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  1. 04-08-2008, 03:58 AM #1
    gamila
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    Spindle won't start!

    Hello,

    The spindle on my VMC20 won't start. It stopped in the middle of a program today, and won't restart. I shut everything down and restarted. In MDI it will change from hi to low, but when I try M3 the alarm says "Spindle Motor Overload". Any ideas would be most appreciated. You guys have saved my butt on more than one occasion!

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    Gamila
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  2. 04-08-2008, 04:02 PM #2
    Gitman
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    Gamila,

    My guess is your spindle encoder went out. Same thing happened to my 4020. When I M3'ed the spindle just turned at a very slow rpm no matter what I plugged in for rpm. Do you get a C axis fault???

    Good Luck getting back to making chips,
    Gitman
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  3. 04-08-2008, 05:07 PM #3
    gamila
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    Hello Gitman,

    No C axis fault. The spindle won't move on it's own at all. I get the overload fault and then an emergency stop fault.

    Gamila
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