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Southwestern Industries, Inc.
TRAK
EMX Knee, Bed Mill & ProtoTRAK
EMX CNC Retrofit Safety, Programming, Operating & Care Manual
3.3.1 Manual Lubrication System - KEMX
Ways and Ballscrew Lubrication
The TRAK Knee Mill X, Y, Z way surfaces and ball screws are lubricated manually with the
lubrication pump located on the left side of the knee. Pull the handle fully and release 4
to 6 times at the beginning of each shift, and once every four hours of operation
thereafter.
1.
At the beginning of each day, check the oil level in the pump. If low, fill with SAE 30
or 30W oil.
2.
Every six months of operation, apply a liberal coating of Mobile Grease-MP, or
equivalent to the Z-Axis ACME screw.
CAUTION!
Failure to manually activate the pump at the beginning of each day may cause severe
damage to the TRAK Knee Mill way surfaces and ball screws.
Head Lubrication
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KEMX & DPMEX2
Once Each Week:
1.
Fill the oil cup on the front of the head with SAE 30 or 30W oil. This oil lubricates
the Hi/Lo range shifter.
2.
Fill the ball oiler located in the front lower right corner of the speed changer housing.
This oil lubricates the speed changer shaft.
3.
Extend the quill fully and apply a coating of SAE 30 or 30W oil to the outside
diameter of the quill.
Every Four Months:
Apply a good grade of general-purpose grease through the grease fittings on the back of
the head and on the left side of the head. The grease lubricates the low range gear set
and the feed change gears respectively.
3.3.2 Way Lubrication
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DPMEX2
The auto lube system provides centralized automatic lubrication for the ways
and ballscrews. The lube pumps 2-liter reservoir is serviced with Mobil Vactra Oil No. 2
or equivalent. The pump is factory set to pump oil for 15 seconds for every 60 minutes
of spindle time. There is an internal memory on the pump so that the
pump will not reset every time the spindle is turned off.
The pumping output can be regulated electronically to control the pause time between
pumping cycles, and the duration of the pumping cycle. The following describes the
buttons used to program the lube pump. In order to modify any of the settings the
spindle must be on.
The pump has an alarm that will sound if any of the following problems arise:
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Oil line breakage
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Oil filter blockage
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Bad motor
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Low oil pressure
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No oil in tank