Fromm P404 Guide

OPERATION MANUAL / SPARE PARTS LIST
MANUAL PLASTIC STRAPPING TOOL
MODEL P404
43.0404.02
43040402.en/MAS/© 12.05

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1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read these instructions carefully. Failure to follow these instructions can result in severe personal injury.
Eye injury hazard
Failure to wear safety glasses with side shields can result in severe eye injury or blindness.
Always wear safety glasses with side shields which conform to ANSI Standard Z87.1.
Operation
Tool must not be used by persons not properly trained in their use. Before tensioning strap, read and
understand the tool operating instructions. Failure to follow the operating instructions or improperload
positioning could result in strap breakage.
Become familiar with your tool and keep fingers away from areas that can pinch or cut.
Cutting tensioned strap
When cutting strapping, use the proper strapping cutter and keep other personnel and yourself at a safe
distance from the strap. Always stand to side of the strap, away from the direction the loosened strap end will
fly. Use only cutters designed for strap and never hammers, pliers, hacksaws, axes, etc.
INDEX PAGE
1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2
2 TECHNICAL DATA 3
3 OPERATION ELEMENTS 4
4 ADJUSTMENT OF THE STRAP THICKNESS 5
5OPERATION 5
6 SPARE PARTS LIST 43.0404.02 10
7 EXCHANGE OF WEARING PARTS 12
7.1 Exchange of the cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2 Exchange of gripper and gripping jaw . . . . . . . . 13
8 WARRANTY CONDITIONS AND LIABILITY 14
9 APPROPRIATE USE 14

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Joints
You are fully responsible to review the joints made by your tool. Become familiar with the seal control and seal
adjustment described in this operation manual.
Misformed joints may not secure the load and could cause serious injury. Never handle or ship any load with
improperly formed joints.
Dispensing strap
Only dispense strap from a dispenser specifically designed for strap.
Tuck strap end back into dispenser when not in use.
Strap warnings
Never use strap as a means of pulling or lifting loads. Failure to follow these warnings can result in severe
personal injury.
Strap breakage hazard
Improper operation of the tool, excessive tensioning, using strap not recommended for this tool or sharp
corners on the load can result in a sudden loss of strap tension or in strap breakage during tensioning, which
could result in the following:
• A sudden loss of balance causing you to fall.
• Both tool and strap flying violently towards your face.
Note as follows:
• If the load corners are sharp, use edge protectors.
• Place the strap correctly around a properly positioned load.
• Positioning yourself in-line with the strap, during tensioning and sealing, can result in severe personal
injury from flying strap or tool. When tensioning or sealing, position yourself to one side of the strap and
keep all bystanders away.
• Use the correct strap quality, strap width, strap gauge and strap tensile strength recommended in this
manual for your tool. Using strap not recommended for this tool can result in strap breakage during
tensioning.
Fall hazard
Maintaining improper footing and/or balance when operating the tool can cause you to fall. Before tensioning
and especially in elevated areas, always establish good balance. Both feet should be securely placed on a
flat, solid surface, especially when working in elevated areas. Do not use the tool when you are in an awkward
position.
Tool hazards
A well maintained tool is a safe tool!
Check tool regularly for broken or worn parts. Do not operate a tool with broken or worn parts.
Never modify any tool. Modification can result in severe bodily injury.
2 TECHNICAL DATA
Dimensions
Length: 376 mm / 14.8"
Width: 128 mm / 5"
Height: 244 mm / 9.6"
Weight
Tool : 3.8 Kg / 8.4 lbs
Strap Dimensions
Widths: 15 - 16 mm / 0.59 - 0.63"
Thicknesses: 0.5 - 0.9 mm / 0.020 - 0.035"

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Strap Qualities Polypropylene, plain or embossed
Polyester, plain or embossed
Seals
P404 / 16 MM Item No.: 41.5082
Joint strength
Depending on the strap quality the joint strength varies between 40 to 80 % of the breaking strength of the
strap.
Using low gauge straps, the joint strength is relatively high whereas high gauge straps tend to have a lower
joint strength.
Tension force
The tension force is calculated by the applied manual force multiplied by 10.
Thus the tension force is 200 N x 10= 2‘000 N if the applied manual force is 200 N at the tension lever.
When applying tension, the tension force must not exceed the breaking strength of the seal joint.
3 OPERATION ELEMENTS
Tension handle
Sealing lever
Lifting handle
Tensioning drum
Gripping jaw

