Installation Guide
Machine Installation and Commissioning Checklist
Most early machine problems come from the week the machine arrived, not from the machine. Here is the sequence that prevents them.
Before the Container Arrives
Confirm the crate dimensions, gross weight and the lifting points against your door, your floor and your crane or forklift capacity. A machine that cannot enter the building becomes a storage problem with an invoice attached.
Prepare the foundation. Check floor loading, mark the machine footprint, plan the service access around it and confirm the supply voltage, frequency and isolator rating against the machine data plate.
Unpacking and Inspection
Photograph the crate before opening it and the machine before moving it. If there is transit damage, those photographs are the difference between a claim and an argument.
Check the machine against the packing list before signing anything. Tooling and accessories are often packed separately inside the crate and get discarded with the packaging.
Positioning and Levelling
Remove the rust protection with the solvent recommended in the manual, not with a wire brush. Position the machine on its mounts and level it with a precision level in two axes along the bed or table.
Levelling is not decoration. On a lathe or a long bed machine it sets the geometry of the machine itself, and a twisted bed produces taper no adjustment will correct.
Electrical and First Power Up
Have the supply connected by a qualified electrician. Check rotation direction of the spindle and of pumps before any load is applied; a coolant pump run backwards is a quiet way to destroy itself.
Fill and check lubrication and coolant systems to the levels given in the manual before the first start, then run the machine unloaded through its speed range and listen.
Run In First Article and Records
Run the machine in gently for the first hours, then machine a test piece and measure it. Record the result. That measurement is your baseline when someone asks in two years whether the machine has drifted.
Start a maintenance schedule on day one, keep the manual where the operator is rather than in the office, and note the serial number and your supplier contact on the machine itself.
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Questions About Machine Installation and Commissioning Checklist
How long does commissioning take?
For a conventional machine, typically one to two days including levelling, power up and a test piece. Larger or CNC machines take longer.
Do I need the supplier on site?
For conventional machines most workshops commission with the manual and remote support. On site attendance is arranged case by case.
What tools do I need on hand?
A precision level, levelling wedges or mounts, the lubricants the manual specifies, basic hand tools and measuring equipment for the test piece.
Why is levelling so important?
Because on long bed machines the bed geometry follows the mounting. A twisted bed produces taper that cannot be adjusted out.
What should I keep after installation?
Crate and machine photographs, the packing list, the test piece measurements and the serial number with your supplier contact.
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