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Dukane Manual Part No. 403–558–03
Dynamic Process Controller DPC
™
II – User’s Manual
Stack Assembly
Attaching A Replaceable
Tip To A Horn
1. Inspect all horn and tip surfaces for stress
cracks, chips, or gouges. Any of these ir-
regularities will affect operation and could
lead to further equipment damage. Contact
the Dukane Ultrasonics Tooling Department
concerning damaged horn components.
2. Apply an extremely thin layer of a high tem-
perature, high pressure silicon grease to the
back surface that mates with the horn. The
grease will allow both surfaces to intimately
mate and become acoustically transparent
which improves the energy transfer. Do not
apply any grease to the threads. We recom-
mend Dow–Corning #4 (or #111 as an alter-
nate). A small packet of Dow–Corning #4 is
supplied with the system. If you cannot use a
silicon–based grease in your facility, a petro-
leum–based grease may be used. However, it
is likely to leave carbonaceous deposits on the
surface, and require more frequent joint main-
tenance. Failure to follow these instructions,
may result in the mating surfaces bonding and
difculty removing the tip from the horn.
3. Thread the tip into the horn and tighten to the
torque specications below using an open end
wrench of the correct size to t the wrench
ats of the tip. This is illustrated in Figure
6–12. If necessary, use a spanner wrench (on
horns with spanner wrench holes) or an open
end wrench (on horns with wrench ats) to
keep the horn from turning in your hand. A
canvas strap wrench is permissible if it does
not gouge or scratch the horn.
• 70 inch-lbs for an 8mm threaded tip
• 100 inch-lbs for a 3/8” x 24 threaded tip
• 160 inch-lbs for a 1/2” x 20 threaded tip
NOTE
Dukane Part No for the 20kHz spanner
wrenches is 721–68
Dukane Part No for the 40kHz spanner
wrenches is 721–44
NOTE
Do not apply any grease to the threads of the
replaceable tip. This may cause the tip to loosen
from the horn resulting in inconsistent opera-
Figure 6–12 Replaceable Tip Installation
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