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ATTENTION! Before starting using the tool it has to be adjusted
to the strap thickness used!
4 ADJUSTMENT OF THE STRAP THICKNESS
In order to achieve the highest possible
seal efficiency the tool must be adjusted to
the respective strap thickness through the
use of the parallel pin N2.2185 and the
stop P40.2511. Please proceed as follows:
- remove the side plate
- bring the parallel pin N2.2185 and if
necessary the stop P40.2511 into
the correct position of the strap
thickness used
- reattach the side plate
- in order to avoid the strap slipping
between gripper and gripping jaw
the shims underneath the gripping
jaw have to be assembled according
to below table.
* See 7.2 changing of gripper and gripping jaw.
5 OPERATION
Introducing the seal
The seal is introduced into the tool from the rear side
until it hits the strap stop. Use the left hand.
Feeding the strapping around thepackage
The plastic strapping is fed around the package as
shown in the illustration.
Strap
thickness Stop Shim*
0.50 - 0.59 mm N2.2185 in Pos. 1 2 x P40.2052
0.60 - 0.74 mm N2.2185 in Pos. 2 1 x P40.2052
0.75 - 0.90 mm N2.2185 and
P40.2511 in Pos. 2 0
N2.2185
Pos. 1
Pos. 2 P40.2511
N1.6504
N1.1910

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Inserting the lower strap
The lifting handle is raised with the right hand. The
lower strap is inserted into the seal and the stop
behind the gripper respectively. The strap end should
slightly protrude the seal.
By lowering the lifting handle the strap is clamped in
its position.
Inserting the upper strap
The tool is held with the right hand. The left hand
inserts the upper strap into the seal, through both
cutters and into the tensioning drum.
Notice: the strap may be inserted into the tool in the
best possible way if the tensioning drum has been
brought into the position shown.
Tensioning of the plastic strap
By operating the tension handle, the strap is
tensioned to the desired amount of tension.
Sealing the strapping
The seal is closed by a forward movement to the
stop of the sealing lever.

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Cutting off of the plastic strap
By raising the lifting handle the gripper is released
and the plastic strap is cut off.
Removing the tool
Remove the tool from the strap to the right with
the lifting handle in a raised position.
Straightening the plastic strap
Remove the strap from the tensioning drum and
straighten the strap bent by the winding of the
tensioning drum.
Operation of the tool with a horizontal
handle
Upon request the tool can be provided with a
horizontal handle P40.2046 consisting of a plug
P40.2047 and the grip ball N4.1118.
After the removal of the protection plug N4.5120
the horizontal handle can be screwed into the
body.

A
B
C
D
E
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N2.1128
P40.2018
P40.2017
N2.5211
N3.3150
N2.2441
P40.2513
➂ N11.1154
P40.2517
N2.1122
A43.1207 ➀
➀ N3.3148
N7.1207 N1.6226
➀ P40.2504
➀ N2.5234
N2.1609 ➀ P40.2516
P40.2515
N1.3511
P40.2511
N2.5820 ➀ N3.3171
P40.2523 N2.4902
➀ P40.2526
➀ N2.5614
N2.2185
N3.3167 N1.2104
➀ N3.3171
P40.2505 ➃
P40.2506 ➃
➀ P40.2510
➀ P40.2509
➀ N2.5212
➀ P40.2507
P40.2012 ➀
N2.2447
P40.2508
N1.1162
N2.2441
P40.2529
N1.1125
P40.0104
P40.2503
P40.0102
N2.2816
P40.0101
P40.2501

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 COMPENSATION
N4.1116
P40.2514
P40.2518
A33.3111 ➀
N2.5154 ➀
P40.2004
A43.1207 ➀
N3.2609 ➀
N1.3106
P40.2030
➀ N3.3113
P40.2029
N2.2709
N1.5131
N1.3508
P40.0103
P40.2528
N3.3113 ➀
P40.2029
N2.2709
P40.2028
P40.2025 N2.2457
N2.5819
N3.3151
➀ P40.2522
P40.2520
N2.2806
P40.2024
P40.2521
N2.2185
N4.5120
P40.2509➀
➁ N3.4506
➀ N3.2609
P40.2527
P40.2519
N1.6504
N1.1910
N41.9127
N2.4902
N41.9110
N1.6504
P40.2512 ➀
P40.2053
P40.2525 ➀
P40.2524 ➀
N1.6203
N1.1909
N1.1125
N1.6504
P40.2045
N2.2185
N2.2441
P40.2052

