Cleaning the Milling Bur and the Inside of the Machine (Recommended)

Clean inside the machine with a dry cloth.

When to Perform This Work
  • After daily operations
  • When the coolant is replaced
CAUTION

Use a dry cloth to clean the inside of the equipment.

Failure to do so may cause the components inside the equipment to degrade, which can lead to injury.

CAUTION

Be careful of the pointed portion inside the front cover.

There is a pointed portion inside the front cover. Exercise caution when cleaning.

Procedure
  1. Show VPanel.
  2. Open the Milling area cleaning window.
    1. In the top window of VPanel, select the machine to operate.
      When you have connected multiple machines, you can switch to a different machine to operate by clicking its image under MACHINE STATUS.
    2. Click Icon_VPanel_CleaningMillingArea.
      The Milling area cleaning window is displayed.
    VPanel_Main_Cleaning
  3. Click Front, Rear, or Reverse side according to the location you want to clean.
    VPanel_DWX-43W_Cleaning_01
    • Front: The rotary axis unit moves to the front of the machine and the spindle head moves to the left side of the machine.
    • Rear: The rotary axis unit moves to the back of the machine and the spindle head moves to the right side of the machine.
    • Reverse side: The rotary axis unit turns over.
  4. Open the front cover.

    Hold the parts shown in the figure with both hands and open the cover.

    DWX-43W_main_10
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to clean inside the machine.

    Clean carefully with a dry cloth. Carefully wipe around the spindle head and the rotary axis parts shown in gray in the following figure.

    Fluid and milling waste in these areas may affect milling results.

    CAUTION

    Be careful around milling waste.

    Sharp milling waste may become mixed. To avoid injury, exercise caution.

    MEMO The front cover window scratches easily, so do not wipe it off with a cloth.
    • Inside the machine
      DWX-43W_cleaning_01
    • Milling bur
      DWX-43W_cleaning_millingbur_01
  6. When you have finished cleaning, close the front cover.
  7. Click Close.