Cleaning And Lubricating The Bearing Rails - Epilog Fusion M2 32 Manual

SECTION 9: CLEANING & MAINTENANCE

Cleaning and Lubricating the Bearing Rails

Cleaning and Lubricating the Bearing Rails
While the bearing rail on the Fusion M2 lasers are self lubricating, we still suggest a periodic lubrication to keep the laser
running at top performance.
Clean the X-axis Bearing Rail
Use a soft cloth or cotton swab with some alcohol
or similar mild solvent to clean each of the bearing
tracks which the optics (mirror and lens) run along.
A cotton swab is perfect for cleaning out the inside of
the grooved tracks of the X-axis rail.
Use a soft cotton cloth or cotton swab to clean the
entire length of the X-axis rail.
This photo shows a cotton swab cleaning out the top
groove of the X-axis rail. There is another groove on
the bottom side of the rail. You will need to move the X-axis belt out of the way to access the rail. There is enough flex in
the belt to move it out of the way, but do not pull on it so hard that it becomes stretched or stressed.
Lubricate the X-axis Bearing Rail
After cleaning the rail, place about an inch
long bead of Epilog supplied grease into the
top and bottom grooves of the X-axis rail. The
following photo shows where to grease the
bottom groove of the rail.
After applying the grease to both grooves, run
the X-carriage over the grease to work it into
the bearing block and rail.
Turn the machine off to easily move the
X-carriage back and forth over the grease.
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