[Am...] Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Hope everyone is having a great day, I just got a call from one of our inspectors (im working from home today) and they are telling me someone crashed the Duramax pretty bad. Somebody manually put a probe on the and did not do the "pick up probe" function. Walked away and someone tried to run their program which went to load a different stylus system and crashed the probe it had on the into the one in the holder. They said it wouldn't budge and couldnt get the probe off, I told them to just remove the probe rack and then get the probe off which they did but prior to this I guess someone was trying to pull the head back by hand 🙄 they are saying now it has moved all the way up in Z and does not want to move, if they restart the machine it asks to go to home position and if they hit ok calypso throws up the red light and has a collision in the status window and will not move at all. I've told them to try to connect to the machine which they did and same thing happened. I won't be back in the office until after tomorrow and im just trying to see if i can come up with a couple things to try before I go back in. Im going to call the Zeiss tech in (he just calibrated it a couple months ago too) but in the mean time is there anything I can try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Am...] Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Is there any way to manually move the head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I may be wrong, but I believe if you press the "clear" and "drives" buttons on your controller simultaneously for about 3-4 seconds, it overrides the drives, allowing you to manually jog the CMM away from an obstacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ni...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. The Z axis has a manual override button that you can depress on the side of the column, there's a hole on the side of the cover to access the button (use the eraser end of a pencil to push the button). Just be sure to hold the column when you depress the button as it cuts the air supply off that holds it in place and it will free fall! As for the X and Y axis I believe you can manually move those by hand, there is no override. Be sure to push on the side with the accordion covers not the column side for the Y axis!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ma...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I have some info in manual of Accura how to cover situations when is machine on end pos. check. In Z axis i have to pull head - it won't free fall. But on Duramax it can be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. Hopefully you are releasing the air-brake before pulling the head on the accura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. I believe this is a GageMax/CenterMax only thing. The DuraMax doesn't have a clear button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. This is only for machines that are air-driven - like the Accura/Prismo. This doesn't apply to the DuraMax as it is a mechanical driven machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ow...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 FYI: My opinion is that the Duramax's are fairly resilient to this. On 3 or 4 occasions over the last couple years on our duramax's ,we've had happen exactly what you're describing with the probe being loaded into a bay with a probe already in it. Every time, I was able to slowly move it off or pop the stylus off the head and found that the adapter plate was bent a little. Straightened the bent section out best we could and it qualified and ran just fine. I did have to replace one like six months later because the head wouldn't recognize it anymore for some reason, probably something wrong in the circuit board section of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ma...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. Don't worry, I read manual - only one problem - described position of hole is wrong - better to take down cover to see where is right position ( from bottom to up ) 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. The older ones had it on the left side, but now it's on the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ni...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. Well I guess I learned something new today. I thought all CMM's were created equal 🤣 I'm using a Prismo 12/42/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. That's a nice size machine you got there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ni...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. It's done use well. We have a Mazak Integrex lathe/mill that turns out some large shafts that need 100% inspection so in this case so size DOES matter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. I wasn't sure. My MMZ-B has both buttons and this "feature". Thank you, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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