Bridgeport Interact 2 - Adjustment of Table and Saddle Gibs; Saddle to Table Gib Setting; Saddle to Knee Gib Setting

CA\ITION:
Use
only
Mobil Vacta
No. 2
or
equioalent to
ensure max'imum
effectiueness
of
tbe
lubrication system.
All
other moving
parts such as bearings,
gears
etc., are prepacked with
lifetime
grease
at the
factory and should
not require
further
servicing
for
their
full
service
life.
7.7.2
Knee Lubrication
The
knee ways
are lubricated
by automatic
system
from
a
distributor
located inside the
knee.
External
feeder hoses are attached to the left side of the knee.
All bearings
are
greased
for life
Lubrication
of the knee
elevating
screw
is through
a
grease fitting at the top
of the
pedestal.
7.8
X
AND
Y
AXIS
GIBS
7 .8.1
Adjustment
of Table and Saddle
Gibs
At
the
factory
all the
gibs are
given
an initial setting, the
machine is cycled
for approximately
50
hours and then the
gibs are
given
a
final
setting. Therefore
they should
not require
re-adjusting if
proper
maintenance
of automatic lube
system
is provided. In
the
event that
gib
adjustment is
required, however,
proceed
as
follows
in Section 7 .8.2
or 7
.8.3.
7.8.2 Saddle
to Table Gib Setting
(see
Figure
7-8)
1.
Set
up indicators in
position no. 1.
2.
Push end of
table
and release,
pull end of
table
and
release.
Note
the total
indicator
reading
less
the spring back.
3.
Adjust the
gib, by
turning the adjusting screw to
obtain a maximum
indicator
reading
(less
spring back)
of
.0005".
4.
After
gib
is
set,
move indicator to position no.2.
5.
Push
and
pull
on end of the table.
Note
the total
indicator reading less spring back.
6.
Total indicator
reading
in
position no.
1
(after
gib is
set) should
equal the total indicator
reading
in
position no.
2
within.*- .0002",
if
not,
remove and
scrape
the gib and
repeat
setting.
7. Check
lost motion as
per
Section
7
.9.1.
7.8.3
Saddle
to Knee Gib
Setting
(see
Figure
7-9)
1. Move the saddle to position no. I and set up
indicator.
2. Push the end of
the
table and release, pull the end of
the table and
release.
Note the
total
indicator reading less
spring
back.
3.
Adjust
the gib
by
turning the adjusting
screw,
to obtain
a maximum indicator reading less
spring back of
.0005".
4.
After the gib is
set, move the saddle to
position no.
2 and
set
up the
indicator.
5.
Push
and
pull on
the
end of the
table.
Note
the total
indicator reading
less
spring
back.
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