Climax BB8100 User manual

PN: 57064 June 2019 Revision 5
BB8100
BORING MACHINE
OPERATING MANUAL
ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS

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CE INFORMATION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1
ABOUT THIS MANUAL...................................................................................................................1
SAFETY WARNING SYMBOLS.......................................................................................................1
GENERAL SAFETY.......................................................................................................................2
MACHINE SPECIFIC SAFETY PRACTICES ......................................................................................3
RISK ASSESSMENT AND HAZARD MITIGATION ..............................................................................4
RISK ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST ...................................................................................................5
INSPECTING THE MACHINE..........................................................................................................6
BASIC COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................7
OVERVIEW................................................................................................................... 9
ROTATIONAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY ....................................................................................................9
MECHANICAL AXIAL FEED ASSEMBLY............................................................................................9
HYDRAULIC POWER ..................................................................................................................10
General description.............................................................................................................10
Power unit pendant.............................................................................................................10
Hydraulic motor...................................................................................................................10
BEARING SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES................................................................................................11
End-mount self-aligning bearing support assembly (with spider) .......................................11
End-mount self-aligning bearing assembly (without spider) ...............................................11
ID-mount non self-aligning bearing support assembly (with spider) ...................................12
Non self-aligning bearing assembly (without spider) ..........................................................12
CLAMP COLLARS ......................................................................................................................12
BORING BAR AND LEADSCREW ASSEMBLY..................................................................................13
AXIAL TOOL CARRIER ................................................................................................................13
MANUAL BORING HEAD ASSEMBLY.............................................................................................13
FACING HEAD ASSEMBLY...........................................................................................................13
SETUP.......................................................................................................................... 15
BORING BAR AND BEARING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY SETUP..............................................................15
END-MOUNT BEARING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY SETUP.....................................................................16
ID-mount bearing support assembly setup .........................................................................18
ROTATIONAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY SETUP .......................................................................................21
MOUNTING THE AXIAL FEED ASSEMBLY TO THE BAR....................................................................22
ATTACHING THE MECHANICAL RAPID FEED (OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT) ...........................................23
MOUNTING AN OPTIONAL ELECTRIC AXIAL FEED ASSEMBLY.........................................................25
Setting the Axial Feed Rate ................................................................................................26
SETTING THE FEED DIRECTION ..................................................................................................26
Setting feed direction while the bar is rotating ....................................................................26
Setting feed direction when the bar is stopped...................................................................26
Disengaging the feed..........................................................................................................26
SETTING THE FEED RATE...........................................................................................................27
TOOLING SETUP........................................................................................................................27
Tool carrier setup................................................................................................................27
To lock the tool carrier on the bar for other operations.......................................................28
To remove the brass nut.....................................................................................................29
BORING29
Manual boring head assembly setup ..................................................................................29

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Micro Adjustment Boring Head............................................................................................30
BORING HEAD SETUP.................................................................................................................33
FACING HEAD............................................................................................................................34
Manual facing head assembly setup...................................................................................34
Facing head radial feed.......................................................................................................35
INSTALLING THE FACING SLIDE ARM ONTO THE TOOL CARRIER.....................................................42
Install the slide arm onto the tool carrier .............................................................................42
Adjusting the tool carrier for perpendicularity......................................................................43
Feedbox assembly ..............................................................................................................43
INSTALL THE COUNTERWEIGHT ARM ONTO THE TOOL CARRIER....................................................43
HYDRAULIC POWER PREPARATION AND CONNECTION .................................................................44
OPERATION................................................................................................................. 45
PRE-START CHECKS..................................................................................................................45
Before operating the portable boring bar.............................................................................45
USING THE REMOTE PENDANTS..................................................................................................46
Feed pendant......................................................................................................................46
HPU PENDANT..........................................................................................................................47
MANUAL OVERRIDE (ELECTRICAL FEED ONLY) ............................................................................47
CLAMP COLLARS.......................................................................................................................47
STARTING THE MACHINE............................................................................................................48
STOPPING THE MACHINE............................................................................................................48
REPETITIVE MACHINING.............................................................................................................49
DISASSEMBLY...........................................................................................................................49
Standard disassembly.........................................................................................................49
Alternative disassembly.......................................................................................................50
MAINTENANCE............................................................................................................ 51
RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS.....................................................................................................51
BORING BAR/LEADSCREW..........................................................................................................51
AXIAL FEED ASSEMBLY ..............................................................................................................51
ROTATIONAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY...................................................................................................51
BEARING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY...................................................................................................52
TOOL HEAD ASSEMBLY ..............................................................................................................52
Manual boring head assembly ............................................................................................52
Manual facing head assembly.............................................................................................52
Tool carrier52
HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT AND MOTOR ........................................................................................52
General hydraulic system....................................................................................................52
Hydraulic motor ...................................................................................................................52
Hydraulic filter and fluid.......................................................................................................52
TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................................................................................................54
STORAGE .................................................................................................................... 55
SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................................ 56
TOOL KIT AND SPARE PARTS................................................................................... 66
EXPLODED VIEWS AND PARTS ................................................................................ 69

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SCHEMATICS .............................................................................................................. 95
SDS .............................................................................................................................. 99

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