USER GUIDE - MC300
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4 - MAINTENANCE
4.1 - MAINTENANCE:
4.1.1 - DIE LUBRICATION:
Friction on the dies whilst crimping is very important. For this reason, it is necessary to lubricate the bearing
surface of the die-carriers on the piston regularly. Indeed, an insufficiently lubricated machine could seize, or
the pistons and die-carriers could be subjected to increased wear.
To achieve correct lubrication, grease with a 60% concentration of molybdenum di-sulphide
must be used
(this product is
supplied with the machine and can be obtained from GATES
, Part No. 7482-19227
).
Lubricate every 100 crimping operations as follows:
- Shake the aerosol can, held upside down, for 1 minute (
this amount of
time
is
necessary for such
a
t
hick product t
o be vaporised properly).
- Advance the die-carriers on the rapid cone. The die-carriers should be 5 mm above the face flange
(see figure 7).
Figure 7 :
Position of die-carriers for lubrication.
- Introduce the aerosol can
plastic tube
in the hole located at the rear of the die-carriers
(lubrication point N° 1 - see figure 8).
Figure 8 :
Lubrication point N° 1.
Recommended grease:
see above.
- Grease the piston through the holes of each die-carrier.
