Originally Posted by
Frank_S
My 14 year old V-2 -Z- axis crashed last week for no reason. I was running a program with
the same tools and same program I had run for weeks, no changes. After it crashed, I looked
to make sure the correct tool and offset was in the register. It was fine but I didn't look at
the distance to go register.
Anyway, I called the repair tech. and he said it was either the encoder, the motor control
board or processor. I replaced the processor in that machine 2 years ago.
He checked the encoder, said it checked out o.k and said that more than likely it's the
motor control board. He replaced it but he wasn't too keen on watching me press cycle
start and running at 100% rapid in -Z-
I did it a couple of times and it worked but I'm really not confident that it's fixed 100%
and I now run every tool with optional stop engaged. I rapid in -z- at 25%.
It's killing my production time.
What would you do? It cost me $1,900 to put in a part that may or may not have fixed it.
I appreciate any helpful feedback you may have on the subject.