Mazak QT20 Gear change to 1 produces spindle to stop and go
Have had this problem for a while but would like to solve it. Haven't seen anything on the forum about it.
First off it is a QT20 (1984) with Mazatrol T-1 Mitsubishi controls
On start up if you are in gear 2 and make a gear change to 1, the gear box shifts ok, but the spindle makes about 1 revolution then stops momentarily and repeats this cycle till a reset is made. There are no alarms however the gear reads "0" on the CRT. This is with parameter SD2 set to 1 (manual shift)
At this point attempting to shift to gear 2 produces Invalid entry.
Changing the SD2 parameter to 2 (automatic) allows the change to gear 2 and there is full operation of the spindle. Gear 2 is read on the CRT.
Gear changing to gear 1 at this point produces the same result of stop and start above.
My work around is to program everything in gear 2 but this limits my capabilities.
Thanks for any suggestions that you could give me.
daveh06033
Problem found and corrected!
Thanks to gridley51 and Leelund for all the useful information. It helped us find a problem with the Gear 1 LIMIT SWITCH. There are two limit switches to signal gear change. Previously I mistakenly called them proximity switches. Going to the diagnostic menu we determined that the CPU was working properly which sent us back to the basics- The switches.
Thanks again
Daveh06033