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Formatting Floppy disks? Mits 110-SZ

June 2, 2015, 9:45 am
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I ordered in some 720kb floppies... been having some oddities with the control, and was suggested to reinstall the OS.

So before I did that, I wanted to back up everything... and apparently there are things it wont let you back up vis RS232 - or at least I cant figure out how/where to do it.

I got the pitch error, programs, and ePaks, but havent found where to get the back lash out (or back in for that matter)... so I figured the answer was a floppy, since when in the floppy page, it has and option to output "ALL" - So I got some disks, but when I try and format - I get a CP/M 2DD ERROR

I cant find it in the books anywhere, but guessing its an issue with the floppy or the drive, or the process.... guessing - with the quality of Floppies the last 10 years - its probably a case of crappy disks.

Ive tried taking some of my older 1.44mb floppies, taping over the hole, and getting them to format as 720kb - but have not had one work yet...

So Im guessing one of two things... I have a bad floppy, or the more likely - I am not doing something right.

Any suggestions or direction? Apparently my machine does not have the DOS option, only the native Mits language - what ever that might be - CP/M I suspect?

Thanks
Wade
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Hitachi 345Q wire feed motor/board issue

June 3, 2015, 11:16 am
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So, long story short as far as my introduction, the previous wire edm programmer/operator decided to just up and move to another state and so now I've filled his place and am learning as I go, with little help from the manuals. One of the machines we have is a Hitachi 345Q with a Fanuc controller and the wire feed motor has not been working since the previous operator was here. The board that corresponds to the wire feed (as far as we've been told) was sent out several times for diagnosis and repair and has come back with a "clean" bill of health, but still no wire feed! we have checked to make sure the motor is not the problem by applying a current to it separately and that has been ruled out. Here is where any help would be appreciated:

Does anyone have a schematic of the board in question, or any leads as far as where to probe for continuity to maybe find the problem?

If it sits here idle any longer it will end up as scrap, and from what I understand that machine was a workhorse.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Fanuc OM- Model B System H F.
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Need Charmilles board repair... Found an old post by a PM member who does this. Help?

June 9, 2015, 10:12 am
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I hope this isn't violating posting rules...


Quote:
Originally Posted by mdynac View Post
hi,

sounds like you have a bad board,
if you can determine which board is bad,
contact me via pm and we can discuss repair as
i repair Charmilles boards.
Jay knows who i am.

michael coffey
Can anyone help me with contact info for Mdynac? I see his last activity here was late May so I'm hoping to reach him regarding some board repair.

If (understandably) anyone knows him but doesn't wish to give private info could they please let him know to check here? I'm sending him a PM at the same time as posting this but thought this might save a lot of time.

Thanks for any help!
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Can anyone identify this EDM tooling?

June 9, 2015, 12:44 pm
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Can anyone identify these EDM rails? I thought maybe MecaTool when I purchased them at an auction. I would like to find out if additional components are still available.
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Agie HSS 150 wiring question

June 14, 2015, 2:17 pm
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Can anyone tell me whether the generator cabinet needs to be connected to main power separately or if it receives power via the control cabinet?
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My Moly wire edm fun

June 15, 2015, 2:11 am
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It costs me some time for programming and after several weeks try, it's done.
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AgieDrill - Auto center inside a hole failure

June 17, 2015, 3:23 am
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Hi All,

I'm having a problem with an AgieDrill machine.
when using F18 ( Auto center in a hole ), machine centers X fine and goes to x center, but when it goes for Y its goes wrong... it touchs +Y, goes to -Y and instead of going to Y center, it hits the wall and keeps going on -Y direction.

F18 is an internal program to center inside a hole, anyone familiar with this problem/machine that could give and hint ?

Kind Regards,
Ribeiro
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Fanuc robocut tension control alarm ex1173

June 18, 2015, 4:27 am
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Hello. We have a few Robocuts. The other day we tried to cut a simple. constant taper, 4 axis part. We kept getting a Wire Tension Control alarm EX1173. The machine would just sit there for a while and then alarm out. This particular machine has a Fanuc Series 31i-W Model B control. We took the same program and tried to run it on a different machine with the same control and had the same results. We then tried it on another Robocut that has an older control, 180is-WB, and it ran fine with no issues. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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EDM Drill (hole popper) ASTEC CDH-3A

June 18, 2015, 11:41 pm
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Hello, I have a EDM Drill (hole popper) ASTEC CDH-3A.
I need a user manual for the machine.
Might not just this model.
I would be very grateful if someone help me.
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Help With Agie Sinker

June 23, 2015, 6:22 am
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Hello all,

I'm hoping you might be able to help me. I am having some issues with surface finish on our Agie Innovation 2, please forgive me if this is something easily solved, I am new to sinkers. most of my training revolved around the WEDM, and that was two weeks in October.

I am using a .750 cylindrical electrode to burn through the side of one bore, into another. Dimensionally it is fine, but I can't get the proper finish on all of it. The sides of the pocket are fine, but the lead-in looks like the finisher isn't touching. Bottom face is semi-finished, and the finisher isn't touching the top face.

