Category: CNC Service & Repair

Machine Shop Floor Analysis

Looking to cut your manufacturing costs but don’t want to give up on quality? Want to expand your production but not sure where to start?

Our free Shop Floor Needs Analysis might be the answer.

Here’s how it works:

One of our manufacturing specialists will visit your offices and, at no cost to you, conduct a complete audit of yourmanufactroing needs. We’ll look at all your current needs , talk to you about your future needs and determine the most cost effective solution for you.

Within a few days of our visit, you’ll receive a written report that gives the results of our Shop Floor Needs Analysis. It includes specific recommendations, along with the cost estimates for those recommendations.

There is no cost for this free Shop FloorNeeds Analysis. There is no obligation or sales pressure of any kind. Even if you don’t have any immediate needs, you’ll find this analysis interesting and useful.

To set up your free Shop Floor Needs Analysis, give one of our Manufacturing specialists a call at 888-796-3499 today.

More Than Just A Spindle Repair Company.

The other day we were contacted by a long time customer that required a Mori Seiki SH-50 Horizontal 10,000 RPM spindle repair. They were looking for a company that could not only rebuild the spindle but also provide a complete service call, including the removal and reinstallation of the spindle. TD Spindle repair stepped up to the plate with its 15 plus years of CNC machine tools repair experience.

This job was on the challenging side because the machine had crashed and the pallet changer clamps that lock the pallet to the rotary were all snapped in half. It was compounded by the customer’s inability to remove the spindle on their own. Service Manager, William Janes, implemented a plan that would take several hours but would remove the spindle without the use of the rotary table to pull the spindle out. Mel and I personally went out to oversee the project. As usual, William was right with the plan he came up with. William leaned on his many years of machine tool repair experience to remove this four foot monster of a spindle that clearly weighed over 500 pounds.

Now that the spindle has been completely removed, TD Spindle Repair can now begin to repair and rebuild it. TD Spindle repair offers this service to all our customers in Southern California. This makes TD Spindle Repair a unique player in the spindle repair and rebuild business.

Travis Janes

CNC Maintenance Programs – Increase the Life of any CNC Milling Machine

TD Machine Tools recommends a CNC maintenance contract to keep your CNC milling and turning equipment in top working order.

A comprehensive cnc maintenance program consists of:

1)    Complete chip removal; inside and out.

2)   ATC Inspection:

  • Alignment and orientation verification
  • ATC Motor Brake Adjustment
  • Switch verification
  • Inspection of all ATC wires and Connections

3)   Spindle Inspection:

  • Spindle Alignment at 10 inches
  • TIR at 10 inches
  • Lateral Slope Test
  • Drawbar Retention Test
  • Confirmation of the Spindle Chiller working properly
  • Replace spindle chiller oil (All oils to be supplied by customer.)
  • Spindle Belt Inspection

4)   Lubrication Inspection:

  • Oil reservoir drain /clean (All oils to be supplied by customer.)
  • All fittings checked
  • All oil lines inspected

5)   Verification of proper operation all switches

6)   Level Machine and Sweep spindle

7)   Ballbar Test

When having a CNC machine maintained you can expect to schedule a day of down time.  It is required for a safe and proper machine inspection. All silicon will require 24 hours to dry properly, anyway.

Are you interested in scheduling TD Machine Tools to maintain your CNC equipment?

Our CNC maintenance program comes complete with a detailed report of all required parts and labor to bring your CNC back within factory tolerance.

Contact – TD Machine Tools