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The most important part of the new GP-RL 100 is what you do not immediately see:

The Simplicity
The Productivity
The Profiability

During the last 20 years, attempts have been made to simplify and facilitate the time-consuming effort of changing and adjusting cross perforation blades.It is obvious to anyone involved in forms manufacturing that while the changing of a blade may take from 5 to 15 minutes to complete, a simpler system would immediately provide increased productivity.

And this is exactly why the new GP-RL 100 is such good news to all press operators, collator
operators, production managers, financial directors and managing directors within the forms industry all over the world!!

Within a system consisting of two metal bars, connected and suspended to enable the perforation blades to be held in a firm locking position, the GP-RL 100 ensures an exact positioning of the perforation blade, completely without further adjustments or any other time-consuming effort.This is all the more impressive, of course, when realising that the GP-RL 100 provides perfect positioning of perforation blades, cutting blades, and even MICRO-PERF blades, for web widths of up to 39 inches.

Installation of the GP-RL 100 is of course only necessary ONCE, and after installation it is simply a matter of changing the blades within seconds. All types of high quality blades of height and thickness can be used. and to order the GP-RL 100, all you have to provide are the measurements of the slots, together with a specification of the locking devices in use. Once installed, the GP-RL 100 is offering a whole range of potential benefits:

TIME SAVINGS of 5 to 15 minutes on every blade change, easily amounting to a pay back of investment within 6 months.
Smooth and simple quick-change of ALL BLADES, from perforation, to cutting, to micro perforation.
INCREASED LIFE-TIME of each blade, providing even more cost reductions.
More time to proceed with the real efforts within a production plant: Efficient production and PROFITABILITY.

And that is exactly what it takes to make a genuine GP-Product.

The latest model of GP-RL 100 Perf. Clamp Bar is now fitted with a compressible plastic round bar under the fixed half of the assembly, made to give a precise height fit for the GP-RL 100 in the slot in the perf. cylinder. This, together with the compressible pads fitted along the back side of the bar, means that the latest GP-RL 100 Perf. Clamp Bars can accept all standard perforating, micro-perforating or cutting blades of a common nominal height without any adjustment of the bar. The system will automatically accomodate slight variations in blade height and thickness.

PACK LEAN ADJUSTMENT
With the pads fitted to the bars, it will be possible to fit shim spacers (eg steel shim 0.03 mm thickness) between the edge of the perforation cylinder and the perforation blade without having to carry out any adjustment to the bar itself. Again the pads will accomodate this slight variation, and the bar will self adjust to the new setting, giving the movement required to remove the pack lean problem.

To change perf./cutting blade in 15 seconds.

Insert the Lifting Tool into its hole and bend it backwards to release the perf.blade. Remove the old blade.
Put a new blade into the slot while you are still bending the Lifting Tool to keep the slot open. Make sure that the blade is set to the bottom of the slot in the GP-RL 100.
Take away the Lifting Tool and the blade’s final adjustment will be made automatically on the first revolution by the GP-RL 100.
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Installation

Free the Cross perf Cylinder from the press so that it can be rotated by hand. Remove the old tool holder and clean and remove burrs. Place the GP-RL 100 in the slot.

Mount the locking device on each end of the bar so that it can not fall out of the slot. Put the lifting tool into its hole, release the GP-RL 100 and put a perf. blade into its place.

Turn the cross perf. cylinder.

Adjust the Lifting Tool by inserting it into its holes and adjust its screw to a tight positlon. To change perf./cutting blade, push the Lifting Tool backwards. Remove the old blade and put a new one into the slot while you are still bending the Lifting Tool to keep the slot open. Final adjustment will be done automatically on the first revolution by the GP-RL 100.

When the GP- RL 100 is adjusted and the endlock device is mounted, a space of minimum 3 mm between the bar and the locking device is required. If the space is too small, the GP-RL 100 or the locking device, must be modified by the customer.

When the GP-RL 100 is not in use it should be locked as follows. Take out the perf./cutting blade according to the instruction. Push the GP-RL 100 down into the slot and lock it with the locking screws.

Measure the height «K». This will decide the thickness of the Compressible Plastic Bar.

Conversion of older GP- RL 100 bars

It will be possible to convert existing GP-RL 100 Clamp Bars, that already have the compressible pads fitted along the back side of the bar, to this new standard, by removing the multiple height setting screws along the bar and by then gluing into place, with a special glue, a suitable compressible plastic round bar for the particular installation.

To obtain the correct dimensions for this plastic bar, remove the existing (and correctly set) GP-RL 100 bar from the slot and measure accurately the length of the height setting screws that are protruding from the under side of the bar. (Measure two or more screws along the length of the bar to check for any variations within the slot). From this information, your local GP Dealer and/or GP Tinter AS can advise the correct bar size required for your installation.

On the part of the bar that accepts the lifting tool, there is a threaded hole at each end to accept a screw. These are only used if the bar becomes locked solid after continuous long running, and cannot be freed by the lifting handle. Do not over force the lifting handle. Fit the screw to each end of the bar and tighten until the bar releases - then immediately remove both screws.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MUST THE CYLINDER BE ROTATED WITH THESE SCREWS IN PLACE.