Hello, FNG here. I'm having some issues with my mill, thought I'd see if you guys had any ideas before I call in a tech.
The machine was drilling some holes in thin aluminum, when right above one of the holes before the drill cycle it errored out, throwing up an Error #24 Motor Overload. Nothing we did would clear this error. Checked seating on all the boards, checked all the resets and fuses. The last thing we tried was to reach in and manually turn the Z axis ball screw (the idea being to move the spindle up enough to be able to remove the tool so it wouldn't break if it decided to crash down). At any rate, as soon as we moved the spindle by turning the screw manually we were able to clear the error, bring everything home and cs the machine.
Next we tried running the program again. When it got to the same part in the program it did the exact same thing. Error #24 Motor Overload. Shut the machine down, climbed up, turned the screw a quarter-rev, brought it back up, and the problem cleared and we could home and cs. I replaced the tool with a longer one, thinking maybe that could make a difference for some reason? When I handwheeled the spindle down to set the tool length it moved most of the way but suddenly stopped. I could move the X and the Y axis but not the Z. After about 30 seconds it errored out the same way as before. We cleared the problem the same as before, but then shut down the machine and called it a day.
The next morning we tried to run it and it looked like it would be ok. The machine ran a few cycles of parts without problems. Then on the third cycle, (on a different tool than before) it messed up but in a different way. This time the program called for a Z+3" move. The spindle froze in its position, but the numbers on the display were showing that the Z axis was moving the positive 3". The machine never errored out, and acted like it had executed the move with no problem and continued to run the program. Major crash if we hadn't of caught it.
At any rate, we're stumped. I'd love to hear any ideas, suggestions, sympathy, etc.
Thanks!