Thanks again for your reply I will have a play with the Diagnostic parameters after I search to see if I can find a key-switch which changes from external/internal ,. your help is much appreciated

Thanks for the reply , could you tell me on the parameters that suggest I could try , what do I enter where you have put the "x" ?? I thought that I could only enter 0 or 1 and no letters ,

I have a Leader Air chuck fitted to my Cyclone which works perfectly the only problem is if I want to grip the inside of a piece of metal , plastic I get a message on screen that tells me the chuck is not closed , the machine will only work with the jaws on the outside of the material that you are w...

Thanks Steve , checked out the parameter and reset it and all works fine now , Cheers

If it were bolted on in the wrong position then surely that would also make it go to the wrong position when machining ?? also I am sure that it was working perfectly when the machine was last used October of last year and then the spindle drive inverter blew up and have only recently bought a new o...

I have a Denford Cyclone (1992) serial #CY14111A , It is fitted with a Duplomatic 8 position tool turett the problem is that when I select a tool manually say tool position number 5 the turett stops at position number 4 in other words it will allways stop one position short of what I have selected y...

Thanks for the reply , what I have now done is to scrap the Mitsubishi drive unit as the company who have it for repair are struggling to find a new part required so I have decided to purchase a new drive unit , thanks for your help much appreciated
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I am in need of the parameters for a Mitsubishi spindle inverter that is as fitted by the factory to my Denford Cyclone lathe (1992) if anyone could help me out with this info I would be extremely grateful
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Do you know if Denford are still able to supply Spindle drive Inverters for a 1992 cyclone lathe ?? does it have to be a Mitsubishi or will one of the others that Denford used be ok ?? any idea on prices of these units ??
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Many thanks for the info it is much appreciated , however I have found a major problem with PCB inside spindle drive one of the capacitors looks to have been changed and very poorly replaced and where the soldering was not done properly it has burnt a hole into the PCD and burnt part of the circuit ...

Have not got camera hady at the moment but the details are as follows : (Spindle Drive) Make - Mitsubishi / Model - FR-Z024-2.2K and the Fanuc control is a OT-Model A , hope that is all the info required
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Is there anyone who can give me a list of what each parameter does ?? I have all the parameters from my machine and people have been kind enough to give me certain info on some of the parameters but it would be nice and helpful if I could have a full list
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The serial number of my machine is CY14111A and year of manufacture March 1992 , it is a cyclone lathe and the fanuc control is OT-A , hope that helps
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if the slideway lube oil was low would that cause the spindle to trip the alarm ?? also you say I could alter the deceleration parameter , could you tell me which number parameter this is ??
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Hi there I have just started to encounter a problem whilst machining what happens is that when maching a part everything goes fine unti a tool change then as the spindle slows down to a stop the machine throws an alarm and the screen reads 1008 spindle drive and the only thing that I can do is to tu...

Hi to everyone who helped me overcome the self inflicted problems that I had with my Cyclone thankfully with all your help the machine has sprung back into life , must be more careful with what I do next time , again thanks for all your help
Alan

Cheers for the info much appreciated after re-entering all main parameters again have got the air operated door and chuck working but whereas before the machine booted up but door etc did not work this time machine will not boot but door etc do , now I have checked double checked and again re-entere...

Hi Not sure if in the right place , I have a Denford Cyclone and am having a problem due to a mistake on my part I wiped the memory I have just input the main parameters which I had a copy including 900/919 I also have a copy of the diagnostic parameters have managed to input 450/459 but cannot inpu...

Rob I have tried to attach the post file that I have but the forum will not let it upload , the errors that I get are not the obvious ones that you would get i.e. % that is all in place what seems to happen is that all the code at the begining of my programs is wrong and the Cyclone will not accept ...

Rob there is a file called posts but they no longer put loads of posts in there , I do have two files one for Fanuc 2x and the other for 4x so not sure if they will do , have always used one of these on my retrofitted Boxford lathe which ran the Mach3 software without any problems but when I try to ...