As far as I know, it used to work. The machine hasn't been run for a couple of months and the ATC a bit longer than that.
It's hard to tell what's happening because it happens too fast, but the swing arm will drop tools either removing them from the spindle or the pot. The arm looks to be aligned, but hard to tell since I don't know how to jog it.
It seems like the arm isn't grabbing the tool. Is there a mechanical gripper? Operated by air? If so, is there a solenoid controlling that buried somewhere deep inside the machine? The manuals I have are useless. Just a page on the arm and it mentions using buttons that don't exist on my machine.
It's a 1990 MV-40B with Fanuc 0M and 20 tool ATC.
Any clues would be helpful since I can't afford weeks of downtime while I search for the problem. Right now I'm limited to manual tool changes. No fun.
Thanks in advance.
-Steve |