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6 SPARE PARTS LIST 43.0404.02
43.0404.02 P404/15-16/0.50-0.90 P404.0001.02 12.01.00
Item-No. in group Pcs. description Dimension Field
A33.3111 2 CATCH PAWL B4
A43.1207 2 DISK B4+
N11.1154 2 SCREW M10 X 97 B3
N1.1125 3 SCREW M6 X 16 E4
N1.1162 2 SCREW M3 X 12 E2
N1.1909 1 FLAT HEAD SCREW M3 X 5 E5
N1.1910 4 FLAT HEAD SCREW M4 X 12 E6
N1.2104 1 COUNTERSUNK SCREW M4 X 12 D3
N1.3106 1 SOCKET SET SCREW M5 X 6 B5
N1.3508 1 SOCKET SET SCREW M5 X 20 B6
N1.3511 1 SOCKET SET SCREW M4 X 10 C2
N1.5131 1 HEXAGON NUT M5 B6
N1.6203 1 SPRING LOCK WASHER M3 E5
N1.6226 2 SPRING LOCK WASHER M10 C4
N1.6504 5 SAFETY WASHER M4 D5+
N2.1122 1 SECURITY RING E21 B4
N2.1128 1 SECURITY RING E4 A2
N2.1609 1 SPRING RING 10 MM C1
N2.2185 2 PARALLEL PIN 6 m6 X 32 C4+
N2.2441 4 DOWEL PIN 6 X 20 MM A3+
N2.2447 1 DOWEL PIN 2 X 4 MM E2
N2.2457 1 DOWEL PIN 5 X 28 C6
N2.2709 2 SPLIT PIN 1,6 X 10 MM B5+
N2.2806 1 DOWEL PIN 5 X 16 MM C7
N2.2816 2 DOWEL PIN 4 X 10 MM E3
N2.4902 3 HAMMER HEAD BOLT 1.85 X 4.76 D4+
N2.5154 2 PRESSURE SPRING 0.45 X 3.9 X 7 B4
N2.5211 1 PRESSURE SPRING 1,2X13X92,7/17.5 B2
N2.5212 2 PRESSURE SPRING 0,4X3,6X18,3/14.5 E2
N2.5234 1 PRESSURE SPRING 0.56 X 4.25 X 77.50 /
28.5 C1
N2.5614 3 CUP SPRING 10X4,2X0,6 D3
N2.5819 1 TORSION SPRING 2,2/22,8 C6
N2.5820 1 TORSION SPRING 1 / 9 D2
N3.2609 P40.0101 2 PACKING RING C5+
N3.3113 P40.0103 2 SLIDE-BEARING B5+
N3.3148 P40.0101 1 SLIDE-BEARING C3
N3.3150 P40.0101 1 SLIDE-BEARING B2
N3.3151 P40.0101 2 HEADED PRESS FIT BUSH C6
N3.3167 P40.0104 1 SLIDE-BEARING 10 X 12 X 15 D3
N3.3171 P40.0101 2 SLIDE-BEARING D4
N3.3171 P40.0102 2 SLIDE-BEARING D3
N3.4506 P40.0101 1 NEEDLE FREE WHEELING D5
N41.9110 1 TYPE PLATE <<P404>> D6
N41.9127 1 ADHESIVE LABEL E6
N4.1116 2 GRIP BALL A5
N4.5120 1 PROTECTION PLUG C4
N7.1207 P40.0101 1 SEALING DISK D1=14MM C3
[P40.0101] 1 HOUSING C3
[P40.0102] 1 PUNCH SUPPORT D2
[P40.0103] 1 ROCKER B6

