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9
Inspection and maintenance
Inspection and maintenance work
Operating Instructions – MOVIGEAR
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performance
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9.4.2 Changing the oil
Draining the oil
1. Observe the notes in chapter "Preliminary work for inspection and maintenance".
2. WARNING! Risk of burns due to hot surfaces. Serious injuries. Let the devices
cool down before touching them.
Remove the drive unit from the system, otherwise it is not possible to change the
oil.
3. SEW‑EURODRIVE recommends that you drain the oil in the position depicted in
the figure below:
4. Place an adequate container underneath the oil drain plug [2].
5. WARNING! Risk of burns due to hot gear oil. Serious injuries. Let the devices
cool down before touching them.
Remove the lowest screw plug [2] or the breather valve installed there (depends
on the mounting position used according to the mounting position sheet).
6. It is easier to drain the oil when you also remove the upper screw plug [3] or
breather valve installed there (flowing in of air).
7. Drain the oil. Completely remove the residual oil [1] in the drive with a suitable
device.
Recommended position
The following figure shows the position recommended for draining the oil:
[1] [2]
[3]
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