as shown in Fig 3 9 1 Ensure that the transformer plug is not plugged into the wall socket 2 Position the forks of the loading assembly straight under the drive unit so that they are in line with the rack while driving onto the rail 3 Grasp the drive unit by the support bracket and the undercarriage Display Pushbuttons D E I Mode switch Laptop connection Armrest contr...

Page 16: ...bracket During this check the position of the forks they should be on either side of the pinion Correct the position if necessary 7 Keep the drive unit horizontal so that the rear undercarriage can drive onto the rail properly Fig 3 8 Position the forks correctly 1 Fig 3 9 Grasp the drive unit 1 Fig 3 10 Push the first undercarriage onto the rail 1 Fig 3 11 Keep the drive unit horizontal 1 CAUTION...

Page 17: ... a voltage at the contact 3 4 Registering the radio frequency equipment Now the radio frequency RF equipment can be registered The Flow2 has a number of standard and a number of optional RF equipments Standard armrest control call and park units Optional attendant control unit repeater Fig 3 12 Check the position of the forks 1 Fig 3 13 Driving onto the rail 1 WARNING A reset must be done in the d...

Page 18: ...dentify the boxes by coding them 0 for the call and park unit at the bottom 1 for the unit fitted a bit higher 2 for the next higher unit and so on Att for the attendant control unit 2 Place the batteries in the battery holder 3 The RF equipment is in register mode as standard Select mode 7 and press the E button on the service board A question mark appears on the service board display This indica...

Page 19: ...tton 7 Press the E button for 2 seconds Registration is now carried out The display now shows 7 and the flashing red LED on the control unit goes out 8 Check that the green LED lights when the control is operated on the control unit This indicates that the RF equipment has been programmed 9 Carry out steps 2 to 9 for each control unit 3 4 2 Re registering a control unit This section can be skipped...

Page 20: ... repeater Steps 1 2 3 have therefore not yet been carried out 5 Finally all other RF equipment must be registered again including the attendant control unit If you forget this the result with be jerky operation and incorrect LED indication of the equipment 3 4 4 Setting the call and park positions The call and park positions or charging positions see Section 3 4 1 of the call and park units just r...

Page 21: ... D and I buttons from 99 to 99 Press button E for a long time to save the new setting 4 Repeat this step for the three axes of the seat The locking pin on the flange must point straight forwards Choose mode 5 if correction is necessary 5 Switch the drive unit to mode 0 by turning the mode switch 6 Fit the service cover Position the underside of the service cover in the drive unit 1 Push the cover ...

Page 22: ...r under the seat on the chair base 3 Lift the seat onto the swivel seat 4 Screw the M8 nuts onto the protruding threaded ends on the flange 5 Refit the cap under the chair base 6 Estimate the size of the user 7 Adjust the seat height as necessary Section 3 6 1 8 Check the length of the safety belt Adjust this if necessary Section 3 6 2 3 6 1 Installing the fixed seat and manual swivel seat Fitting...

Page 23: ...all head onto the piston Using the locking pins see Fig 3 21 4 Slide the ball with holder into the sleeve and screw the swivel frame tightly to the squeeze unit see Fig 3 22 5 Fit the box on the piston see Fig 3 23 Attach the holder to the lever see Fig 3 24 and Fig 3 25 6 Check that the box is in line with the leg see Fig 3 26 7 Adjust the buffers see Fig 3 27 8 Go to step 1 of Section 3 6 Fig 3 ...

Page 24: ...is accompanied by setting the footrest one position lower Height of the seat The positions of the chair base are as follows from low to high The dotted line indicates the heights schematically Procedure 1 Remove the chair from the drive unit Remove the cover under the seat Remove the four M8 nuts Place the chair next to the drive unit 2 Remove the service cover 3 Remove the cover over the seat hei...

Page 25: ...ight of the chair base The following rule of thumb applies for setting the height of the footrest An increase of one position of the seat height is accompanied by setting the footrest one position lower To move the footrest one position lower the footrest shaft must also be moved one position lower and the linkage one position higher Procedure 1 Lay the chair as shown in Fig 3 35 and use a clamp a...

Page 26: ... the safety belt see Fig 3 39 3 Refit the cover 3 7 Fixing the rail to the stairs After making a test ride the rail position is optimal The supports can now be fixed definitively Fig 3 35 Adjust footrest 1 Fig 3 36 Linkage one position higher 1 Fig 3 37 Footrest one position lower 1 CAUTION The centre position is marked on the linkage by a rectangle and on the footrest by an arrow Fig 3 38 Remove ...

