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    Fanuc 16/18i TA setting 701 Fan Overheat Alarm. What signal to clear?

    Anyone know what signal the 3rd wire on the fan is supposed to show to keep the control from fan overheat alarming? One of the two 60 X 60 X 15mm cooling fans on the back of the LCD mounted control on my Mori lathe, has given me trouble since day one. Finally quit a couple days ago, and all the...
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    Fanuc 18MC 916 DRAM Parity Error Recovery Help

    As the title says, my mid/late 90's Mori Seiki SV50 just dropped a 916 bomb on me. I have Parameter backups but have never inserted a card into the slot to back up whatever is available there. LED's on Main Control say RAM Parity error on Main CPU. I read to Restart with RESET and DELETE held...
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    Flatness_Parallelism and Size All A Once Against Datum - Am I thinking this right?

    Here's what I'm working with. Part is 1 X 5". Datum about 1" square. These are all Z axis Tolerances. I'm a little uncertain if I'm handling this correctly. I have some hundreds to do so need something quick and easy. 1) Right now I'm holding the Datum against a let's call it perfectly flat...
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    How do you clean or unclog non woven abrasive belts?

    My collection of clogged and worn out non woven belts is getting out of hand. I have to do a fair amount of straight line finishing on aluminum parts and use these belts on either a 4 X 36 or 6 X 48 belt sander. As everyone knows, the belts are expensive and really don't last that long. I've...
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    Mori/Fanuc 18MC Operation Panel Dead - Looking for Lost 24VDC

    After an MPG Handle install I lost the Operators Panel that Mori Supplied on this SV-50. This happened while moving some wires around with power on. Error EX099 Panel Error. (No other info) No Lights. No Function. The MDI and Screen are fine, and the machine comes all the way up to Servos on...
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    *SOLVED* Mori Seiki SV-50 Fanuc 18MC - RESET Button not working after 2nd MPG Install

    First time having the machine running after new D-Cell battery packs and a nearly finished 2nd Handle Install. Evey single Button and Function on the control/machine works still except the RESET button. Much too important to let this go. Programs will still run in Auto but not stoppable with...
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    Formaldehyde Off Gassing - Delrin VS Acetal Copolymer User Experiences

    My question first... does anyone else have experience leading them to think that Black Delrin 150 off gasses Formaldehyde a lot more then a standard copolymer Acetal? I've machined a lot of Natural Acetal, (little black) and even though there is the occasional faint funky smell after say heavy...
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    Standard/Full Keypad Setting on Fanuc OM-C

    I'm swapping out my Standard Keypad MDI Unit for a Full Keypad unit. I want to be able to program GoProbe Probing cycles at the control in MDI, instead of having to make little programs offline and copy them over or let sit resident hogging up space. In doing so I need to set Parameter 38.3 to...
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    *SOLVED* Fanuc OM-C GoProbe Throwing 115 Alarm

    I've managed a mostly working legacy Renishaw Probe System on a mid 90's YCM Supermax 3 w/Fanuc OM-C control. I've got Macro B w/Extended Variables. I don't yet have the extended keyboard so I can do very little in MDI. I've calibrated and run simple Inspection Plus routines successfully. But...
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    Need Feed w/o Spindle Rotation When Probing on Fanuc OMC

    I've finally got my legacy Renishaw Spindle Probe installation done on a mid 90's YCM Supermax 3 with OMC. This machine has always bugged me in that it won't move in G1 without spindle rotation. Obviously, in order to probe, I need to figure out how to get past that. Issues: Reduction Gearbox...
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    Fanuc OMC Multi-Probe Install Best 24VDC Location Help

    I'm installing a Renishaw Legacy probing setup on a mid 90's YCM Supermax 3. MP10 Probe - OMM - MI12 / TS27R Tool Setter - HSI Interface The machines' ancillary systems seem to be using 24VDC supplied from a backpane connection off the Control Power Supply. The first appearance of a 24VDC line...
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    Lathe Live Tool Greasing in Pictures

    The short version of what I asked earlier... I read everything on this forum about live tools and none seemed to answer this question with clarity. Z axis live tool. Which is correct... if any? Sparse? Full? (For clarity... the grease I'm holding came out of that live tool pictured. You...
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    Lathe Live Tool Rebuild Grease Quantity

    I just finished rebuilding a couple KSC branded Z axis two side live tools for my Mori. After running them in, I took the cover off an identical unit that I have to see what a guy could see, and found the spiral bevel gear cavity completely topped off with grease. (This one I had bought off...
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    FANUC: Useable Servo Motor/Drive Combos for Rotary 4th Integration

    Looked around for info on this, but haven't found anything that directly answers my questions. Trying to fit a rotary table to a mid/late 90's Mori VMC with Fanuc 18MC control. My Servo drives are all A06B-6079 type. Typical Alpha Series drives of the era. Many of the used tables come with...
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    WTB: Mori Seiki SV50 type pallets and Chip Conveyors

    As the title says. Looking for pallets and chip conveyors designed for the pallet version of an SV50 or SV500 or SV503, which I think area all nearly the same. Wondering if anyone is, sadly, parting one of these out. I have detail drawings, but here is a couple pictures to start with. I would...
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    Lathe Newb Needs Help on Face Roughing & C Axis Strategies

    Need Help on Face Roughing Strategy Can anyone tell me what type of tool and insert combination they'd use on just the face of this aluminum part? Also perhaps what cycle? I can put a 44mm drilled hole down the middle to start. Kind of new to lathe programming. Especially face work like this...
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    Hanging Lathe Turret Revisited

    2000 Mori SL200-SMC Fanuc 18i (Mori MSC-501) I've asked about this problem previously and have waited to visit it again until it happened again. Today on a different program the problem re-visited. The problem is when running in Memory Mode, at some point in a program the tool change will get...
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    Lathe Turret Hanging Only In production Programs

    I'm still having this problem where in every production program, at some point the turret will hang up after unclamping. I've trouble shot far enough to know that all the signals are correct for the unclamped state. The buffer displays MEM-STRT-MTN-FIN. To me that says the turret servo has been...
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    Jaws Not aligning for Phase Synchronous Part Transfer

    Anyone know how to shift home position on a C axis built-in motor lathe main and sub spindle? 2000 Fanuc 18i-TA Control. (Mori MSC-501) The dirt... This hex threading job I sought threading info on earlier has forced another situation I'm unfamiliar with. Being as it's hex stock I need to use...
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    CNC Lathe Single Point ID Threading Help For First Timer

    Got my first CNC theading job coming up this week. 60 parts out of 4140 annealed 1 1/4 hex. Roughly 6" long with an ID thread of M22 X 1.5 Left Hand. The customer is looking for at least 2" of usable thread on this ID. Question 1: What bar to use? Steel Thru Coolant Bars - (Not enough money in...

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