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Versatronics RV series Pick & Place machines => RV Hardware => Topic started by: Gopher on February 21, 2011, 03:15:09 PM

Title: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: Gopher on February 21, 2011, 03:15:09 PM
Last week, during placement, the vaccum on our RV4 randomly stopped working a couple of times, (sometimes just for 5 piscks or so) a bit off a cooloff or pc reset seemed to bring it back to life and the prblem has not manifested itself again since (touch wood). I'm thinking a sticky relay or dodgy connection somewhere, but not quite sure where to look. Last time it failed it was a control card swapout, but in that case it had stopped permenantly.
Any Ideas?

Thanks.......

If it helps the following day, it did something else: picked, took its image and then stopped, did nothing for about a minuite and then put up a "wait not busy" error box, followed by another I neglected to read properly about the arm. Had to manually park the arm and restart
Title: Re: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: davidc on February 21, 2011, 03:17:29 PM
control card. sounds like the comms on it is dying.
Title: Re: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: phonoplug on February 21, 2011, 03:31:02 PM
Yep, I'd second that.
Title: Re: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: Gopher on February 21, 2011, 03:32:19 PM
And just how loudly should I be swearing and how tightly should my fingers be crossed? or is this a card phono just happens to sell on ebay?
Title: Re: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: Gopher on February 21, 2011, 03:34:11 PM
oh, and where is this card so if it goes I can wave it at my lovely engineer?
Title: Re: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: phonoplug on February 21, 2011, 03:40:30 PM
Yep I can sort you out. I've emailed you separately.
Title: Re: Vaccum cut-out
Post by: Gopher on February 21, 2011, 04:00:36 PM
Awesome, the longer I can squeeze life out of this wee bugger the better.