Orac Spindle problem

welderfabrod · Post by **welderfabrod** » Sun 18 May , 2008 8:10 am

Hi Guy,s new I,m new to this forum, I have just bought an Orac lathe but the spindle does not turn in manual or in a program. The vfd is a Imo Jaguar Cub, the vfd light is on but when I press the spindle on button on the control panel the fault light comes on.

Can anybody help please, thanks.

Post by **Denford Admin** » Tue 20 May , 2008 9:28 am

Maybe these pics will help with fault finding:
viewtopic.php?t=864

I'd be tempted to start by isloating the rest of the system, and see if I can get the spindle working "manually". ie, by wiring up pushbuttons for the enables and a 9V battery box for the analogue command.

welderfabrod · Post by **welderfabrod** » Thu 22 May , 2008 18:37 pm

Thanks for the response. The IMO I have is the VC150 but I tried as you suggested with it disconnected from the system and a manual push switch but the fault led still comes on when the switch is pushed and there is no response from the motor. So I suppose the inverter is U/S. If this is the case would it be possible to fit a different inverter as the VC150 seems rather over rated for this situation and is set on its lowest output of 3amps and the motor only draws 2.3amps.

Thanks

Post by **Denford Admin** » Fri 23 May , 2008 13:41 pm

would it be possible to fit a different inverter

I'm sure there will be a whole host of cheapish drives you could use, you just need to double check the I/O would match (ie, analogue cmd spec, IO syncs or sources, etc...)

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Orac Spindle problem

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