ReelCraft 7000 Series User manual

Reelcraft Industries
Industrial Grade Hose Reels
Series 7000

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Group Slide 2
IntendedApplications
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• Air/Water (Buna on 3/8” & 1/2” / Aflas on 3/4”)
•Oil (Viton)
•Antifreeze (Buna, Aflas or Viton)
•Grease (Viton)
•Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) (Viton)
•Windshield Washer Fluid (EPR required)
•Pressure wash
•Fuel (Viton)
•Welding Gas: Oxy/Acetylene
•Welding Gas: Fuel
•Twin Hydraulic
•Cable Welding
•Water NH Fittings
•Food processing
•Breathing Air (Buna w/ food grade lubricant)
Intended Applications

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Product Detail
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Robotically welded base –greatly reduces
imperfections in weld. Weld settings such as
temperature, speed and size are repeatable
with less instance of human error.
Mounting holes – Four 1/2” holes in base
plate.
Structural forms –incorporated into the
design to give added strength throughout the
reel.
Base and upright are stamped from 11 gauge
sheet steel.
Mounting hole for latch pawl assembly
secured with a nut.
Mounting hole for shoulder screw that
anchors latch spring.
Base

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Base
Threaded studs are pressed into the upright
sheet metal. It is these four press studs to
which the guide arm is eventually fastened.
Steel hub is welded into upright and
incorporates a set screw that engages a flat
machined surface on the main shaft to
prevent the main shaft from rotating while
reel is in use.
Main shaft is machined from solid stock. It is
zinc plated carbon steel on standard OLP,
OMP and OHP models. On models with a
stainless steel flow path, a 316 grade shaft is
used. Output thread on shaft is either 1/4”,
3/8”, 1/2” or 3/4” NPTF.

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Base
Two snap rings inserted in machined grooves
on main shaft on either side of the weld in
hub hold shaft in place.
Machined flat engages aluminum arbor key
that in turn, keeps the spring arbor from
rotating, thus building spring tension.
Aluminum arbor and arbor key

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Base
Cast aluminum latch pawl
Stainless steel tension spring
attaches to latch pawl and
shoulder screw.
Customers requiring a reel that is constantly in tension can remove these parts
from a standard latching reel or order it from the factory as such by adding the
suffix “CT” to any spring driven hose reel model number.
Latch spring is a wear item. Every
flick of the latch pawl causes stress
on the spring. Reelcraft does
extensive cycle testing on its latch
spring designs.

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Spring Case
Spring case stamped from 18 gauge steel and formed for
added support.
Four rivets affix the aluminum ratchet to the spring case.
Bronze bushing is impregnated with oil for smooth operation
and requires no maintenance.
Spring case stud is mounted through this hole in the
spring case and serves as the anchor point for the
drive spring.
Cast aluminum ratchet has latching positions ever
180º. Latching parts are designed to be wider than
competitors for improved wear.
Stamped spring case and ratchet are sold as an
assembly.

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Spring Case
Spring case stud is assembled with a nut on
the opposite side of spring case.
Spring case is assembled onto shaft and
arbor and arbor key are fitted into the correct
position.
The partially assembled reel is now ready to
receive one of six standard drive springs.