Climax VM1900S User manual

VM1700S-
1900S
GATE VALVE GRINDING AND LAPPING
MACHINE
OPERATING MANUAL
ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
P/N 90075
July 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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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
3.2 SELECTING TOOLS AND PREPARATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.1 Selecting tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.2 Preparing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3 MOUNTING THE TILTING ADAPTER ONTO A VALVE BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 MACHINE ASSEMBLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.4.1 Mounting the bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.4.2 Mounting the drive shaft with ball joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4.3 Adapting the planet wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.4.4 Locating and aligning the machine in the tilting adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.1 PRE-OPERATION CHECKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.2 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.3 CHANGE OF ABRASIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.4 CHANGE OF DRIVE MOTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.4.1 Change of mounted drive motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.4.2 Mounting of new drive motor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.5 CENTERING CHUCK FOR VERTICAL GRINDING (OPTIONAL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.6 CONICAL SEATS (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1 MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.2 LUBRICATING THE MACHINE MODULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.3 LUBRICATING THE PNEUMATIC DRIVE MOTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.4 MAINTENANCE TASKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.4.1 Electrical tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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5.4.2 Pneumatic equipment tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.5 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 (VM1900S shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3-2 Accessory case (VM1900S shown). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3-3 Tool components for planet grinding wheel (as shown with planet wheel dia. 220) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3-4 Tool components for planet grinding wheel (as shown dia. X540) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3-5 Planet grinding wheel diameter 220, completely assembled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3-6 Planet grinding wheel diameter X540, completely assembled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3-7 Tilting adapter with base plate and standard clamping elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3-8 Clamping pads with spacers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3-9 Connecting clamping pads to base plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3-10 C-clamps mounting the base to the flange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3-11 Tilting adapter and base plate mounted to valve body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3-12 Bracket assembled on the machine arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3-13 Mounting the drive shaft with ball joint Type 15 and Type 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3-14 Adapting the planet wheel to ball joint coupling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3-15 Locating the machine arm into the tilting adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3-16 Machine arm in clamped position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3-17 Adjusting the backlash of the clamping of the tilting adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3-18 Centering the machine arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4-1 Appliance of grinding pressure at star knob of tilting adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4-2 Grinding pressure in relation to the torque at the star knob of the tilting adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4-3 Operating buttons of electric drive motor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4-4 Maintenance unit with operating buttons for pneumatic drive (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4-5 Change of mounted drive motor (standard air motor shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4-6 Disconnection of coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4-7 3-jaw centring chuck (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
A-1 Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
A-2 470-10S-N01-00 drive motor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
A-3 240-11S-N01-00 electric drive 220V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
A-4 240-13S-N01-00 pneumatic drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
A-5 240-15S-N01-00 electric drive 110V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A-6 470-16S-N01-00 Air drive with ex certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
A-7 470-20S-N01-00 upper gear box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
A-8 470-30S-N01-00 machine arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
A-9 470-31S-N01-00 Machine arm general parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A-10 470-33S-N01-00 machine arm T=1400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
A-11 470-40S-N01-00 ball joint coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
A-12 470-41S-N01-00 typ 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
A-13 170-10S-N01-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A-14 470-42S-N01-00 typ 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A-15 170-40S-N01-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A-16 470-50S-N01-00 mounting system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
A-17 470-51S-N01-00 tilting adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
A-18 470-52S-N01-00 flange setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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A-19 List of abrasives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
A-20 470-70S-N01-00 tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
A-21 470-71S-N01-00 planet wheels DN 200 … DN 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
A-22 470-72S-N01-00 planet wheels DN 500 … DN 700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
A-23 470-76S-N01-00 extension from DN1000 to DN1200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
A-24 470-78S-N01-00 extension from DN1000 to DN1200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
A-25 470-80S-N01-00 abrasives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
A-26 240-81S-N01-00 abrasives VM 2350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
A-27 240-84S-N01-00 abrasives VM 2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79