Turning on the Haas UMC-500 mill
Hazards
Instructions
It’s important to follow the power-on and warm up process to avoid easily preventable damage to the spindle bearings. As the machine sits unused any oil lubricant in the bearings settles to the bottom – the spindle warmup program will gently warm up the bearings and distribute this oil back around as needed.
You need to run the warmup program if the machine has been sitting unused for more than 24 hours.
If the machine has been sat for longer than 1-2 weeks (such as after the Christmas holidays) a longer warmup cycle is required – ask a member of technical staff for assistance with this.
Press the green Power On button and wait for the control to start up.
Once the machine has booted up you will be presented with the “Haas Start Up” screen.
Follow the instructions on the right hand side – open and close the door, reset the E-Stop button, and press Power Up.
Wait for the machine to home itself. Keep in mind all the axes of the machine will move themselves, so if you think there is risk of a collision ask a member of technical staff for help before starting.
Once you have green ticks next to the top three items, press the Cancel button to leave this screen.
Press the List Program button and navigate to the Memory tab using the Cursor buttons.
Highlight the program “UMC-500 15k Spindle Warmup” as shown, and press Select Program to load it into the active memory.
Press the Memory button to switch into memory mode, and then press Cycle Start to start running the warmup program.
You may wish to run the coolant during the warmup process, to do so press the Coolant button.
Once the warmup program has finished running the machine is ready to be used.