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Servicing, cleaning, maintenance
No special servicing is required as the spindle unit is fully encapsulated. Apply machine oil
to the moving parts at regular intervals.
Remove the jaws regularly and grease the thread with machine grease.
Grease the guides of the moving clamping jaw at regular intervals (every two weeks).
This is done by moving the clamping jaw from the work position.
5.1
General cleaning / lubrication
Remove jaws.
Clean and oil contact surfaces.
Move the moving jaw to the front stop.
Clean and oil surfaces, e.g. with MOTOREX Supegliss
68 K to ISO VG 68.
Move the moving jaw to the rear stop.
Clean and oil the remaining parts of the surfaces.
Clean and oil the outside surfaces of the spindle.
6
Troubleshooting, eliminating faults
Vice is hard to operate
Dismantle, clean and the damaged surfaces must be carefully levelled off with a honing stone.
Setting ring for force adjustment has turned loose
Turn the spring pressure piece three times to turn out.
Turn in the setting ring up to the stop.
Turn the spring pressure piece three times to turn in.
Setting ring for force adjustment cannot be turned
Turn out the spring pressure piece until the setting ring can be turned again.
Lubricate the setting ring seals.
Important: the clamping force can only be adjusted when no tension is applied.
The setting ring for force adjustment does not hold its position
Turn in the spring pressure piece until engagement of the setting ring can be felt.
(at a depth of approx. 7 – 7.5 mm).
