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Hi all...Can someone direct me to where I can purchase the two grease guns or nozzles that I need for my MX45-VAE? They don't seem to be standard. Okuma says they are standard fittings but they...

Can you be a little more specific on the diagnostic screen as far as what to look for and how to use it? The machine was just installed a few weeks ago and is level.

I'm back for more help. Running our MX45 -VAE for several days with no issues. Today in the middle of the program, the light came on (STM) and the machine just stopped. The program has been running...

Ok....Got them both going and I have to say these are kick ass machines. Milled some shapes, including circles and nothing varied more than +/-.0001". Spindle is so quiet that you can talk in low...

China may make 4.00/hr (which is more than I have heard from fairly reliable sources), but that is adjusted to American dollars. Their working conditions would not be acceptable in this country, they...

The amps were adjusted to within +/- 1 of each other.

Hi all...new x axis motor. Have been using for a couple of days with no apparent issues but when it was powered up today and homed, it wasn't used for several minutes and alarmed out after 20 minutes...

Thanks, Denmar. Any idea why the other machines make a solid sound at engagement and this one is nearly silent?

Can someone tell me how the orientation arm locks the spindle in place? I have a 4020 that I am apparently rebuilding one thing at a time and the spindle doesn't always lock in the exact same place....

First, thanks to all that have been a help. Machine is a VMC40....replaced X ball screw and reassembled. Ran for a short time and then something inside the motor apparent let go. It ran but...

Update...had the ball screw rebuilt and installed with new bearings. Noise is gone but now the servo motor sounds like a hammer when you jog (or run) from +x to -x but only on the direction...

Thrust bearings seemed ok and the screw looks to be in nice shape. Ater speaking with Jeremy at Superior Ball Screw, I have a suspicion the ball return in the nut is not working correctly. I have...

Lots of sharp guys here so I figured I'd ask...what is the procedure for replacing the X ball screw on a VMC 40? I've got some mechanical noise that that is related to the rotation of the screw. Its...

Neal, I actually had turned the v-adj pot by mistake, although I turned it back to the original position with no luck. The strange thing is that after I tried a restart a few times with no success,...

I have some issues on my machines I'd like to have looked at and serviced. Can anyone recommend a solid tech in the Syracuse NY area?

Thanks..I'll try some more tests today.

1997 xt15....was adjusting the monitor brightness and it went blank. Restarted the machine but no luck. Its hard to do much of anything but I can jog the machine. The spindle will not come on when...

I see the numbers guys are putting up here and I'll say they are not reflective of the industry as a whole, at all. I own a small job and we are very efficient at the jobs we do. There is absolutely...

Fried a motherboard (Fanuc 0i B) with a critical job running. All tools now trapped on carousel. I switched motherboard from identical machine, booted up fine but won't home. Appears that there is...

I have a need for a used Fadal in very good condition. My apologies if this is on the wrong forum but my need is urgent. Anyone with a fairly priced machine, please let me know.

Just got an HiT 18S and have a question. It was wired for 480 and what I have available is 220. Doesn't seem to be a problem except that the book says the Siemens spindle drive requires 400v. Does...

Hey all...I have a chncI with siemens control and a fanuc spindle drive. The drive is not outputting power to the spindle motor. The drive repair guy says it is because the encoder is not outputting...

It was the parameter settings under Machine, then Base, numbers 27 and 30.

Thank you again.

John

Mitsubishi 520 control.....Problem is that the end of a threading move, the Z axis stops and the X remains in the work for at least one revolution before pulling out, washing out the last thread. Not...

Anybody done this before? The X axis appears to be whipped. We had some plugged lube lines and it appears the linear guides are shot....lots of noise and the table jumps under medium cuts. The...