Regularly change the oil

Cutting oil is the lifeblood of centerless grinding machines, which can ensure the normal operation of important components on the machine. If you don't regularly replace the cutting oil, these components will eventually fail, leading to time-consuming and expensive maintenance costs.

So don't let dirty oil hinder your production operations.

Related reminder: The oil filter should also be replaced regularly to ensure that the cutting oil is clean.

Clean up grinding debris

The machine coolant generates a lot of debris every time it passes through the machine.

Assuming that your grinder operator shut down the machine at the end of the shift. The coolant is discharged from the machine, and the chips will remain and harden. This process is constantly repeated, and unconsciously, chips will continue to accumulate, and may have already accumulated in places where chips should not have appeared. Then the accumulated chips prevented the machine's doors from closing properly, and the coolant leaked onto the entire floor. Finally, the centerless grinder must be turned off in order to extract hardened chips.

Cleaning up debris may be a simple task, but it can lead to a decrease in production or generate production waste again when restarting the machine. If debris enters the sealing components or allows coolant to flow into areas where it should not, it can lead to more serious situations. May accelerate bearing wear and cause significant downtime issues.

The reminder for the above situation is:

The large amount of chips accumulated during grinding operations must be kept away from the internal components of the machine to avoid chip abrasion and shorten the service life of critical components.

At the end of each shift, take ten minutes to spray the machine and dry it. Not only can it eliminate major problems, but it can also make the machine look cleaner and more comfortable.

Check your positioning pin

Positioning pins are responsible for maintaining the fastening and positioning of machine components, and any movement or wear on them may result in inaccurate calibration, leading to poor quality or smoothness of the parts.

Perform preventive maintenance

Preventive maintenance is the process of tracking machine wear and addressing small issues that have not yet formed major problems.

Preventive maintenance has been proven to:

● Extend the lifespan of the machine

● Reduce emergency repairs

● Improve machine efficiency and reliability

So it is necessary to spend time establishing and implementing preventive maintenance plans on high priced machine tools, including centerless grinders.

Identify key components and retain inventory

We suggest that you record all grinders on a spreadsheet. And prioritize the impact of machines on product transportation.

● How long does it take for a machine to stop and endanger the transportation of finished products?

● Is there a buffer time between critical equipment and the next operation?

● If so, how long is the buffering time?

Once the most important grinding machine has been identified, it can be decided which parts to purchase and whether inventory is needed.

By grading potential spare parts, this time-consuming task can be simplified:

Be clear about the parts that need to be used and the parts that must be owned to avoid downtime, and then proceed with purchasing or inventory planning.

Check hoses, belts, and cables

Before each shift change, please look around the centerless grinder and check the hoses, belts and cables for wear and looseness.