The program is split into three machinings, one for roughing, finish top, and finish bottom. The electrode is set up as global. I have had some success with modifying the lateral undersize, but it has had no effect on the lead-in.

I appreciate any suggestions.

Cheers!
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AGIE HSS250 rubber booth for UV

June 26, 2015, 7:06 am
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Anybody would recommend where you might get the best priced spare for our agie hss250.
need a UV rubber booth... anybody bought one and was satisfied with the quality and of course the price...
Thanks
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Hi EDM guys, Is this part possible with a EDM?

June 26, 2015, 12:22 pm
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Looking to cut this jet out of brass, Fairly new to EDM and Solidworks so give me some slack. Is this shape possible holding .0001? I know you are missing some values on the X axis. Having trouble with the "smart measure "

I can just make the hole round as I am trying to cheat.... :D




Here is what the jet blank looks like.

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Help Mitsubishi RA-90 feed rate

June 30, 2015, 1:09 pm
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We are doing a straight cut in a 3" tall hardened steel.
The technology book marks an FC range of .08-.09 in the rough cut. That is most likely a 'perfect world' estimate, and something a little bit lower than that wouldn't bother me. But I feel the cut is just too slow.
The FC really fluctuates, often goes back to .00xx range and sometimes in the .01-.02 range with some spikes of .05
Is this normal in a wire edm?
I'm no expert in the wedm department but I would expect the fc to stay somewhat constant in a certain range, with some uneventful spikes and drops.


Any information you need to reach a better conclusion can be provided.
Thanks in advance for any answer or comment.

I'm not the operator of the machine but it still concerns me. Maybe something has to be changed either operator, or machine.
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Help with AGIE Impact 2

July 1, 2015, 12:21 pm
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Hello,
I'm new to EDM machines and have been asked to start running an AGIE Impact 2 sinker (from 2002). Nobody knows much about it so I'm on my own.
I've followed an example in the manual and I can get all the way to the point where it should execute the program, but when I push the start button, it doesn't actually do anything. I can machine in manual mode (straight lines only), so it does work, but I need to do contours - which takes a program. I've spent a lot of time reading the manual, but I can't really figure out where I'm going wrong - everything has gone perfectly so far, it's just that last step :nutter:.

Does anybody here have any experience with these types of machines or control (Agievision)? I'd love to get going on this. Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks!
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Operating manual Strathclyde A25 EDM and Australis II 60 control box

July 2, 2015, 2:34 pm
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Trying too find a operating manual for both of these..
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Sodick A325 part needed....

July 6, 2015, 1:28 pm
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So one of the Sodick EDM's I run at work won't move in any axis. I keep getting error message "E164 Machine Over Moved. Release From The Heat Switch. (V) Press The ACK Key"

Our maintenance mechanic looked at it, specifically looking at the control box when I tried moving in the X, Y, & Z axis, and noticed a problem with the AC Servo Driver for the V axis. He made a call to his contact guy at Sodick USA who confirmed that this part is not in stock in the US, and would contact Sodick in Japan to see if they a new one or rebuilt one. And a price, too. This was last Thursday, and still haven't heard back, but was told it could be 4-6 weeks to get this part. This is an older EDM, over 20 years old, but still runs fairly well.

My question is, does anyone know if there is a machine tool graveyard or anywhere else in the US that just might have this part? I'm looking to save the owner some time and money if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Mark
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Oil based EDMº

July 7, 2015, 6:57 am
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Hello,

We have a dielectric oil-based wire EDM machine and sinker EDM which works with oil too. I have a doubt about Dielectric Oil. How often should I renew our oil?

Some say that only need to change the oil when it has bad smell, other say that each 2,4,5...years.

But is it not possible to check or analyse some parameters of the dielectric oil to decide that it is going worse? Any objetive parameter so this way we could decide when to renew this oil.

Thanks a lot
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Need help with 20 degree taper cut!

July 8, 2015, 8:41 am
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Hello Everyone,
I am trying to cut a 20 degree per side taper into hardened S7 steel. This is my first cutting a taper that big and I am having a lot of issues with wire breakage. Here is a breakdown of what I am running:
- Mitsubishi MV1200R
- .010 brass wire, with 500MPA tensile strength

I have tried running the program with adaptive control on and off, as well as the power feed mode running off or on varying with no success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
- Drew
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chiller wanted

July 11, 2015, 4:44 am
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Good reliable edm chiller , 2. Ton capacity wanted by USA company. Let me know if you have one or know of any and how much
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WANTED - Meldas / Mitsubishi Servo Amp daughter board RG221C / BN634E285G51

July 12, 2015, 1:42 pm
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Posted in the For Sale/Wanted area but thought to post here as it's specific to this forum.

Looking for the middle board from a MR-S12-33A-E01 Servo Amp. Is sandwiched between the main servo amp power board and the top logic board.

Like this one -

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