RAMSET FrameBoss pat003 Instruction Manual - Frame
Frame
Boss
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Instruction Manual
Operational Safety
Ramset™Low Velocity Powder Actuated (P.A.)
Tools are designed for the following applications:
1. Setting drive pins through material (wood,
light gauge metal, hardboard, insulation etc) into
masonry materials or steel greater than
4 millimetres thick.
2. Setting threaded studs into masonry materials
or steel greater than 4 millimetres thick, for the
attachment of pre-drilled material (wood, metal,
plastics, insulation etc) with a nut and washer.
never use a Powder Actuated (P.A.) Tool:
• In the presence of any explosive or flammable
gas, dust, or vapour. Do not use a P.A. Tool in
these circumstances.
• In a compressed atmosphere such as a
pressurised vessel. Do not use a P.A. Tool in
these circumstances.
• Where the charge may be made dangerous by
the presence of excessive heat, (temperatures
above 50°C). Do not use a P.A. Tool in these
circumstances.
Fasteners should not be driven into brICK,
COnCrETE etc:
• Closer than 75mm to an edge or hole
• If the material is less than 100mm thick, or less
than three times the shank penetration into the
base material, which ever is the lesser.
• Closer than 150mm to a failed fastener.
• Closer than 75mm to another fastener.
Fasteners should not be driven into STEEL:
• Closer than 13mm to an edge.
• Closer than 25mm to another fastener.
• Closer than 100mm to a heat affected zone
such as a weld.
• If the steel is less than 4mm thick, unless for
fastening into thinner steel, the shank diameter
of the fastener is less than the thickness of the
steel.
• Never use wood, fibreboard, plaster or any soft
material, including mortar, as the base material,
unless the material is backed by steel
never fire fasteners:
• Into brittle or hard materials such as glazed brick,
tile, terracotta, marble, granite, slate or glass
• Into hardened steel, high-tensile steel, cast iron,
heat-treated steel
• Into pressurised vessels such as gas bottles or
compressed air cylinders
• Into a spalled area in masonry where a fastener
has failed, or
• Into an existing hole unless the tool has been
fitted with a Ramset™alignment device.
Spall Shield
A spall shield is available and can be easily
attached when required to prevent small
fragments of concrete being propelled towards
the user.
Test for Suitability of base Material
If there is a doubt as to the suitability of a base
material, the following simple test should be
performed prior to any fixings being attempted
with the Ramset™ tool. (This test is particularly
useful when fixing into steel of an unknown
hardness/composition).
1. Using a Ramset™ Powder Actuated fastener
as a centre punch with a standard hammer
attempt to make a mark on the base material.
2. Inspect the point of the powder actuated
fastener for damage.
3. If the base material has dulled/flattened the
point of the Powder Actuated fastener then NO
attempt should be made to fire the Ramset™
tool into the base material. If the fastener remains
intact and has made an impression in the base
material then a trial fixing may be attempted.
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