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[P40.0104] 1 BASE PLATE E3
P40.2004 1 TENSION SHAFT B5
P40.2012 1 HOLDING-DOWN CLAMP E3
P40.2017 1 ROD BAR A2
P40.2018 1 BUSH A2
P40.2024 1 SHAFT C7
P40.2025 1 LEVER C6
P40.2028 1 HINGE C5
P40.2029 2 SPLIT-PIN BOLT B5+
P40.2030 1 SHAFT B5
P40.2045 1 SCREW E4
P40.2052 2 LINER D5
P40.2053 *1 GRIPPER D5
[P40.2501] P40.0101 1 HOUSING C3
P40.2503 P40.0102 1 PUNCH SUPPORT D2
P40.2504 1 PILLAR C1
P40.2505 1 SHIM 0,2 MM D3
P40.2506 1 SHIM 0,3 MM D3
P40.2507 1 PAWL E2
P40.2508 *1 PUNCH E2
P40.2509 2 SHAFT E2+
P40.2510 1 PRESSURE ROLLER D1
P40.2511 1 STOP C3
P40.2512 2 GUIDE GIB D5
P40.2513 1 SEALING CAM B3
P40.2514 1 SEALING HANDLE A4
P40.2515 1 DOWEL C2
P40.2516 1 SHAFT C2
P40.2517 1 COVER C2
P40.2518 1 TENSION HANDLE B4
P40.2519 1 SIDE PLATE D5
P40.2520 1 CLAMPING LEVER C7
P40.2521 *1 GRIPPING JAW D6
P40.2522 1 GRIPPING JAW PIN D6
P40.2523 1 STOP D3
P40.2524 *1 SHEAR BLADE D4
P40.2525 *1 SHEAR BLADE D4
P40.2526 1 BOLT D3
P40.2527 1 TENSIONIG DRUM D6
P40.2528 P40.0103 1 ROCKER B6
P40.2529 P40.0104 1 BASE PLATE E3
43.0404.02 P404/15-16/0.50-0.90 P404.0001.02 12.01.00
Item-No. in group Pcs. description Dimension Field

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7 EXCHANGE OF WEARING PARTS
7.1 Exchange of the cutter
Disassembly
- Remove screw with pivot P40.2045 including safety disk N1.6504.
- The lower cutter P40.2524 is lifted against the sealing lever by operating the lifting handle.
- Insert a screw driver into the boring of the lower side of the cutter.
- Lift out the cutters complete with bolt P40.2526 and the cup springs N2.5614 from the support.
Assembly
- Assemble the individual components (cutting edges closed).
- Press the lifting handle against the sealing lever.
- Insert the cutter into the support until it hits the stop.
The cutters are correctly positioned if the lower cutter can be moved up and down by lifting and
lowering the lifting handle and the screw with pivot can be screwed into the groove of the
cutter P40.2525.
Adjustment of the cutter
- Press the lifting handle against the sealing lever.
The blades of the cutters should now overlap by 1 to 2 mm (.040" to .080").
- The adjustment is made by the set screw N1.3508 and the counter nut N1.5131 in the lifting handle.
N1.6504
P40.2045
P40.2526
N2.5614
P40.2524
P40.2525

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7.2 Exchange of gripper and gripping jaw
- Drive out the spirally rolled pin N2.2806 using a split pin driver.
- Remove the clamping lever P40.2520 with the pin P40.2522 and the gripping jaw P40.2521.
- Screw off and exchange the gripper P40.2053.
- Reassemble in the opposite order.
*Depending on the strap thickness 2, 1 or no shim P40.2052 must be assembled under the gripping jaw.
See 4. adjustment of the strap thickness.
Assembly in opposite direction.
N2.2806
N1.1909
N1.6203
P40.2520
P40.2521
P40.2053
P40.2522
P40.2052

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8 WARRANTY CONDITIONS AND LIABILITY
FROMM Holding AG warrants all its strapping tools and machine heads during a period of 90 days from the
date of sale. The warranty includes all deficiencies clearly resulting from poor manufacturing or faulty materials.
Damage claims as a result of production shutdowns and claims for damage to persons and to property resulting
from warranty deficiencies cannot be asserted by the customer.
The warranty excludes:
• wearing parts
• deficiencies resulting from improper installing, incorrect handling and maintaining the tool
• deficiencies resulting from using the tool without or with defective security- and safety devices
• disregard of directions in the operation manual
• arbitrary modifications of the tool
• deficient control of wearing parts
• deficient repair works of the tool
• Use of consumable products not recommended by FROMM Holding AG
We reserve the right to modify the product at any time in order to improve its quality.
9 APPROPRIATE USE
The tool model P404 has been designed to strap packages with plastic strapping exclusively.
The warranty / liability excludes:
• non appropriate use of the tool,
• disregard of directions in the operation manual,
• disregard of control- and maintenance instructions.