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Inspection/Maintenance
Changing the oil
7.6.2
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Procedure
WARNING
Danger of burns due to hot gear unit and hot gear unit oil.
Fatal injuries.
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Let the gear unit cool down before you start working on it.
However, the gear unit must still be warm, otherwise the high viscosity of
excessively cold oil will make it harder to drain the oil correctly.
1. Observe the notes in section "Preliminary work regarding inspection/maintenance"
(see page 62).
2. Place a container underneath the oil drain plug.
3. Remove the oil drain plug.
4. Remove the oil fill plug or the breather valve.
If a gear unit has no oil fill plug depending on the mounting position, the breather
valve is used as oil filling hole.
5. Drain all the oil.
6. Re-insert the oil drain plug.
7. Fill in new oil of the same grade via the oil filling hole.
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Use a funnel to fill the oil (filter mesh max. 25 µm).
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Pour in the oil quantity in accordance with the specification on the nameplate. The
oil volume specified on the nameplate is an approximate value.
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Check whether the oil level is correct using the oil sight glass/oil dipstick.
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When using an external oil/air or oil/water cooling system, observe the separate
operating instructions.
8. Screw in the oil fill plug or the breather valve.
TIP
Any dripping oil must be removed immediately with an oil binding agent.
Operating Instructions – P002 – P082 Series Planetary Gear Units
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