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    stumped by servo turret

    I cannot get the servo turret motor to energize on my AC 6040 VMC. Here is the list of what I have tried-*changed the amplifier board,*Meggered the turret motor
    *checked glass fuses and re-cirk-it...
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    Re: ATC Turret Failure

    Yes, turret factor is set to 1. Also found that the amp I sent out could not be repaired, so a replacement was what we purchased.
    I am just a bit confused as to sending out the amp which I was told...
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    Re: ATC Turret Failure

    When the amp was checked I was told there was a problem communicating with the board, and it needed repair. Just got it back and installed it. Same. Can't rotate the carousel. Somehow missing the...
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    Re: ATC Turret Failure

    thanks rodney. I have no power at the servo. I can rotate, extend and retract the turret by hand, no problem. I pulled the amp and sent it to shipping to send out and get it evaluated.
    Tried...
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    Re: ATC Turret Failure

    The Re-Cirk-It resets check. I also tried pushing the small red reset on the turret amp board. Thinking maybe I have to send it out for evaluation.
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    ATC Turret Failure

    I have a 6030 with a servo turret. It takes a few throws of the main power switch to get the machine to completely energize. The first one or two will not power the amps or the monitor, and you don't...
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    Re: NO RAPID on 6030

    Thanks carbidecraters. I checked out that pot, de-soldered the wires, stripped back and resoldered to the pot and boom- rapid control. Thank you!
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    NO RAPID on 6030

    :eek:G0 is moving SLOWLY. Like the over ride switch is at 25%. Rotating the switch to 25,50 or 100% makes no difference.
    Tried swapping some boards with a working 6030- the 1030,1020,and CPU. Also...
  9. Re: HELP! X axis positioning error in Fadal 6030

    Ok, last entry. This job is on a 4th axis table. The part I am trimming has a taper cut (using Z) in lines 278 & 276, 308 & 316, and 338& 346. These can be taken out, if I rotate the table slightly. ...
  10. Re: HELP! X axis positioning error in Fadal 6030

    After much time, I cannot resolve the problem on this machine, and will transfer the program to another 6030 when available. Bugs me, sure. I even made those lines the only arcs (the rest all linear)...
  11. Re: HELP! X axis positioning error in Fadal 6030

    I bracket off the I and J, and run it as a linear (G1)
    No error
    N286 G1 X7.5015Y-0.0011Z-0.39(I-74.9804J12.0974)
    N288 G1Y0.75
    N290 G3X7.4077Y0.9124I-0.1875J0
    N292 G1G40X7.2454Y1.0061
    N294...
  12. Re: HELP! X axis positioning error in Fadal 6030

    Tried Format1 but no change.-Here is the entire chunk.
    N260 G0G17G40G49G80G90Z0
    N262 M6T6(1/4" SPIRAL)
    N264 G54X-7.2554Y1.0061S7500.2M3
    N266 G43H6Z0.25
    N268 Z-0.25
    N270 G1Z-0.47F25.
    N272...
  13. HELP! X axis positioning error in Fadal 6030

    Here is where the problem is-
    You can run the program until you get to a section that uses a group of arcs with I and J values. The program runs these groups 3 times, taking a little off the part...
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    Re: corrupt offset table

    An update to this 'gremlin' is that the < symbol only appears (when it does) after the number '2'. It may leave some offsets containing a 2 alone, but others it will immediately follow. The decimal...
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    corrupt offset table

    Got not one, but two 6030s with a gremlin.The offset value (fixture or tool) will, without anyone's help, place a < symbol where a decimal point was. There isn't even a key to enter that on the...
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    Acroloc Right Angle Head

    I am looking for the drive gears, or an entire right angle head for an AF 15 40, 4 5/8 spindle. Anybody?
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    Thanks. This was also confirmed by a Mag Fadal...

    Thanks. This was also confirmed by a Mag Fadal parts blog ( phone 1-800-934-0735). These are NSK bearings, and while the 'V' is meant to describe something else, it does point in the direction of the...
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    Y axis thrust bearings 6030VMC

    I am replacing the Y axis thrust bearings on a 6030VMC. There is a 'V' mark on the outer ring of the bearing. I don't know if the open ends, or closed ends are supposed to face each other. What is...
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    Colombo burn out

    Anyone losing a lot of life from there 10hp Colombo spindles (draw bar type) due to them being in the same room with thermoforming equipment,or any other atmospheric conditions? The machines air...
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    Update-moved the spindle command onto a line of...

    Update-moved the spindle command onto a line of its own (ex-M3 S3000.2) the machine ran uninterrupted for the evening shifts. Is there a setting in the control,like look ahead,that is effecting the...
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    C Axis Motor Overload

    Looking for suggestions. This message (overload) is easily cleared, and production resumes.
    1.) It is random, sometimes going 3 shifts or more before occurrences.
    2.) The program code is using S.1...
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    update- problem resolved by replacing the Yaskawa...

    update- problem resolved by replacing the Yaskawa G7 with an Advanced Motion Control vector servo amp. Orientation factor for both high and low belt is at the factory setting '5'.The Yaskawa was the...
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    problem solved

    1-pulled the motor, checked the resolver. It was not turning smoothly. Replaced it.
    2-the tach wire (clear) was not crimped into the connector. New connector and crimped.
    3-checked tach, motor and...
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    update-problem resolved

    I have been notified that there may problems with the inverter, and I will be replacing it
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    Thanks Paul. '2' seems to be all the more I can...

    Thanks Paul. '2' seems to be all the more I can set the 'factor'. I recently had a Yaskawa g7 installed, and the company thinks that the orientation and the 'C axis ' fault are related, and are...
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    Tool Changer

    My 6030 is just on a roll. During a tool change, the carousel advanced, engaged the spindle, tool was released, Z axis moved up + approx. 1-2" (not enough to rotate/clear the next tool to load) and...
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    Fadal Orientation failure

    '94 VMC 6030-S.2 has no problem when given an M19, at any speed. S.1 has to have the orientation factor as low as 2, otherwise the spindle will occillate CW CCW until 'orientation failure. Cleaned...
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    The amp that had initially tested good, now...

    The amp that had initially tested good, now proved to be defective. Replaced it (X axis), and with the rebuilt motor, and alarms were cleared, all axis functional.
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    Amplifier fault on X axis.

    Fadal VMC 6030 CNC88HS. Powered up, select 'Jog', amplifier fault message on whatever axis I select. Power down, hooked a jumper on the 1100-1b board,right side of fuses, between 12 and 16 to bypass...
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