Apologies for the delay in posting but I should conclude as a good citizen. The problem turned out to be twofold. The first was solved by Martin which turned out to be the proximity switch which needed to be wound down a little further. The second problem, discovered by a local service engineer (who...

Strangely, it now does the following changes in reverse direction T8->T7->T6 etc results in a change, hang, alarm out changes in normal direction T1->T2->T3 etc results in no movement, hang, alarm out note that prior to the no movement in normal direction it did change a few times but when it alarme...

I have the top cover but can't see any LED or do I have to remove the solenoid to see it ?

Yes. It delays for a while as it is 'trying' to do whatever and then gives up and alarms out. Indexing in the direction T1, T2, T3...etc it changes, hangs for a while and then alarms out. The turret is sometimes clamped back in position. Sometimes it is free to rotate c. 15 deg in each direction. In...

Yep. It changes in one direction but won't complete the toolchange properly and alarms out. Changing in the other direction it won't budge and alarms out...

Thanks Martin. I have been doing as instructed but unfortunately, the problem isn't correcting but is in fact possibly worse now (not quite sure how I've managed that). I'm at a loss for what to do...

Thank you. So the bit should change from 1 to 0 on the screen automatically as I rotate the encoder and the strobe signal is lost?

Martin, thank you very much for the instructions. I have the cover off, (it's a bit awkward to see the encoder except through the rear view window of the machine) and I'm ready to give it a crack. I can see the marker pen marks from when it was done before and it looks roughly midway although I am w...

Thanks guys. I hope not to have to remove turret so will wait for Martin's directions on checking for a misalignment.

Hi Martin .. this sounds sensible as from observation it seems that something mechanically is misaligned or not able to engage. I'm really sorry to have to ask but I will need a little more detailed instruction to do this as I'm not sure which bits are which and the part to do with the sync pulse an...

Ok, I don't know if this helps at all but I've just been through tool changes - which now alarm out on every change - and note the following: 1. (prior to it alarming out on every change) the mechanical jerkiness is accentuated when there are axial toolholders on the turret and the alarms are more f...

I've followed the instructions above. The shot pin seems fine. (People at Barrufaldi must have tiny fingers!). There is no difference on rerunning through toolchanges. When the turret indexes to the new position it jerks back a little in the direction it came from. Going T1->T8 this does not seem ri...

I don't know if this helps but I've just taken off all axial toolholders and the turret now changes to each position. Indexing through from T1 -> T8 the changes are more jerky/ violent than in the direction T8 -> T1 where they are quite, gentle and precise as they should be. Please could you advise ...

Is that the plate on the grey box behind the turret facing you if you wind the turret toward the chuck? If so, I opened it up and it is dry inside and the seals are all in very good condition. It seems to be a mechanical issue although yo would know better than I! The turret when changing is making ...

Rebalancing the turret has worked since last post but today the same problem has started again. On one change the turret moved to position 8 and alarmed out and when I opened the machine, I could rotate the turret partly in each direction by hand so it obviously hadn't fully located. On other change...

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I think the issue may be an unbalanced turret as there was an overweight of axial blocks all loaded with collet chucks. I removed two blocks to see and it seems to be ok so will redistribute and see if that sorts out the problem.

I do use coolant although it seems odd that this would be the cause as it has been running with coolant for months. I'm not sure how to check though... I'm not sure which model turret it is or how to check... My feeling is that it may be mechanical as from tool position 1, the turret is trying to in...

Cyclone has been running perfectly for months but is now returning the above error. Sometimes it indexes and returns error, sometimes doesn't index and returns error. Possibly associated with T1. The turret Barrufaldi 8 station. No idea why this has suddenly appeared. Yesterday turning the control o...

Hi Rob Yes, toolholder = the big chunks of steel that we made and finish bored in position on the turret. PITA but the machine came without any so we got the drawings and tolerances from one of your guys. The machine wouldn't home in the tool position (perhaps it was any as I couldn't home to perfor...

Hi Rob The problem is actually that the machine will not return all the way home so I can't try any toolchange using MDI. It is falling just short. This does sound like some kind of obstruction but not sure where. I don't think sticking limit switch as that gives the over travel alarm condition. Too...