Each time we shut the machine down and shut off the air it leaks about a gallon of hydraulic fluid. Any thoughts?
Each time we shut the machine down and shut off the air it leaks about a gallon of hydraulic fluid. Any thoughts?
A bit more info required.
Where from ???? Hose/ joint, axis slide, 4th axis ?
one of my clients has the same issue with MA-500.
It is lake of hydraulic oil under the machine, under the table area.
I didn't find where from it leaks and have no idea how to
Our MA 400 H is leaking hydraulic oil too.
Pooling on the floor under the tool magazine door 'round the back. The sight glass on the tank goes from max to min in 3 shifts.
After lots of looking I finally noticed oil coming out from one of the air diffusers(!) on the manifold that travels with the Z axis.
The leak is getting worse and has started coming from the table pull-studs when unclamped for pallet change.
It's not fixed yet, but appears that whatever seal(s) are busted is allowing the oil to return through the air lines.
I've noticed on our horizontal, the hyrdraulic oil is used quicker when the pallet changer is used, or when you enable a parameter to enable the rapid over-ride switch to control the swing of the pallet door/cradle when checking large set-ups.
The hydr. oil drains into the tramp oil gutters, and if the tramp oil has jellied up, it overflows - usually under the centre of the machine
Suggest that 1st you clean all of the gutters. It'll make a big mess, but it has to be clear ( I usually use HOT water to get it to flow )
This may control the leaking across the floor, and may allow you to back-track the leak
I find that our "small" leak is around the pallet changer centre-column area