Routine Maintenance

[raven]

Good evening to all. New to this forum and am looking for some help with routine maintenance. I own the Pro V5 Axiom. The instructions are that every 500 machine hours that you service the Ball Nut Bearing. Does the Control Box or the handheld controller have a "hours used or machine hour in use". Who has or uses and hour meter when they turn on the machine. Is machine hours used found anywhere. The last time I saw an hour meter was on a warehouse tug for moving equipment.
Hope someone out there can help with this!! Have a great day!

Thanks Raven -

[dadealeus]

Aug 9, 2022 19:12:41 GMT -5 raven said:

Good evening to all. New to this forum and am looking for some help with routine maintenance. I own the Pro V5 Axiom. The instructions are that every 500 machine hours that you service the Ball Nut Bearing. Does the Control Box or the handheld controller have a "hours used or machine hour in use". Who has or uses and hour meter when they turn on the machine. Is machine hours used found anywhere. The last time I saw an hour meter was on a warehouse tug for moving equipment.
Hope someone out there can help with this!! Have a great day!

Thanks Raven -

Hi and welcome.

As a rule of use, I just try to clean mine every month or so if I'm regularly using the machine. The cleaning includes a full dusting and vacuuming of the machine, wiping and cleaning the ball-screws, and dropping a bit of grease in the bearings. Then I'll turn on the machine and run it to its extents on each axis several times.

Of course, you want to make sure you're wiping down your ball-screws fairly frequently - especially if you notice any debris on them (something which can largely be prevented with adequate dust collection) - that will go a long way to protecting the bearings as they'll be less likely to draw in any debris that they slide over on the screws.

Either way, I think the 500 hour mark is the absolute longest you should go without a good, deep cleaning, but it's fine to do it more often. Once you get used to the process and have your tools handy, it's a very quick process. I have a cleaning kit that I bring out that includes a soft-bristled brush, disposable shop towels, my grease gun (for the bearings), my light machine oil (for the screws), and the wrenches I need to loosen the bearings. Compressed air is great for blowing debris out of the hard-to-reach places, but be sure to do this before you wipe down the screws because the debris will stick to the oil on the screws.

If you're not familiar with the process, Axiom has some great videos covering it: