The lubrication and maintenance of the cam indexer is an important part of ensuring its long-term stable operation and extending its service life. The following are the specific steps and precautions for lubricating the cam indexer (especially the cam indexer):
I. Preparation before lubrication
1. Shut down and cut off the power: Before performing any maintenance operation, be sure to ensure that the cam indexer has been shut down and the power is cut off to prevent accidents.
2. Clean the surface: Use a clean cloth or special cleaning agent to remove dust, oil and other impurities on the surface of the indexer to ensure that the lubrication area is clean and free of impurities.
II. Choose the right lubricant
The choice of lubricant is the key to lubrication and maintenance. For cam indexers, lubricants with good anti-wear, extreme pressure, anti-oxidation and anti-rust properties should be selected. Common lubricants include lubricating oil and grease. The specific type to be selected should be considered comprehensively based on the working environment, temperature conditions, load size and speed of the cam indexer.
1. High temperature, high load or high speed operation: It is recommended to use lubricating oil with good high temperature resistance.
2. Low temperature, low load or long-term lubrication: grease is more suitable.
III. Lubrication operation
1. Find the lubrication point: According to the structure diagram or instruction manual of the divider, accurately identify the parts that need lubrication, such as the contact surface between the cam plate and the needle bearing, the bearings of the input shaft and the output shaft, etc.
2. Add lubricant in appropriate amount: Use a special refueling tool (such as an oil gun, oil pot, etc.) to evenly apply an appropriate amount of lubricant to the lubrication point. Be careful to avoid excessive addition to avoid lubricant overflow or affect the normal operation of the equipment.
3. Apply evenly: For parts that need to be greased, use a scraper or fingers to evenly apply the grease on the lubrication surface to ensure that the grease can fully penetrate between the friction pairs.
4. Check the seal: After lubrication, check whether each sealing part is intact to prevent lubricant leakage.
IV. Lubrication cycle and record
1. Set the lubrication cycle: According to the frequency of use of the divider, the working environment and the performance of the lubricant, reasonably set the lubrication cycle. It is generally recommended to perform lubrication maintenance after a certain period of operation (such as thousands of hours) or after a certain amount of work is completed.
2. Record lubrication conditions: After each lubrication maintenance, the lubrication time, lubricant type, amount and lubrication effect should be recorded in detail for subsequent tracking and analysis.
V. Other precautions
1. Clean up debris: Clean up debris and scraps around the transmission system at any time to prevent blocking movement.
2. Check the connectors: The connectors and transmission parts of the input and output shafts should be regularly inspected and repaired. Pay attention to the looseness of the couplings, pulleys, sprockets, gears and output transmission bodies, and the tension of the belts and sprockets, the meshing clearance of the gears, etc. should absolutely ensure the normal state.
3. Abnormal situation handling: If abnormal vibration, abnormal sound, reverse impact in the cam static area, or no split output in the corresponding intermittent times, or unstable split output at a certain position, or no split output, etc., stop the operation immediately and remove the mechanism to check the cause.