Hey guys,
We've been having an issue with our Mazak VQC 15/40 with an M32 control for a number of years now. On power up, the machine will go into a 45 E-stop. Now usually we can cycle NC power (not the main power) a few times and it will boot up and run great. Sometimes when she's being stubborn some of the operators will thump the cabinet with a dead blow and she'll boot up. We normally leave it powered up so this isn't necessary. Well over the weekend we had a power outage and now here I am. This time the machine will not boot without the 45 Estop alarm. Under this alarm I cannot do anything on the control. No buttons work whatsoever. XYZ drives show E7 alarms.
We've had numerous techs, including Mazak, come in and try to fix it. First thing they do is go through the e-stop circuit. Nothing wrong there. Then they trace it up to the card rack and thats where it ends. The interesting part about that is the LED lights on the card rack are the same whether it is in e-stop or running perfect. The only thing they can tell me is to start replacing cards until the problem goes away.
I'm out of ideas. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I attached (if I did it correctly) a pic of the card rack under E-stop.
We've been having an issue with our Mazak VQC 15/40 with an M32 control for a number of years now. On power up, the machine will go into a 45 E-stop. Now usually we can cycle NC power (not the main power) a few times and it will boot up and run great. Sometimes when she's being stubborn some of the operators will thump the cabinet with a dead blow and she'll boot up. We normally leave it powered up so this isn't necessary. Well over the weekend we had a power outage and now here I am. This time the machine will not boot without the 45 Estop alarm. Under this alarm I cannot do anything on the control. No buttons work whatsoever. XYZ drives show E7 alarms.
We've had numerous techs, including Mazak, come in and try to fix it. First thing they do is go through the e-stop circuit. Nothing wrong there. Then they trace it up to the card rack and thats where it ends. The interesting part about that is the LED lights on the card rack are the same whether it is in e-stop or running perfect. The only thing they can tell me is to start replacing cards until the problem goes away.
I'm out of ideas. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I attached (if I did it correctly) a pic of the card rack under E-stop.