CHESTER Conquest Super Mill, Instruction Manual

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3. Prevention and Maintenance
3.1 Prevention and Maintenance
Daily Maintenance
1. Inspect each operating part to ensure lubrication
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2. Examine the machine to ensure all the parts are fixed securely.
3. Clean and remove any obstacles around the machine, in order to ensure safety and prevent
damage.
4. After daily use lubricate all the moving parts in order to prevent rust and damage.
5. Whilst operating, be careful to watch the machine when manipulating your work. If the
machine starts to behave abnormally, stop operating and investigate.
Monthly Maintenance
1. Use clean cotton wool or soft gauze to clean the machine.
2. Check the motion of the head of the machine to check whether it is smooth or loose.
3. Check the over swing in the spindle.
4. Check all the bolts and nuts for looseness.
5. Examine the overall circuit (contact points, conductor plugs and switches...etc) for faults.
Yearly Maintenance
1. After maintenance, make a record.
2. Before replacing any faulty parts, stop the machine.
3. Maintenance and repair should be done on a regular basis. If the machine starts to operate
unusually, stop and investigate.
4. If the fault on the machine is beyond your own ability to repair, contact Chester UK or a local
service engineer.
3.2 Maintenance of the Cutter and Taper Shank
1.
When not in use keep the cutter packed away, in order to maintain the sharpness and quality
of the blade.
2. Check the rotation of the cutter, rotation in the wrong direction might split the blade and
accelerate the cutter to exhaustion. If you have difficulty in identifying the blade direction, whilst
in high speed mill the working piece.
3.
Sharpen the cutter after use, a dull blade makes milling allot harder to accomplish.
4. Keep the taper shank and cutter clean .
5. The draw bar and chuck have their own wrenches. Keep the wrenches near the machine and
never operate with inappropriate tools.
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