[AutomationDad]

Hi all,

I’m in the process of running a full calibration on our Mazak Space Gear 510 MK2, and I’ve hit a snag that I’m hoping someone can help with.

According to the Maintenance Manual (Section 10-4: Adjusting the Profiling Unit), there’s a procedure for confirming the Z-gap between the laser head and workpiece. The manual states that the Z-height should read 1.0 mm ± 0.1 mm when the beam is focused properly.

However, when I complete this process, the machine consistently reports a Z-value of 1.963 mm — which is way out of spec.

So here are my questions:

- Why would the Z-gap be reading so far out if the calibration process is being followed exactly as per the manual?
- What’s the correct way to bring this Z-gap back to 1.0 mm?
- Is this a case of adjusting the Z-axis offset, or is there another parameter I should be updating?

Has anyone encountered this before or had to make similar adjustments? Any advice or steps you can share would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[cncmakers001]

Hi all,

I’m in the process of running a full calibration on our Mazak Space Gear 510 MK2, and I’ve hit a snag that I’m hoping someone can help with.

According to the Maintenance Manual (Section 10-4: Adjusting the Profiling Unit), there’s a procedure for confirming the Z-gap between the laser head and workpiece. The manual states that the Z-height should read 1.0?mm ± 0.1 mm when the beam is focused properly.

However, when I complete this process, the machine consistently reports a Z-value of 1.963 mm — which is way out of spec.

So here are my questions:

- Why would the Z-gap be reading so far out if the calibration process is being followed exactly as per the manual?
- What’s the correct way to bring this Z-gap back to 1.0 mm?
- Is this a case of adjusting the Z-axis offset, or is there another parameter I should be updating?

Has anyone encountered this before or had to make similar adjustments? Any advice or steps you can share would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

It could be the Z-axis offset parameter has drifted or wasn’t correctly zeroed after replacing or cleaning the sensor, nozzle, or tip.

[AutomationDad]

Thank you - I suspect the same.
However, when I'm searching how to change the Z offset, I'm unable to find where this is done.

I can find the offset for the A & B axis, but cannot find the Z offset.