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Jacob Vargas - Haas Basic Lathe Operator Feedback

He passed the following.

Safety Apparel

Safety Glasses 

Appropriately dressed for a Machine Shop environment

 

Machine Orientation

Left Side of Machine

Chip Chute 

Coolant Return

Coolant Tank 

What in the Coolant Tank are you checking for? (Levels & Concentration)

How often should the coolant be checked? (Daily)

 

Back of Machine

Electric Cabinet 

Power ON/OFF Switch

How often should you go into the Electric Cabinet? (Never)

 

Right Side of Machine

Lube & Air Cabinet    

Air Pressure Gage 

 

Front of Machine

Control Pendant 

Air Gun 

Why does the macine have 'Door Interlocks'?

 

Inside the Machine

Chuck

Spindle

Chip Auger

Turret

 

Raw Material 

Can the Student confirm that the material chosen is the correct material for this job?

 

 

Control Panel

E-Stop

What happens when you press E-stop?  (Stops all movement & alarms the machine)

Have the Student show you that they can engage the E-Stop button

Reset 

What happens when you press Reset?  (Stops all movement & Resets the program)

Feed Hold

What happens when you press Feed Hold?  (Stops Axis movement, Spindle remains on, Pause Program)

Cycle Start 

What happens when you press Cycle Start?  (Start Axis movement, Starts Spindle, Starts Program)

Single Block 

What happens when you press Single Block?  (Runs program one line at a time.)

Rapid Overrides 

From the video, What rapid over % is recommend?  (25%) 

Feed & Spindle Overrides 

From the video, When should you a adjust the Feed or Spindle Overrides?  (Never) 

 

Loading Raw Material

Opening chuck

Used air gun to clean jaws? 

Part set in jaws correctly? 

Part push to stop correctly? 

Closed chuck and tighten sufficiently

 

Running Part Program

Closed the front doors to machine

Press Cycle Start

Fingers on Cycle Start & Feed Hold

 

Remove Part & Load Raw Material Again

Did operator open doors & use air gun to clean part? 

Opened chuck

Removed part & cleaned with air gun? 

Used air gun to clean jaws on vise? 

New raw material is set in jaws correctly? 

Closed Chuck and tighten sufficiently

Result: 
Passed
Trainee User: 
Certificate Hash: 
f3d0ee23b
Certification Center: 
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology