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Hello Antonismel, hope all is well. Which Heidenhain control are you using ex530 or 640 and what type of Cam software are you posting out of?

CRANK THE SPINDLE UP TOO MORE THEN 3000, GO EASIER ON THE DOC MAYBE .020, SPEED UP THE IPM BETWEEN 15 OR 30, AND FLOOD THE LITTLE SUCKER COOLANT IS IMPORTANT. IN GENERAL KEEP THE CHIPS SMALL ON TINY...

My Question Is If There Is A Way To Rotate Pgms On A Fanuc 15m Control Makino. We Have A Custom Dnc System That Rotates Pgms Easily And We Usually Only Rotate In 90 Degree Incraments, But It Can't...

I'm Wondering About That Vm3 Your Talking About Might Have Scales On It Standard. The Vf Series Scales Are Only An Option. If Your Running Scales You'll Have True Repeatability With Themal Growth In...

Try to jiggle the cable that feeds into the turret box and see if it causes an alarm. If the cable is damaged or pinched in anyway it can cause your problem. All the sensor and motor feeds go into...

In my old shop the tech guys from haas made a yuasa rotory compatible with a haas machine. It was a five axis yuasa rotory but i'm not sure if it was brush or brushless. All they did was change the...

In Some Cases You Can Swap Solenoids If It's A Hydraulic Driven Tool Changer. It Could Be Two Seperate Solenoids That Drive The Magazine Cw And Ccw. If The Problem Switches In The Other Direction...

Problem resolved, the prox switch located in the gearbox was dirty. I love quick fixes like this. Thanks to you guys of course.

On a haas theres also some mechanical issues that can greatly effect your rigid tapping no matter how much you adjust your speeds and feeds. Theres a rigid tap belt that runs off the encoder to a...

I have two mitsui sieki one 11m that orients a little faster then the 15m, I had them both orient in high gear. Both have an orientation board mounted on the spindle drive. When i run the m19 it...

Our Mitsui Seiki With A 15m Fanuc Control Started Acting Up During A Tool Change. The Tool Changer Arm Will Go To Grab The Tool While The Spindle Is Still Orienting, It's Out Of Sequence. To My...

To Check Lubrication You Can Pull Up On The Plunger On The Lubrication Unit And If It Holds Pressure At 40 Pounds For More Then 5 To Ten Minutes There Shouldnt Be Any Leaks Or Clogs, And If The...

Some vertical machines come with a gas or a chain type counterbalance that help support the head, this puts less load on the motor and doesn't wear on the ballscrew as much. If the pressure of the...

If This Is A Vertical Machine Look To See If There Is Any Type Of Hydraulic Conterbalance It Might Need To Be Refilled. If There Is No Counterbalance Then Do What Was Suggested Above With The Cables...

Thanks for all the info. I looked at the scale a little closer for the second time and noticed the reader head came loose, I thought I tried moving it around the first time but geuss not. Tightned...

The Haas Machine Should Of Alarmed If The Spindle Did Not Grab The Tool Correctly, The Limit Switches On Your Tool Release Piston Might Need To Be Readjusted.

THAT OTHER APPLIANCE HE'S TALKING ABOUT MIGHT BE A BTR CABLE OR AN ATR CARD FOR OLDER FANUC MACHINES. THE ATR CARD CONNECTS TO YOUR MACHINES PROCCESSOR AND COMES WITH SOFTWARE. YOU CAN THEN DRIP FEED...

On My Fanuc 15m And 11m Controls Were Pretty Easy. Fortunatley I Didnt Have To Change Any Parameters, Most Of The Problems I Had Was In My Software And Aslo The Computer. Make Sure Your Dnc Software...

Here we go again, another hard working blue collared American citizen who started his company from the ground up and is still successful since the early 80's, taken down by the "MAN", who has nothing...

Hello, I have a makino mcb1210 with glass scales on x and y axis. Cutting a 4 sided pocket the y axis cuts undersize about .004 smaller then our x. We did a ballbar and it showed .0015 backlash on y,...

sorry about that, kinda new to the site and I didn't notice the second page of the thread. Good thing your up and running.

Make sure there is no alarm code displayed on the spindle drive wether its a magnatek, mitsubishi or vector. If your axis amp's led doesnt light, your spindle drive might be faulty, that supplies...