Plasma Cutting Machine Servo Fault

In as much as I know absolutely nothing about this specific equipment but do know a little about servo positioning systems, I will offer a comment that the problem may be in the servo motor, the position feed back sensor which may be built into the motor in some designs or it may be in the cabling which connects the motor, sensor and controller.

You have swapped the card to the other axis but there are still other elements in the system which could be causing your problem.

Personally, I would contact the support dept. of the equipment manufacturer for information. They will be more likely to have good information about your problem than some random folks on a forum.

You may find that the factory support people are clueless too but I'll bet that there is someone there who can work with you to resolve the problem. Our associate has given you a link to the company website. Go shake their tree and see what fruit falls.

Have FUN!
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Assuming that either the Y or the Z motor are identical, why not swap motors?

If the X and X connectors are the same, and the cable is long enough, maybe you can just swap connectors....?

But be carefull, check the wiring colors and positions on the connector first!

hi...

i talked to the person who sold us the machine..as per him..the power card is not working..his analysis is..

there are 4 LEDs in the power card..when the machine is started...first one glows red and other 3 as yellow...when power is given to the servo drives..the red one should change to green and the other 3 remains the same...he says the power card is gone n u have to hange it...but i dont think the actual reason is that...

along with the x servo fault..i get an error of...cannot obtain liscence-contact customer service ..it may be like..if the soft ware activates the light from red to green n then machine starts..but there is no issue with the hardware components..do u think am correct..

wat according to u may be the other culprits of failure..

Can you swap motors as I suggested? That is the next step if you want to try and fix it yourself I feel......do that and let us all know what happens.

From the "cannot obtain license", message I would conclude that the controller is not initializing properly. If that is the problem, noting else matters at this point.

If you want to swap motors and cables to verify that hardware, go for it if the X & Y components are compatible, go for it if you want to try it.

well..right now am not planning to swap motors as the cable is not enough..plus am a mechanical guy with very less knowledge in electricals...

but am planning to do something with the software...will let u guys know in forum wat exactly happened..

thanks

Please listen to your vendor because he has more knowledge ..software has to do nothing to change the drive power status light. your software just creates the Pulse/direction/and enable/disable signals.. even the pulse command goes to drive is calculated by your controller (as per your calibration) ..

it is not a complex machine just do as below.

1-check any error on the drive (Follow the manufacturer instructions)

2- if any-one axis is moving and of the same type of motors and drives. swap cables to check that are ok. you will check the motors as well by doing this.

3-swap the cables coming from CNC controller to check the Pulse and direction (be careful, it can be reversed direction)always work on a very low feed rate.

please try the given below,

1-interchange the connectors (cnc to servo) and check and if it show the y axis fault,it mean that motor side is faulty (because you have already changed the servo drive)

to confirm connect the y axis motor and encoder cables to x axis and move manually if it is ok then concentrate on motor or encoder may be the encoder wire is loose or motor is faulty.

hope it will work.

Hi, i have a vulcan 1000b and i just buy a new servo card like two weeks ago,the table run but just two day’s and stop working again, please if someone know what is happen please reply this message.

you didn't tell that in manual mode, are you able to move both or any one axis. check any error code on the servo drive. if code is the, please refer to drive manual or Machine builder manual. also check on your cnc controller that when axis moves, it change the position on the controller .check the above and we will go further step by step..

The error code show the screen in 1004