0850/0850-T1 User Manual
Matrix Machine Tool (Coventry) Limited 6 / 231
Table of Contents
1 Health & Safety ................................................................................................................................. 10
1.1 General Safety ...................................................................................................................................... 10
1.2 Understanding Safety Rules & Regulations.......................................................................................... 11
1.3 Know your machine ............................................................................................................................. 11
1.4 Maintain a safe working area ............................................................................................................... 11
1.5 Electricity .............................................................................................................................................. 12
1.6 Workshop hygiene ............................................................................................................................... 12
1.7 Cancer of the skin caused by oil ........................................................................................................... 13
1.8 Machine Guards ................................................................................................................................... 13
1.9 Grinding Wheels ................................................................................................................................... 14
1.10 Machine User ....................................................................................................................................... 16
1.11 Service and Maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 16
2 Liability Exclusions ............................................................................................................................ 17
3 Machine Overview ............................................................................................................................ 18
3.1 General layout ...................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2 Axis configuration ................................................................................................................................ 21
3.3 Machine configuration ......................................................................................................................... 22
3.4 Machine floor layout (with 800L coolant system) ............................................................................... 23
3.5 Machine floor layout (with optional high pressure 3000L coolant system) ........................................ 24
3.6 Minimum workshop height requirement ............................................................................................ 25
4 Technical Data .................................................................................................................................. 26
5 Dresser System ................................................................................................................................. 29
5.1 Fixed Helix backplate (standard) .......................................................................................................... 29
5.2 Adjustable Helix backplate (option) ..................................................................................................... 31
5.3 Dressing Spindle ................................................................................................................................... 34
5.4 Single-point diamond holder (option) ................................................................................................. 35
6 Grinding Spindle ............................................................................................................................... 37
6.1 Spindle Warm-Up ................................................................................................................................. 38
6.2 Grinding Wheel Speed Chart ................................................................................................................ 39
6.3 Handling Grinding Wheels ................................................................................................................... 40
6.4 Checking the grinding wheel ................................................................................................................ 41
6.5 Mounting the grinding wheel .............................................................................................................. 41
7 Workhead ......................................................................................................................................... 42
7.1 Standard Workhead ............................................................................................................................. 42
7.2 Power operated workhead chuck (option) .......................................................................................... 43
7.2.1 3-Jaw chuck arrangement .................................................................................................................... 43
7.2.2 Opening and closing the chuck manually ............................................................................................. 44
8 Powered workpiece support steady (option) ..................................................................................... 45
8.1 Operating the steady ........................................................................................................................... 46
8.2 Fine Adjustment Screws ....................................................................................................................... 47
8.3 Procedure for fine alignment of the steady rest .................................................................................. 48
8.4 Steady Clamping Pressure .................................................................................................................... 49
9 Tailstock ........................................................................................................................................... 50
9.1 Manual Tailstock (standard) ................................................................................................................ 50
9.2 Pneumatic Tailstock (option) ............................................................................................................... 52
9.2.1 Manual Operation Procedure .............................................................................................................. 54
9.3 Travelling Tailstock (option) ................................................................................................................. 55
9.3.1 Manual Operation Procedure .............................................................................................................. 56
9.3.2 Setting the tailstock advance and retract positions ............................................................................. 57
9.4 Taper Adjust Procedure ....................................................................................................................... 58
10 Workpiece probing (option) .......................................................................................................... 59
10.1 Fitting the probe unit to the work table .............................................................................................. 60