Page 27: ...ail system tread brackets with the correct mounting materials to the stairs Drill holes if necessary 3 Fit the rail system floor brackets with the correct mounting materials to the stairs Drill holes if necessary CAUTION After fixing the rail check that the drive unit load assembly does not touch the rail supports Loosen the bolt concerned and use a clamp that pushes the rail further from the rail...

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Page 29: ...t ride change as necessary speed in menu 6 sound setting in menu 9 height adjustment of the seat 8 If the test ride is successful a backup must be made of all the data on the flash card Go to mode 9 of the service board press the E button and then go to the bu option with the D or I buttons Then keep the E button pressed for 2 seconds This is confirmed by a ping 9 Switch the lift back to mode 0 an...

Page 30: ...03 07 Flow2 stairlift Tab 04 Install adjust and release www ThyssenKruppAccessibility nl 28 Making a test run Fig 4 1 Emergency end cap 1 Fig 4 2 Flash card in end cap 1 Fig 4 3 Flash card from drive unit 1 ...

Page 31: ...gs on the wall a Mark the holes where the unit will be positioned b Drill holes and mount the call and park unit cases with the right mounting materials plugs screws and washers 4 Assemble the batteries 5 Click the call and park unit into their cases 6 In public buildings screw the battery cover closed with the M3 bolt and nut supplied 7 Place the call and park stickers at the right places 8 Place...

Page 32: ... 04 Install adjust and release www ThyssenKruppAccessibility nl 30 Fitting the RF equipment Fig 5 4 Mount the housing 1 Fig 5 5 Connecting the adapter 1 TIP Before you mount the unit check which is the best positin for optimal range ...

Page 33: ...se of the stairlift Give sufficient attention to the following issues The use of the safety belt The operation of the stairlift using the joystick in the armrest and using the call and park units The safety equipment Charging the batteries Switching the stairlift on and off the stairlift must always be connected to a supply Maintenance of the stairlift The rectification of simple faults Making a t...

Page 34: ...nes have been set to the right level 16 The installation number has been entered on the load sticker Rail 1 The rail is not damaged paint 2 All bolts and nuts are tight 3 All wiring is fitted correctly and is not pinched anywhere 4 End stops above and or below have been fitted 5 The wiring of the charging contacts has been fitted correctly 6 The chair unit passes smoothly over the joints in the ra...

Page 35: ...from the installation has been cleaned up 4 A test trip has been completed 5 The customer has received instructions about the use of the stairlift 6 The customer has read and understood the user manual 7 The customer s attention has been drawn to the use of the safety belt 8 A backup has been made of the flash card and it has been placed in the rail end cap CE checklist Score ...

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Page 37: ...missing for example when there is no flash card In this case the entire table has to be programmed from scratch In both cases a thorough understanding of the way in which the Flow2 uses the rail data is necessary So first a little theory 7 1 Rail sections Before we actually start programming a rail it makes sense to correctly divide the rail sections in advance Such a segmentation focuses mainly o...

Page 38: ...ding to your own assessment Vertical stop 4 Horizontal landing 4 Rotation 4 to 6 Inside curve 9 Outside curve 6 Lower curve 7 Upper curve 4 Straight rail 9 Example The short arrows mark the slow curved parts The long arrows indicate the fast straight parts We can therefore see that each speed section has a start point and an end point Both points must be entered during the programming The red line...

Page 39: ...n profile to be programmed is indicated with A numbers From the landing we start with A0 is 0 and then start to turn immediately to an angle of 70 From this point we turn a little further to 90 so that the chair s footrest does not touch the wall at point C1 in the first half of the rail curve In the second part of the rail curve there is another contact point at C2 By programming a seat rotation ...

Page 40: ...r0 On arrival the lift will now come to a halt on the charging contact at an angle of 70 Now the rotation point r0 will turn the seat further to the required 0 7 4 Park and halt locations Each rail has two or more halt locations recognisable by the charging contacts The control expects a unique number for each charging contact By default the numbering starts at the reset contact 0 and is increased...

Page 41: ...est charging contact number can also be entered here as the logical CALL position for both units so 0 for the bottom unit and 2 for the top unit Example Rail with 3 charging contacts and 2 call and park unit Suppose that the customer wants to park the lift right at the top end of the rail for example in a dead corner of the staircase We then get a rail as shown in Fig 7 10 with P2 as the parking p...