Floor Mounting

All of our BATMs are equipped with mounting holes. Anchoring is highly recommended for different reasons. Lighter BATMs can be lifted and carried away with cash inside of the unit. Taller BATMs (like BATMFour) have the potential to be tipped over. This creates the risk of serious injury, or even death! As an owner, you are responsible for operating your machines in the safest way possible.

Floor Material

Most of the time you will be working with concrete (vs. wood), thus this manual is mainly focused on that case. Aside from the material, your main concern should be the usable thickness - and if there are any utilities running under your desired location. The last thing you want is your bolt bursting a water pipe.

Techniques

For concrete floors you have basically two options

• Anchor and screw

• Threaded rod and epoxy

In terms of strength, we prefer threaded rod with epoxy, but it takes more time for the epoxy to cure. Anchors are faster, but not usually so heavy duty. Both techniques can be affected (in positive or negative way) by skill and craftsmanship.

In the beginning, both techniques follow the same steps:

1. Place your BATM in the desired location.

2. Check that you can easily and fully open all the doors and panels.

3. Mark the positions of the holes on the concrete through the bottom of the BATM. Slight variations may be encountered between production runs, and drilling a hole in concrete is unforgiving. It’s better to measure twice & drill once; don’t rely on templates unless you’ve checked them. Samples are provided below for reference only.

4. Remove the BATM from the location to get better access for drilling out these holes.

5. Drill out marked holes.

What sizes?

The holes for the BATM bolts are typically 18mm in diameter as they are designed for M16 (or 1/2”). The bit size of the holes you drill depends on manufacturer recommendations:

• anchors: see the box or check the manufacturer website.

• epoxy: add ~2mm to the rod diameter.

Depth is totally at your discretion. The deeper, the better.

Option 1: Anchors and screws

1. Drive anchors into the holes, using a hammer if necessary.

2. Place the BATM back onto the desired location.

3. From within the BATM, screw the bolts into the anchors. Use washers for better load distribution!

   1. NOTE: Do not over-tighten them!

   2. Tighten the screws only enough so that the washer below them is not loose.

Option 2: Threaded rods and epoxy

1. Referring to your epoxy manual, mix the epoxy, and insert it into the hole.

2. If the threaded rods are short enough, you can place your BATM onto the holes filled with epoxy and insert the rods from within BATM into the holes. Threaded rods have to stick out enough that you can place the washer and nut on top of them! (then skip to step 5)

3. If the threaded rods are too long to be inserted from within the BATM, put them into the holes before placing the BATM on top. The threaded rods have to stick out far enough so that you can place the BATM on top of them, plus washer, and nut!

4. Place your BATM on top of the rods, tilt the BATM and “walk” it. Get some extra help if the BATM is bigger! Be careful to not damage the threads on the rods.

5. Let the epoxy cure (according to the manual).

6. Use washers for better load distribution, and screw on self-locking nuts on the threaded rod.

   1. NOTE: Do not over-tighten them!

   2. Tighten the screws only enough so that the washer below them is not loose.

See the final cross section of the mounting point on the picture below.

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Reference illustrations:

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