Installation and operating instructions

For radial dampers LD 50 and LD 100

The DICTATOR LD radial dampers control the speed of movements over unlimited distances. The damping force and therewith the speed can continuously be adjusted and exactly adapted to the requirements. The installation depends on the model. Below you will find the most important instructions for the different types.

Adjustment of the damping force

The lateral adjusting screw allows to continuously adjust the damping force to the requirements. The more you tighten the adjusting screw (turn it clockwise) the higher becomes the damping force. Turning it anticlockwise will reduce the damping force.

When mounting the radial damper, make sure the adjusting screw is always easy to reach.

Mounting of the driving wheel

All models with only one damping wheel (rope pulley, chain wheel, toothed belt disk) are delivered with the wheel not being mounted. By default the rope pulley, the chain wheel as well as the toothed belt disk have a freewheel, i.e. they damp only in one direction. (On demand the driving wheel can also be furnished without freewheel for damping in both directions.)

Depending on the mounting, the desired damping direction and the guiding of the rope/chain/toothed belt you put the driving wheel on the axle and secure it.

Determining the damping direction of the models with 2 guiding pulleys

The damping direction of the models with two guiding pulleys is determined by the way the rope or chain is guided around the pulleys/wheels, see the following illustration.

But you also can change the damping direction by taking off the driving pulley, turning it around and fixing it again on the axle.

Type of the driving wheel

Beside the standard models shown on the previous pages, on demand also other driving wheels are possible, e.g. friction wheels, toothed wheels Z16 module 4 or Z30 module 1.5. Just ask us.