About this Manual
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990-HQ Operation Manual
About this Manual
The 990-HQ entry door pre-hanging system produces machined doors with one or two cylindrical
locks and either three or four hinges attached to the door edge and hinge jamb. Hinges can be
mounted with or without hinge pins inserted.
In operation, the machine automatically adjusts to incoming door width and positions the door
against the appropriate index point for selected door swing and length, then clamps. Simultane-
ously an operator inserts a blank hinge jamb and clamps it in place with an electric foot-pedal.
Pressing a button starts the hinge routing and lock detailing sequence which takes less than 20
seconds including drilling screw holes for hinges as well as routing lock face plates. Afterwards
three 8 shooter screw guns gang feed screws and fasten three hinges. Overall cycle for a three
hinge doors produced one after another is less than 40 seconds even with two locks.
Doors requiring four hinges are processed with an extra step. After completion of the three hinge
sequence described above, the left or right routing head (depending on swing) will unclamp from
the door and jamb, then shift sideways to re-clamp and process a fourth hinge pocket. The direc-
tion of shift from the third hinge depends on door length, and will match Hume specifications of
approximately 100mm each direction. The gap between hinges is programmable. One eight
shooter screw-driving head is used to fasten the fourth hinge, and the door is automatically fed out
of the machine. Overall door to door cycle for four hinge units is less than 70 seconds.
Design features:
Lock Detailing: Includes a servo driven ball screw and programming to automatically position
and process one or two cylinder locks during the machine sequence. The touch screen panel pro-
vides multiple standard lock layouts or custom locations from the numeric key pad. The lock
machining mechanism includes heavy duty drill motors mounted above and below the door to
eliminate chipping door faces, a separate side drill for latch holes, and high frequency spindle
router for lock face plates.
Hinge Detailing: Three hinge heads, each with separate XYZ motion control to precisely rout and
drill hinge pockets in door and jamb. Each head has standard rotation spindle, reverse rotation
spindle, single point drill spindle and for corner square chisels. Motions are smooth and precise
with programming selected at the touch screen for a variety of hinge sizes and drill patterns,
including square hinges.
Hinge Locations: Each hinge head, jamb clamp fixture, door and jamb index stop and each screw-
driving heads is mounted on either 15mm or 25mm box bearings with ball screws and servo
motors to automatically adjust hinge locations to a variety of door and jamb sizes and positions
matching Hume specifications. Similar to lock locations, hinge layouts can be pre-programmed
and selected at the touch screen. The machine already includes 11 servo motor/ball screws for
lock and hinge processing. Adding programmable movements for machine adjustment adds 6
more: two for outside hinge heads, two for outside jamb clamps, two to adjust outside 8 shooters
to match heads.
Hinge attachment: three eight shooter screw guns are provided. Each unit is hydraulically driven
with ample power to drive screws even in hard-wood applications. Screws are fed eight a time
from an overhead sorting hopper down to the spring loaded guides. In operation, after placing a