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Vision 30
PAN AND TILT HEAD
3259
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
AND
ILLUSTRATED PARTS LIST
PUBLICATION PART No. 3259-9
ISSUE 3
Copyright  Vinten Broadcast Limited 1999
All rights reserved throughout the world. No part of this document may be stored in a retrieval system,
transmitted, copied or reproduced in any way including, but not limited to, photocopy, photograph, magnetic or
other record without the prior agreement and permission in writing of Vinten Broadcast Limited.
Vinten, Vision and Quickfit are registered trademarks of Vinten Broadcast Limited.

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Foreword
This manual provides full and detailed maintenance and spare parts information for the Vinten®Vision® 30
pan and tilt head.
It is recommended that this manual is read carefully and the illustrations studied prior to operating or servicing
the pan and tilt head. Attention to the details contained herein will ensure that the pan and tilt head will
operate efficiently with the minimum of attention over a long service life. Particular attention must be paid to
cleaning, especially after use in adverse conditions.
To order spare parts or to obtain further information, application should be made to Vinten Broadcast Limited
or to your local distributor.
WARNING!:Read the Safety Section on page 8 before using this pan and tilt head or
attempting any adjustment or repair.
NOTE: Information contained in this document is subject to change.
Vinten Broadcast Ltd reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in equipment
design or performance as progress in engineering, manufacturing or technology may
warrant.

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Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notes to readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety - Read This First!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Technical Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Design Improvements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 1 - Introduction and Description
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 2 - Operation
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation
Fitting the head to its support mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Pan bar attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fitting a camera to the head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Balancing the camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the tilt drag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the pan drag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the pan and tilt brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 3 - Tools and Materials
Special tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Consumable materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 4 - Servicing
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Section 5 - Repair
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Platform assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
End plate/adjustment thread assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cross members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mechanism block and secondary spring assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Base assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pan drag unit assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Loading bars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Side plate assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tilt drag unit assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 6 - Illustrated Parts List
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ordering spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Main assembly part numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Illustrations Page
Fig 1.1 Vision 30 Pan and Tilt Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fig 2.1 Balance Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fig 6.1 Vision 30 Pan and Tilt Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fig 6.2 Secondary Mechanism Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fig 6.3 Primary Mechanism Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fig 6.4 Side Plate Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fig 6.5 Tilt Drag Unit Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fig 6.6 Mechanism Block and Secondary Spring Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fig 6.7 End Plate/Adjustment Thread Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fig 6.8 Platform Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fig 6.9 Pan Drag Unit Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fig 6.10 Quadrant Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Fig 6.11 Pan Bar Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fig 6.12 Spherical Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fig 6.13 Flat Base Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fig 6.14 Automatic Wedge Adaptor and Wedge Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Safety - Read This First!
Warning symbols in this maintenance manual
Where there is a risk of personal injury, injury to others, or damage to the pan and tilt head
or associated equipment, comments appear, highlighted by the word WARNING! and
supported by the warning triangle symbol.
Critical data
Mass
Mass 10 kg (22 lb)
Load
Maximum payload 35 kg (77 lb)

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Abbreviations
ac alternating current
AAmps
AF across flats
A/R as required
ASME American Society of Mech Engineers
assy assembly
BS British Standard
BA British Association thread
BSF British Standard Fine thread
BSP British Standard Parallel Pipe thread
BSW British Standard Whitworth thread
btn button
chs cheese
C of G centre of gravity
comp compression
csk countersunk
cu cubic
c/w complete with
dc direct current
dia diameter
ft foot
hd head
hex hexagon
Hz Hertz (frequency)
IC integrated circuit
ID inside diameter
in. inch
kg kilogram
lb pound(weight)
LF Lubricated Friction
LH left hand
MISO metric thread
mmetre
mm millimetre
NNewton
NPT National Pipe thread
NI not illustrated
No. number
OD outside diameter
PCB printed circuit board
PCD pitch circle diameter
pozi Pozidriv
psi pounds per square inch
pt point
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene
PVC Polyvinyl chloride
RH right hand
sect section
skt socket
SWG standard wire gauge
thk thick
UNC Unified Coarse thread
UNF Unified Fine thread
VVolts
W Watts
The following abbreviations are used in this publication:

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Technical Specification
Weight 10 kg (22 lb)
Height 230 mm (9 in.)
Length 175 mm (7 in.)
Width 245 mm (9.7 in.)
Load capacity See balance graph
Tilt range ±90°
Pan range 360°
Pedestal/tripod fixing 150 mm ball or flat base