Test 3 Flashcards
What three things are immediately benefitted by proper machine maintenance?
Safety, quality, productivity
How does scheduled maintenance differ from ordinary machine repair?
It happens at regular intervals
What is the remedy for machine parts that are known to break down from time to time
Preventative Maintenance
This machine has a hole near the bottom, as shown. What is the purpose of this hole
A place for the hooks to fasten
Why should large machines be carefully leveled?
To reduce wear and vibration
In addition to safety, quality and productivity, what other financial benefit arises from proper maintenance?
Warranty Compliance
A glue applicator machine broke down on your shift. Your shift supervisor is blaming you for the problem. The owner, however, does not reprimand you. How did the owner know it wasn’t your fault
You filled out a maintenance request the week prior
A cutterhead has 4 knives. It turns at 6000 RPM. Material passes this cutterhead at a speed of 45 feet per minute. How many knife marks per inch will this produce? (closest answer)
45
True or False: The top dead centre of a jointer cutterhead needs to be exactly in line with the outfeed table
False
What determines the feed speed on a manually fed machine such as a jointer or hand feeding on a shaper?
The operator
The sample shown below was fed through the machine with the grain. What caused the defect?
Dull Knives
One of the knives in the cutter head shown below was not properly tightened before restarting and yet the knife did not fly out. Why not?
The gib acted as a wedge to keep the knife in
What is being done by the operator in the illustration below?
Adjusting the Knife Height
Looking at the cutterhead pictured here; which statement below is true?
-These knives have slots which locate them precisely in the –cutterhead
-These knives are costly to sharpen due to their flexibility
-Changing the knives takes a long time because there are 6 of them
-These knives must turn at a faster RPM to produce a good surface
These knives have slots which locate them precisely in the –cutterhead
Looking at the cutterhead pictured here; which statement is true?
This head is quieter than a conventional knife cutterhead
What shaper maintenance issues is the most serious?
Spindle Imbalance