CNC lathe preventive maintenance is very important for several reasons. Firstly, having a correct maintenance plan helps to prevent occupational accidents. Because keeping your CNC lathe, its tools and, ultimately, your work equipment in good condition improves safety. Secondly, helps to increase the service life of your machine achieving a high competitiveness in the industrial sector.
In this post we explain step by step everything you need to know about your CNC lathes preventive maintenance to increase your safety and profitability. Keep reading!
Steps of CNC lathe Machinery Maintenance
If you want your CNC lathe to work properly and guarantee the quality of its machining, it is necessary to periodically check and tune it up to make sure that all its functions are adjusted.
This type of periodic revision is included in what we call preventive maintenance program. This consists in checking the operation of the machine to locate and repair any possible damage caused during the time of use. In addition, if necessary, you get a quicker and more detailed identification of the parts that will need to be replaced.
Here are some guidelines for you to create and implement this CNC lathe maintenance schedule:
- Identify each machine, for example, by acronyms or alphanumerically.
- Make an inventory of the machines that will be in the maintenance program.
- In this case, a classification of the machinery will not be necessary because they will be CNC lathes.
- Determine the maintenance activities to be performed (below we detail them).
- Elaborate the program per machine and implement it.
- Finally, you must monitor and evaluate the system.
Pay attention to what we are about to tell you, here is the key to the correct machining of your company’s CNC lathes.
Daily Care
For a long-term use of your CNC lathe, we recommend that you follow the following daily care instructions:
- Check the fluid level:
- Coolant
- Guideway lubricant
- Clean the shavings:
- From the guideway covers
- From the inner container.
- From the covered turret.
Also, depending on the working hours and for a perfect CNC lathe service we suggest you:
- Check for proper operation of the drain on the filter regulator.
- Clean outside surfaces with a mild cleaner, but never use solvents.
- Clean the shavings out of the tray or reservoir in the coolant tank.
Every Three Month or 500 hours
If the lathe reaches 500 working hours or three months have passed, it is necessary to carry out the following maintenance:
- Inspect the proper functioning of the track cover and lubricate it with mild oil if necessary.
- It is recommended:
- Remove the coolant pump and clean any sediment from the coolant tank. Warning! Do not forget to disconnect the machine from the power supply.
- Empty the oil drain pan.
- Check the oil level in the gearbox. If necessary, add oil until the recommended level is reached.
Every Six Months or 1000 hours
After six months it is very important that you do the following inspections:
- Check the condition of hoses and lubrication pipes.
- Change coolant and clean the coolant tank properly.
- Change the hydraulic oil filter unit.
Yearly check or 2000 hours
Finally, we recommend that you carry out an annual tune-up of your CNC lathe. It only takes 3 steps:
- Check oil filter and clean residues at the bottom of the filter.
- Change transmission or gearbox oil.
- Clean the small filter at the end of the lubricator.
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