Originally Posted by
TroyMckune
I am brand new to the forum.
I have a 1998 Multicam MT22 that I have owned since new. For the last 19 years it has operated pretty much flawlessly with only spindle bearing replacement, X axis control board replacement, and just recently a new X axis lead screw and supernut. This machine has ran about 3-5 days a week for 19 years and has produced over half a million parts. The machine is connected to a Win 98 PC using the DNC software.
A week or so ago I was running a program and during routing it just stopped. Both Axis movement stopped and the spindle stopped. I looked at the controller and it said "WAITING" as if I had just turned on the machine. It then proceeded to go to the Machine Automation screen. A little freaked out I turned off and on the machine, reset home, adjusted program, and continued running flawlessly for the rest of the day and next.
Today during a drilling program it did it again and reset. This time I checked to see if the spindle was still enabled and it was. I reset everything again and it worked fine for the rest of the job.
I talked to Multicam and they said it is hard to troubleshoot but it could be the 5V power supply, the M23_4 Controller board (which they do not sell anymore), or loose connection or frayed wire.
Any thoughts or experience with this? Anyone have a M23_4 controller board for sale?
Thanks,
Troy Mckune