SD 200 | Stainless steel

Step 1

• The safe peli storage box in which you receive your SD 200. If you need additional equipment, please scan the QR code for available options.
• Place the peli case box on the back, so the red labels face upward.
• Open the two peli case locks.
• Open the lid. Inside you will find a certification paper on the flatness of your slot-die.
• Below, you will find:
  1. Slot-die
  2. White envelope containing shim and meniscus guide.
  3. Center bolts
  4. Spare alignment pins.

Step 2

*Wear safety gloves when handling your slot-die, to avoid contamination of residuals and to protect the slot-die from your fingers.

• Lift your slot-die out of the box. Notice that two small cavities can be used for safe handling.
• Place your slot-die on a flat and clean table/substrate on the front so the back side turns upwards.
• Use the dedicated thumb screws to remove the two threaded dowel pins.

Step 3

Here and in the following steps, we use SD 50 to continue the demonstration.

• Place your slot-die on the back, so that the FOM logo faces upwards. Notice that two small cavities can be used for safe handling.
• Place your slot-die on a flat and clean table/substrate.
• Use an Allen key to loosen and remove all 12 tightening bolts.
• You can now separate the back and the front plate.

Step 4

• Inside your slot-die peli case, you find a white envelope at #2.
• As shown on the front, this envelope contains a meniscus guide and a shim.
• Carefully open the envelope and take out the two parts.
• For now, keep them within reach as you will use them in the following step.

Step 5

• Take the front plate of your slot-die.
• Place the front plate such that the FOM logo faces downwards.
• First, place your shim on top of the front plate.
• Second, place your meniscus guide on top of the shim.
• You will now have a layer stack of:
  Front plate — shim — meniscus guide.

Step 6

• To secure alignment of your:
  Front plate — shim — meniscus guide.
• Place the two threaded dowel pins in the dedicated holes.
• Note. Make sure that the threading faces up, as in the images.

Step 7

• Align the extruding dowel pins from the front plate with the dowel pin holes on the back plate.
• When correctly aligned, little force is needed to bring the front and the back plate together.

Step 8

• Turn the slot-die around.
• Place the 12 tightening bolts.
• This is the suggested tightening sequence.
• First sequence: Apply 2 Nm to each screw.
• Second sequence: Apply 4 Nm to each screw.

Step 9

Step 10

• Place the slot-die on a flat and clean substrate facing down.
• Remove the two threaded dowel pins by using the designated thumb screws.

Step 11

• Turn the slot-die around and place it on a flat substrate.
• Use an Allen key and remove all tightening bolts.
• Take the two plates apart and place them gently on a flat substrate.
• Take apart the shim and the meniscus guide.
• Now you can clean it.