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Advanced Maintenance Training Course

Course overview:
An intensive, practical workshop for technical and engineering staff who maintain and repair Optoform 40 lathes.

Course outline:
1) Basics
• Optoform 40 routine maintenance and safety
• Review of the Optoform 40 control software
• Tool setting specifications and tolerances
• Cutting simple concave and convex parts, measurement and assessment of parts
• Verification of calibration and methods of adjustment
• Error messages and trouble-shooting
2) Major systems components of the Optoform 40
3) Slide architecture. Testing X and Z axis clearance; X and Z axis lift; X and Z axis float; X and Z axis stiffness, alignment of X and Z and axis squareness
4) Linear motors (diagnosing failures, removal, replacement and set-up of motors, mechanical, electronic and software procedures)
5) Pressure sensors for slide axes (identification, diagnosing failures, removal, replacement and set-up; mechanical, electronic and software procedures)
6) Phasing and homing hardware and sensors: (identification, diagnosing failures, removal, replacement and set-up; mechanical, electronic and software procedures)
7) Servo amplifiers for linear motors: (description, removal, replacement, calibration and tuning procedures: mechanical, electronic and software)
8) Linear glass scales (maintenance, diagnosing failures, removal, replacement and set-up; mechanical, electronic and software procedures)
9) BD 15 board replacement
10) Spindle architecture and spindle drive unit description
11) Spindle diagnostics and troubleshooting, mechanical alignment
12) Spindle removal, replacement and set-up, mechanical, electronic and software procedures
13) Replacement of Bellville washers and drawbar
14) Auto-tuning of the spindle drive to the spindle
15) Power supplies: identification of power supply units, diagnosing failures, removal, replacement and set-up; mechanical and electronic.
16) Computer boards: identifications of the various computer boards, diagnosing failures, removal, replacement and set-up; mechanical, electronic and software procedures
17) PMAC: basics and batteries. PMAC setup after replacement. PMAC software; Maintenance screen, error messages, causes and resetting; PMAC gathering
18) Maintenance schedules, inventory etc
19) Trouble shooting exercises and practice

Delegate profile:
Suitable for technical and engineering staff. A reasonable understanding of the mechanical and electronic basics of ultra-precise machinery is assumed, together with adequate computer literacy.
This course is only available in English.

Duration: 4 ½ - 5 days

Locations and dates:
Florida USA: as per Sterling's training schedule,
Or at your premises, by arrangement.

Please note that if you choose this course at your own plant, one of your Optoform 40s will be out of production during the training period, as the training group will be using it.