matt heinzel
12-17-2014, 10:07 AM
We are running a PLS-360 machine from ULS. The other day I noticed that when the jobs were finishing as the carriage returned home it would actually hit the top of the system on the Y axis. I contacted ULS support and after a bit of tests they said it was most likely the sensor for Y and I would need to replace the board. Strange thing is when the machine starts it properly homes to the top right corner. Well we ordered the part and installed it yesterday, and the problem is still the same. Before I called I did a few more tests and figure out that if the carriage is in the lower left hand corner before it returns then it homes just fine, but if it is on the right hand side of the machine it hits again. I called support and re-explained my issue and also told them about the left vs right symptom. They had me run the same tests and also said the board that was sent was not the issue since it does home on startup. After a long series of questions they were stumped. He said it might be the y controller that is on the CPU, so this morning upon their suggestion I swapped it out for one of our other PLS systems. It actually got worse, not better. Now it was hitting the bottom of the machine when it started engraving and then still hitting the top after it was done. Before I give a call back to them does anyone have an idea on this?
Right now we have the system setup to re-home before it starts new jobs, but I'm not sure how long that will be a "solution" with it hitting often I'm sure the arm will go out of alignment.
Right now we have the system setup to re-home before it starts new jobs, but I'm not sure how long that will be a "solution" with it hitting often I'm sure the arm will go out of alignment.