Introduction & Overview (0:00-0:51)
0:00-0:51: “Hello. Hello. Welcome back to another training video. Uh, in this section of videos we’re going to be going over the startup routine and the steps and sequences that we need to obviously follow to get the machine ready to work on a day-to-day basis. Now, this first video that we’re going to be, I’m showing today, um, is only for if you are booting up your machine for the first time after you’ve received it. Uh, really all it is is, is we’re going to be putting it into our weekly maintenance is all that we’re really starting in this video. So if you are already currently using your machine, but you need a reminder on the start routine, just in case you can forget this first lesson in this section of startup routines and just go review the others. Um, but today we’re gonna be focusing on checking, cleaning, and protecting the profile rails, the rack and pinion”
Cleaning Profile Rails (0:51-2:52)
0:47-2:52: “and protecting the profile rails, the rack and pinion and the nose of the spindle. Uh, again, just to make sure that we’re kicking the machine into a a startup routine. Um, and we can follow those steps in other videos that we go into greater detail and times of when you need to perform your daily, weekly, um, uh, maintenance schedules as well as putting into a long-term maintenance if that’s something you need to do with the machine so you can review those videos whenever necessary. So what you’re gonna need to clean check protect is you’re gonna need some clean rags and the can of Dyna Glide that came with the machine. So let’s go show you just what we’re gonna do real quick before we turn the machine on. Let’s begin with cleaning and checking the profile rails on the machine. Now there are six profile rails and there’s two of them per linear axis of travel on the system. So we have X going along the length y going along the width and z going up and down the profile rails is what the entire system is gliding on, um, with linear bearings. And so we just need to make sure those profile rails stay protected so we don’t a accidentally have any rust or contamination creeping up on us as you’re using the machine for, you know, longer periods of time. So let’s show you how we’re gonna do that. And we have a profile rail here along the x. We have one here along the y on the top. There’s another one on the backside of the machine along the X axis and there’s gonna be two of them here for the Z axis. So you’ll be able to check six different rails, um, to ensure that we can clean all those areas. So these are the profile rails and right next to it you can see here are these teeth. This is the rack and this is what drives the linear axis, um, of the machine. And so there’s six of these and there’s gonna be three of these on the system that we just need to check and clean. So when you first get your machine, what you wanna do is we want to take our dyna glide”
Maintaining Rack and Pinion (2:52-4:18)
2:50-3:05: “what you wanna do is we want to take our dyna glide and we can either spray it onto a rag and then wipe it on, or you can just spray it directly onto your rail and rack rack system. It does not matter. Um, so we’re just going to spray that right on, get that right on the rack as well.”
3:10-4:14: “And that will naturally just kind of dry in about 15 to 45 seconds roughly. Um, it doesn’t really leave much of a residue, but if you want to ensure that it got on all surfaces, you can always take the rag and make sure that you’re wiping it on so it stays, so it gets applied to all the surface of the profile rails and that will put a protectant coating, uh, to again, to help prevent rusting contamination and to help things just kind of run smoothly. So we’re gonna do that to all six profile rails and all three racks. So once you’ve cleaned off and protected both sides of the ex axis as well as the top and bottom profile rails along the y axis, it’s easier to bring the machine, just pull it when there’s no power to it and it’ll freely move. We’re gonna bring it over here to the operator side. Um, it’s just a little easier to get access to the Z axis, um, profile rails and those areas and we’ll show you how we can also maintain the spindle while it’s in this location.”
Checking the Spindle Nose (4:18-6:00)
4:20-6:01: “The x axis, the Y axis, and you get access to the Z axis here behind the, uh, dust manifold. Um, being able to clean those profile rails. Uh, there’s no rack in the Z axis that’s all driven by a ball screw. And so that will be part of your, your grease exert fittings, uh, maintenance video on how to grease the machine to get the bearings lubricated. Um, so we don’t need to do anything, uh, to the z axis at the time ’cause we already, we’ve already pumped all these bearings with grease here at the factory for you. So it’s technically ready to use, um, lubrication wise right when you see receive the machine. Um, the last thing that we need to do is just ensure that the inside of the spindle nose is free of any dust and debris. So this is critical that you grab a brand new rag and again, you don’t want any accidental debris or dust or anything going up inside the spindle nose. And so you want a brand new rag when you’re doing this and you never want to spray or blow air up into the spindle nose itself. Um, so we need to make sure that we’re keeping that as clean as possible. Now what will happen automatically when we turn the machine on is it’s gonna have air blowing through the nose of the spindle constantly. It’s called our nose clean, um, process. One of the air uh, regulators is dedicated for that procedure. And so as air is blowing through that, that nose of the spindle, it keeps debris from coming up into the spindle during operations while the machine is turned on. However, when the machine is turned off, um, by chance there could be, you know, particles or small air, small things that could come and be”
Conclusion (6:00-6:06)
5:58-6:06: “or small air, small things that could come and be and attached to the inside face of that, of that spindle nose. So we’re gonna come and wipe that clean.”
