VTX Series Maintenance and Safety Manual 704-0211-215 Maintenance Checklist - iii
MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST
Daily (Every 8 - 10 Hours)
Daily: Perform operational checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 2
Daily: Check the floppy disk drive and diskettes, if equipped. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 3
Daily: Check and maintain all lubricant levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 4
Daily: Clean the tool lock pins and tool gripper fingers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 10
Daily: Lubricate the non-motorized spindle taper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 12
Daily: Check the spindle chiller working environment ventilation and
ambient temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 15
Daily: Check the FRL unit air pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 21
Daily: (or every 8 hours) Check the coolant level every day. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 24
Daily: Clean the chip conveyor tank chip screens, if equipped. . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 26
Daily: Inspect the enclosure windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 28
Daily: (or every 8 hours) Check the clamping system hydraulic pressure. . . . 3- 28
Daily: (after every shift or 8 hours of operation) Clean the trunion table. . . . 3- 29
Daily: (or after 8 hours of operation) Check the rotary-axis oil level. . . . . . . 3- 30
Daily: (or after 8 hours of operation) Check the tilt-axis oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 31
Daily: Warm up the machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 32
Weekly (Every 40 - 50 Hours)
Weekly: Clean the filter inside the heat exchanger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 3
Weekly: (or after 40 hours of operation) Check the condition of tools. . . . . . 3- 11
Weekly: Check each tool holder for damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 11
Weekly: Inspect the chiller solution level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 12
Weekly: (or after 40 hours of operation) Inspect the spindle chiller tank
air filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 13
Weekly: (or after 40 hours of operation) Inspect the spindle chiller tank
water filter, if equipped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 13
Weekly: Check the auto moisture drain on FRL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 22
Weekly: (or after 40-50 hours of operation) Clean the coolant filters. . . . . . . 3- 25
Weekly: Check the CTS coolant filter and clean when necessary. . . . . . . . . . 3- 25
Weekly: (or every 40 hours of operation) Check the clamping system oil level. 3- 29
Monthly (Every 150-200 Hours)
Monthly: Inspect conduit, connectors, cabling, and external wiring. . . . . . . . 3 - 4
Monthly: Add a rust preventative to the Autolube system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 6
Monthly: Maintain the autolube fluid level and check the filler filter screen. . . 3 - 6
Monthly: Manually activate the Autolube system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 8
Monthly: (or after 150-200 hours of operation) Maintain the spindle chiller. . 3- 13
Monthly: (or 150-200 hours of operation) Inspect limit switches and
dog fasteners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 27
Monthly: Perform a spindle run-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 33
Do not attempt to access the machine enclosure while machine
power is on. Observe proper lock-out/tag-out procedures before
performing any maintenance inside the machine enclosure.