Maintenance
Our products are made with the finest materials
throughout, but even the best needs maintenance. To
ensure a long and trouble-free working life for your
machine, we recommend the following maintenance
procedures.
Oil
(1) Main Shaft Lubrication
The main shaft bearings are made with specially
designed oiled metal, but should be lubricated once
every month with spindle oil or machine oil to ensure
smooth running.
Oil
(2) Pipe Cutter Lubrication
The cutter feed screw and the rollers need to be oiled
once a day with spindle oil. Lack of oil not only makes
use more difficult, but compromises the efficiency of
the machine.
MAINTENANCE
(3) Keep the oil system clean as follows
Cutting Oil System
Check that there is enough oil in the tank and that all
(4) Hammer Chuck Structure and Maintenance
The hammer chuck jaw incorporates 3 parts and when
the teeth on the chuck jaw become worn and fail to
hold the pipe correctly, replace the entire set of chuck
jaw inserts.
Remove the hex socket set screw.
ESPAÑOL
ENGLISH
1. Drain oil and check for contamination.
2. Remove and clean the swarf tray, oil filter and
strainer and clean the oil tank.
If the oil system is kept clean, this will prolong the
working life of the gear pump.
3. After cleaning the tank, put some sealing substance
on the drain plug to reduce any possibility of
leakage.
Swarf tray
Pump
Oil circuit suction tube
1. Ensure that the oil flows freely.
oil lines are unobstructed.
2. If oil becomes discoloured or contaminated, drain
the tank and refill with fresh cutting oil.
3. Clean the oil filter after every 8 to 12 operating
hours.
4. During thread cutting operations, small chips
from the threads will accumulate in the tank
therefore efficient cleaning is essential once a
month to ensure proper operation of the threading
machine.
Carriage
Oil filter
Tank upper
cover
Tank
Drain plug
Strainer
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