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MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down?

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#58522

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 7 April, 2009

Hi All,

What causes the z tower to fall/slide down in this machine? There is a break at the bottom of the motor but the book says that it is for when the machine is off. It could happen at any moment. It sucks when it is in the middle of printing a board because the past goes thru the stencil and makes a mess. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

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#58538

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 8 April, 2009

I am assuming this machine has a tactile sensor that mounts to the printing table. If the air connection or any of the wire connectors get under the rear rail it will cause the Z to fall. Also any bare wires on the tactile sensor that touch the print table will cause this as well.

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#58542

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 8 April, 2009

There is a tactile sensor and the air hose and wires do not look like they've been kept up. Is this falling of the Z normal in order to prevent damage to the wires/air hose?

Thanks

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#58543

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 8 April, 2009

No it is not normal. The reason it is happening is because the Z motor is in an over current situation.

You need to fix the wires and get the connections out of the way.

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#58548

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 8 April, 2009

Could be the z-axis driver card???

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#58557

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 9 April, 2009

The Z axis is overloading. Could be a connector between the top of the table and the bottom of the rails, or a faulty motor, z-brake, or driver. Good luck!

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#58582

MPM AP-20 z-tower falling/sliding down? | 13 April, 2009

I thought AP-25 was old. Good luck!

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