Climax VM2350 User manual

VM2350-
2500-2600S,C
GLOBE VALVE GRINDING AND LAPPING
MACHINE
OPERATING MANUAL
ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
P/N 89817
May 2017
Revision 1

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LIMITED WARRANTY
CLIMAX Portable Machine Tools, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “CLIMAX”) warrants that all new machines
are free from defects in materials and workmanship. This warranty is available to the original purchaser for a
period of one year after delivery. If the original purchaser finds any defect in materials or workmanship
within the warranty period, the original purchaser should contact its factory representative and return the
entire machine, shipping prepaid, to the factory. CLIMAX will, at its option, either repair or replace the
defective machine at no charge and will return the machine with shipping prepaid.
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been performed properly. This warranty is available to the customer purchasing parts or labor for a period of
90 days after delivery of the part or repaired machine or 180 days on used machines and components. If the
customer purchasing parts or labor finds any defect in materials or workmanship within the warranty period,
the purchaser should contact its factory representative and return the part or repaired machine, shipping pre-
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defect in the labor performed, both at no charge, and return the part or repaired machine shipping prepaid.
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• Damage after the date of shipment not caused by defects in materials or workmanship
• Damage caused by improper or inadequate machine maintenance
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• Damage caused by using the machine beyond its rated capacity
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER/SECTION PAGE
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 SAFETY ALERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 MACHINE-SPECIFIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.5 RISK ASSESSMENT AND HAZARD MITIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.6 RISK ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 FEATURES AND COMPONENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1 RECEIPT AND INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1 PRE-OPERATION CHECKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2 SELECTION OF TOOLS AND PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2.1 Selection of tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.2 Preparation of tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3 ASSEMBLYING THE UNIVERSAL CLAMPING DEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4 MOUNTING THE UNIVERSAL CLAMPING DEVICE ONTO A VALVE BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.4.1 Direct mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.2 Mounting with clamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4.3 Mounting with collar and mounting system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.5 PREPARING THE MACHINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.5.1 Adaptating the planet wheel dia. 100 mm or dia. 135 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.5.2 Adaptation of planet wheel dia. 220 mm or bigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.5.3 Locating the machine to universal clamping device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.6 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.7 CHANGE OF ABRASIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.8 CHANGE OF DRIVE MOTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.8.1 Change of mounted drive motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.8.2 Mounting of new drive motor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.9 CENTERING CHUCK FOR VERTICAL GRINDING (OPTIONAL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.10 CONICAL SEATS (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1 MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.2 LUBRICANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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5.2.1 Lubricating the machine modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.2.2 Lubricating the pneumatic drive motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.3 MAINTENANCE TASKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.3.1 Electrical tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.3.2 Pneumatic equipment tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4 TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6 STORAGE AND SHIPPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
6.1 STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1.1 Short-term storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1.2 Long-term storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.2 SHIPPING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.3 DECOMMISSIONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
APPENDIX A ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

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FIGURE PAGE
2-1 Components with pneumatic drive motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3-1 Machine case including electric and pneumatic drive with maintenance unit (VM2350 options shown 12
3-2 Accessory case with universal clamping device (here VM2350). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4-1 Tool components for planet grinding wheel (as shown with planet wheel dia. 220 mm, planet arms size
II, CBN-grinding discs dia. 50 mm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4-2 Planet grinding wheel assembled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4-3 Center module of universal clamping device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4-4 Assembly of support pipes in centre module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4-5 Assembly of angular clamps onto the support pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4-6 Assembly of clamping shoes into angular clamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4-7 Alignment of the universal clamping device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4-8 Mounting of clamping shoes with bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4-9 Mounting of clamping shoes by means of forged steel clamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4-10 Mounting of universal clamping device to a valve body without flange by means of collar band shafts
(collar band is not shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4-11 Positioning of collar band into fastening system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4-12 Fastening of the collar band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4-13 Mounting of universal clamping device with collar band mounting system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4-14 Unlocking the collar band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4-15 Mounting of bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4-16 Adaptation of planet wheel dia. 100 mm or dia. 135 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4-17 Mounting of ball joint coupling to machine spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4-18 Adaptation of planet wheel to ball joint coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4-19 Locating the machine into the universal clamping device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4-20 Indicator for grinding pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4-21 Operating buttons of electric drive motor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4-22 Maintenance unit with operating buttons for pneumatic drive (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4-23 Change of mounted drive motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4-24 Disconnection of coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4-25 3-jaw centring chuck (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A-1 Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
A-2 240-10S-N01-00 basic machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
A-3 240-11S-N01-00 electric drive 220V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
A-4 240-13S-N01-00 pneumatic drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
A-5 240-15S-N01-00 electric drive 115V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
A-6 240-20S-N01-00 gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A-7 240-31S-N01-00 machine arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
A-8 240-32S-N01-00 outer pipe and drive shaft L=600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
A-9 240-33S-N01-00 outer pipe and drive shaft L=800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
A-10 240-41S-N01-00 ball joint coupling type 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A-11 170-10S-N01-00 ball joint coupling type 15 (general). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
A-12 240-51S-N01-00 universal clamping device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
A-13 240-52S-N01-00 standard mounting system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
A-14 240-53S-N01-00 collar band mounting system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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A-15 240-54S-N01-00 universal clamping device VM2500, VM2600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A-16 List of abrasives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A-17 240-71S-N01-00 planet wheels DN 80 ... DN 350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
A-18 240-73S-N01-00 planet wheels DN 400 ... DN 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
A-19 240-75S-N01-00 planet wheels DN 500 ... DN 600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
A-20 110-20S-N01-02 planet arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68