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Mazak Gib Adjustment

OKIEMACHINIST

Aluminum
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Jan 24, 2006
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OKLAHOMA
I'm tightening up the gibs on a Mazak Slant (X axis) and was wandering if anyone knew just how much to tighten them and what the load meter should read after making the adjustment. I have been told to go hand tight on the screw then back them off 1/4 turn. The reason I'm asking this is becuase before I tightened the gibs the X axis load meter was reading in between 18 to 20% range. Now it is up around the low 40% range. Thanks in advance.
 
We have a 1996 QT-20 the X axis load meter always reads 30-40% when it is sitting idle. When we got the machine we called Mazak and they said this was normal. For the gib adjustment that sounds about right.
 








 
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