ikegai fanuc fx lathe 5t control

[cncdoc]

Originally Posted by Radius Hi Brian.. Sorry I missed this thread earlier. I went through what you're going through now with a FX20. First things first. Dan Fritz is THE MAN when it comes to these older Fanuc controls. Pay attention to what he tells you, he will be able to help you. Regarding RS232: 5T controls have no way to send or recieve programs via RS232. If your machine has a serial port, then it has some type of aftermarket BTR interface board installed. If you get it to work, then more power to you. However, I strongly recommend Dan's PC-DNC software and cable. It's freakin awesome and adds a lot of functionality to the old 5T controls. ** If you don't have the manual with the options listed you're in trouble. Heck, I had the manual and factory parameter list for mine and many of the parameters in the manual were WRONG for what the machine was equipped with. If you have the complete Ikegai manual set there should be a mostly complete list of parameters somewhere. The FX25 machines are very similar to the FX20 machines. If worse comes to worse, you can try using the parameter list I posted earlier in one of my threads. Search for my previous posts to find it. Next: I don't know how far you've gotten in getting this machine running, but if it has sat for 2 years then you MUST rebuild the lube system. Way lube gets very crusty and will completely plug the orifice fittings on the machine. You MUST replace or clean these before operating the machine on a regular basis or you WILL kill it. Unfortunately Ikegai did not mount the fittings in central location so quite a bit of machine disassembly will be required to get to them all. All of the tin will have to some off the machine, etc. Don't get lazy and skip this. It's quite a bit of work but it's extremely important you do this! While you have it apart to refurb the lube system, check the backlash and rebuild the ball nuts and replace the thrust bearings while you're at it. It's not that much more disassembly to do while you're there. I'm really impressed with Ikegai machines. The iron is top notch and way overbuilt for their machines. It's a pity I have limited room as I really would have liked to keep mine. Oh, where in Canada are you located? Michael **Disclaimer: I'm just am extremely satisfied user of PC-DNC and have not been compensated in any way.

I'm sorry I missed this thread, as it's been a while since I've checked the board.

I had an extreme amount of Ikegai manuals, since I was their Service Manager for almost 10years. I moved to Southern California about 10 years ago, and lost everything in the last big fires in October.

I still have my memory, sort of(lol), so I will try to be of more help in the future.

cncdoc

[vebers]

I recently picked up one of these machines well worth the money. I have no actual manual for the lathe itself. I have read that it requires a balanced 230V supply. I have wild leg three phase ie two 120 volt legs and one 210 volt leg. Across them I get roughly 245 Volt 3 phase. First can anyone tell me that what I have read about 230v balanced supply is correct? and second can anyone tell me what I need in a transformer to get the correct power.

This lathe hasn't been run in a while but it has been hooked up to power. I have had it about a month without power. I assume the battery will be dead and the parmeters lost. I did get lucky and happen to find a scrap of paper tucked in to the tape reader door with a parameter list and settings on it. Hope its correct. Any information would be greatly valued.

Thanks
Vince

[vebers]

Does anyone know where I could get a set of manuals for the FX25N lathe?

Vince

[western]

Hi. I have ikegai fx 20 too, but my problem is the alarm 70, this ligth turng on wenth
I stare writen the program manualy.
You have this problem too?

[beauzn]

Originally Posted by caddyshack We'll, screwed now--lol, after replacing batteries and new fuse, all parameters are now zero's. Does anybody have the parameter values for a ikegai fanuc fx25n?? Thanks BRIAN

I can email them to you.
just send me a email.
so i can forward it.

[beauzn]

Originally Posted by western Hi. I have ikegai fx 20 too, but my problem is the alarm 70, this ligth turng on wenth I stare writen the program manualy. You have this problem too?

ALARM70--- MEMORY FOR PART PROGRAM STORAGE IS FULL

[vebers]

Hi everyone, I have an Ikegai FX25N with 5t controller I recently got hooked up and running. Everything appears to be in working order. I have on problem left, there are no programs in it memory and I have no documentation for this machine. If there is anyone out there who could direct me to at least a programming manual I would be most grateful. If not mabey someone has some programming examples they wouldn't mind posting. I was also wondering how you input tool offsets. Any help would be wonderful

Thanks

Vince

[833933]

Originally Posted by vebers I recently picked up one of these machines well worth the money. I have no actual manual for the lathe itself. I have read that it requires a balanced 230V supply. I have wild leg three phase ie two 120 volt legs and one 210 volt leg. Across them I get roughly 245 Volt 3 phase. First can anyone tell me that what I have read about 230v balanced supply is correct? and second can anyone tell me what I need in a transformer to get the correct power. This lathe hasn't been run in a while but it has been hooked up to power. I have had it about a month without power. I assume the battery will be dead and the parmeters lost. I did get lucky and happen to find a scrap of paper tucked in to the tape reader door with a parameter list and settings on it. Hope its correct. Any information would be greatly valued. Thanks Vince

Vince,

Did you get the lathe to work using a wild-leg 3-phase power? If so, was it hooked up like this: Left (120V) Middle (208V) Right (120V)?

Thanks,
William

[Dan Fritz]

Don't bother measuring from each leg to ground. Measure from leg-to-leg. The big 3-phase transformer with jumper bars can be set so that the 3-phase AC voltage at terminals "A", "1" and "2" on the back of your X and Z servo drives are at the correct voltage for the motors. A model 0 motor gets 60vac, a model 5 motor gets 90vac, and the model 10 motor gets 120vac. You can see the model number on the motor tag. Usually, a 0 or 5 motor is used for the X axis and a 10 or 20 motor is used for the Z.

Once the 3-phase to the back of the servos is correct, you may have to adjust a single-phase transformer near the CNC's power supply so that the secondaries show 100vac and 200vac.

If you have a high or low phase, you can adjust for it using potentiometers on the servo boards, but that's usually done along with a full servo tune-up. If the input voltages are within 10% or so, your servos should run OK without blowing any fuses.

Have a look to see what kind of spindle drive you have also. Some of them run right off the mains, and if your shop voltage is too high, you may need a transformer to make it happy. Some machines came with adjustable transformers on the spindle drives also, but not all.