Nut Adapter Installation of Accel 310™ Wireless Sensors

An adapter is available to shorten the hole depth for the drill and tap method of installing the Accel 310
wireless sensor, referred to as the Nut Adapter. To help with alignment of the orthogonal axes of the
triax mems sensor, it is advised to use shims to install the sensor with an adequate amount of torque
while maintaining the proper position relative to an orthogonal shaft centerline (90° increments).

Installation requires a flat surface with minimum of 25mm (1”) diameter and a drill and tapped hole for
an M8x1.25 bolt with 9.5mm (3/8 inch) of threading. Thread lock or optional epoxy is used to secure the
sensor to machine, torqued to 8 Nm (5.9 ft-lbs).

Tools:
1. Silicone grease
2. Rag
3. 1.25” ¼-28 spot face tool with #3 (undersized) drill bit
4. ½” - ¾” 90deg chamfer tool or similar
5. 6.9mm (17/64”) drill bit & power drill
6. M8 x 1.25 tap
7. Feeler gauge (optional)
8. 2 mil to 10 mil spacers (as needed)
9. Thread lock
10. 22mm torque wrench
11. Super glue (optional)
12. Loctite adhesive / epoxy (optional)

Spacer calculation chart:

• Each 15 degrees of alignment correction
requires 0.05 mm (2 mils) of shim.
• 15 degrees = 2 mils
• 45 degrees = 6 mils
• 60 degrees = 8 mils
• 75 degrees = 10 mils

Tolerance
The orientation of the sensor should be +/-15 degrees of centerline in horizontal or vertical position.

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Procedure
Machinery must be secured with any required work permits established.

1. Identify the locations for which the sensors will be installed

2. Install the nut adapter to the sensor as follows:
• Clean surface between sensor and nut adapter
• apply silicone grease
• install and tighten nut adapter to 8 Nm torque
3. Spot face machine surface at sensor location
• Recommended steps:
1. Use 1.25” ¼-28 spot face tool
2. Tool will use pilot of #3 Drill bit (0.2130”)
3. Set Pilot depth to 9.5 mm (3/8”)
4. This will result in an undersized pilot hole

Caution: Be extremely careful not to penetrate windings, oil passages, shafting.

4. Drill to a minimum depth of 9.5mm (3/8”)

5. Chamfer pilot hole
• Recommended steps:
1. ½” - ¾” 90deg chamfer tool or similar
2. Goal, tapper hole to better accept next drill and to improve tap bite
3. Do not oversize chamfer. Target 0.275” diameter
4. Use 1.25” ¼-28 spot face tool

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6. Drill to final size
• Recommended steps:
1. 6.9mm or 17/64 drill bit
2. Drill full depth set by spot face tool

7. Tap M8 x 1.25
• Recommended steps:
1. A stater (or standard) tap may be needed to start threads with minimal top pull out
2. Bottom tap to get threads to near bottom of drilled hole
3. Tap fluid or solvent will be helpful

8. Clean machine surface

9. Temporarily hand tighten sensor to check fit and determine if orientation correction is required
• If sensor is secured to machine within 15 degrees of an orthogonal axis, go to step 11
10. Determine the thickness of a spacer necessary to properly align to sensor
• If using protractor, measure the angle the sensor exceeds an orthogonal axis and use Spacer
Calculation Chart above to determine the spacer thickness required.
• If using feeler gauge, unscrew sensor to a position where sensor is in alignment with an axis,
slide feeler gauge to determine the spacer thickness required.

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 11. Remove sensor and prepare surface for permanent installation
• Recommended steps:
• Note: These instructions use thread lock but does not epoxy the adapter to machine. If
epoxy is desired, see notes below.
1. Apply a dab of silicone grease to the machine surface
2. Place shim spacers as required and top with small dab of silicone grease
• Note: It might be necessary to hold shims in place with super glue
3. Apply service removable thread lock to the sensor bolt
4. Screw the sensor with nut adapter into the M8 threaded hole in machine
5. Tighten the sensor to machine to 8 Nm torque

Notes:

• If desired, Loctite glue or epoxy can be used to secure the nut adapter and sensor to the
machine in lieu of thread lock.

Cautions:

• Machinery must be secured when performing these steps.

• Extreme caution must be taken when drilling into a machine housing.
• Care should be taken to not apply any epoxy to the sensor bolt as this may cause damage to the
sensor when the sensor needs to be removed.

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