Baumfolder 714XLT Set up

Set up instructions for the 714XLT

· Theory of buckle folding

· Setting up a Job

· Appendix A – Squaring the feeder side guides

· Appendix B – Installing perforators

· Appendix C – Installing / removing score blades

· Parts Order form

Before working on the folder, DISCONNECT ALL ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY TO
THE FOLDER to prevent the accidental start of the folder. Check to be sure you have the

correct tools to complete the job.

For reasons of safety, long hair must be tied back or otherwise secured, garments
must be close fitting and no jewelry, such as rings or necklaces, may be worn while
adjusting or setting up equipment. Injury may result from being caught up in the
machinery or jewelry catching in moving parts. Take all necessary steps so this
doesn’t happen.

For more information or to order parts phone Baum at 1-800-543-6107

Baumfolder Corporation

P.O. Box 728 1660 Campbell Rd

Sidney, Ohio, U.S.A. 45365

Phone : [phone] or 1-937-492-1281

Fax: [phone]

Copyright ã 2002

Set up instructions for the 714XLT

If a sheet of paper is laid on a flat surface and driven into a stationary object, a buckle or a series of
buckles will form along the surface of the sheet.

If the paper is pushed into a narrow channel before butting up against the stationary object, the buckle
that forms in the channel will be a much smaller size than free-forming buckles. At the end of the
channel, however, larger buckles will again start to form.

If the channel is angled to produce a down-ward pressure, and two folding rollers, spinning as indicated
above, are placed close to the end of the channel, the larger buckles that start forming there will always
form down-ward and be pulled into the rollers, compressing into a fold.

On a buckle folder (like the 714), the sheet comes out of the
feeder flat and enters the fold plate assembly where it comes to a
stop against a stationary fold stop. A series of buckles then forms
through the sheet. The buckles within the fold plate are kept very
small by the narrow channel design. The buckle at the end of the
plate, however, will be larger. The fold plate and rollers are
configured such that the large buckle will always form downward
where it is grabbed by the fold rollers and compressed into a fold.
The picture shows the second plate deflected. This would mean a
single fold.

Baumfolder Corporation P.O. Box 728 1660 Campbell Rd, Sidney, Ohio USA 45365 Copyright © 2002
Phone [phone] or 1-937-492-1281 Fax [phone] email: [e-mail]

Set up instructions for the 714XLT

Time to set up a job…..

We are now ready to set up a job on the folder. Ask your customer for a sample of the job he/she wants
to run. This will give you, the sheet size and type fold. Let’s take for example an 8 ½ “ x 11” letter fold.
The example shown is with the header folded in.

1. Loosen the locking screws on the feeder side guides. Turn the
knobs on the back of the Side guides and set them on 8 ½ on the
scale, actual 4 ½ “ from the center of the feeder. Lay a sheet of
paper you are running between the guides and it should slide down
but not have very much movement side to side. This is the key to
good folding. IF THE GUIDES ARE TOO TIGHT, IT WILL NOT
FEED WELL. If the guides are to loose, the fold will vary. If a fold
is always crooked, usually the cause is that the side guides are not
square with the number one fold roller. See appendix A for
correction. Set the magnetized angle stop at the back of the sheet.

2. Insert two thickness of paper between the caliper tab and the
sucker wheel. Turn the gap knob counter-clockwise to tighten or
clockwise to loosen. Set the gap knob until there is a slight drag on the
paper. Remove the paper and the correct gap is now set. When you load
the feeder, the printing will be up.

3. The front blow will normally be set properly. If not, it should be set so it
separates the bottom sheets. The adjustment knob on the side of the
feeder is to set the blow in the side guide and front blow. Turn the knob to
the right to obtain more blow on the right side and front of the feed table.
Turn the knob to the left to obtain more blow on the left and reduce the
front blow.

4. Look on the folding chart on the stacker tray and locate 8 ½ x 11, fifth column over and letter fold
second line down. It shows the first fold plate is set on E, and the
second fold plate is set on E. On the fold plates approximately 3 ½ “
from the nose of the fold plate are the letter E (on both sides,) in a red
circle with a line from it. Depress the course adjustment knobs and

move the paper stop until it is on or close to the red line out
from the letter E. At the end away from the rolls of the
adjustment rods are micro adjustment knobs. You can move
these knobs to align the paper stops on the red line. Both fold
plates should have the open end toward the fold rollers and
the deflector away from the fold rollers. Both fold plate stops
are adjusted the same way.

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Baumfolder Corporation P.O. Box 728 1660 Campbell Rd, Sidney, Ohio USA 45365 Copyright © 2002
Phone [phone] or 1-937-492-1281 Fax [phone] email: [e-mail]

Set up instructions for the 714XLT

5. If you have a job where you want to fold in one plate only, pivot the
plate hold-down out of the way. Lift up slightly on the back of the
plate you are not using and pull toward you. Turn the plate end for
end and reinstall it with the deflector toward the fold rollers. Turn the
plate hold-downs down toward the fold plates to lock it in position.

6. The stacker has 3 ½, 5 ½, and 8 ½ printed on the
outside edges of the stacker. Run one sheet through
the folder and measure the length. Set the stacker
wheels so that the signature (folded sheet) is against
the wheels just as it clears the pull out tires on the slitter
shaft. Move the deflector assembly, (hold-downs), on
the black bar of the slitter shaft to guide the signature under the stacker wheels leaving enough

space between the stacker belt and the deflector for the signature
to move. The stacker wheels should ride on the stacker belt. To
move the stacker belt if necessary, loosen the setscrew in the drive
spool, and move it to the location needed. The belt and rear spool
can be slid over to line up with the front spool.

7. The operating controls consist of an Off/On power switch, which is an overload reset also. This
supplies power to the equipment. If the folder has a jam up and shuts off, turn the switch off and
back on again. The Pump Off/On switch is to turn the pump on
and off. The Speed Potentiometer controls the speed of the
folder. Turn to the right to speed the folder up or to the left to
slow the folder down. The counter to show the number of
sheets folded with a small button to reset the counter when you
change jobs. When you want to run a sheet/sheets, turn on
the power switch, then turn on the pump switch to run the
number of sheets you want to run, then turn off the pump. Use the pump switch to start and stop the
paper flow. If you change the speed of the folder, the length of the fold may also change. Check
the fold after any speed changes.

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Baumfolder Corporation P.O. Box 728 1660 Campbell Rd, Sidney, Ohio USA 45365 Copyright © 2002
Phone [phone] or 1-937-492-1281 Fax [phone] email: [e-mail]