Hi all,
When I grew up, working in my father's business, His Okuma & Howa machines always had a revolving light that lit up when an M30 was reached in the program. It wasn't a stack light. I liked them though, being able to run multiple machines and telling if the machine was finished just by watching for the rotating beacon light to come on.
I have 2 Kitamura machining centers of my own now that have lights that do the same thing. One looks like it was retrofitted from the original light, and has a 3 color LED stacklight on it. Green light comes on when machine is running the cycle. And blinks amber when M30 is reached. Also red blinks on if machine is in an alarm state.
I also have several other lathes and mills that I would love to do the same thing with. One Mori SL35 lathe, with a FANUC 10T, two Hardinge T51 conquests with FANUC 18T, and two other machining centers with FANUC 0M's on them. Buying the lights from the dealer isn't something I'm going do. I already checked with one dealer and about fell out of my chair at what they wanted to buy the light. Not even installing it. I can buy either rotating lights, or stacklights in the right voltage needed on eBay for very reasonable prices.
Just wanted to see if someone out there has any advice to go about wiring these lights in. Personally, if all I have is a flashing or rotating light that shows when the machine is finished with it's cycle, it's more then sufficient. And turns off when the cycle start button is pressed. I was scanning through the ladder diagram from one machine to try and trace back and find the way the kitamura's are wired to the lights. Any advice is appreciated though!
nPinson
When I grew up, working in my father's business, His Okuma & Howa machines always had a revolving light that lit up when an M30 was reached in the program. It wasn't a stack light. I liked them though, being able to run multiple machines and telling if the machine was finished just by watching for the rotating beacon light to come on.
I have 2 Kitamura machining centers of my own now that have lights that do the same thing. One looks like it was retrofitted from the original light, and has a 3 color LED stacklight on it. Green light comes on when machine is running the cycle. And blinks amber when M30 is reached. Also red blinks on if machine is in an alarm state.
I also have several other lathes and mills that I would love to do the same thing with. One Mori SL35 lathe, with a FANUC 10T, two Hardinge T51 conquests with FANUC 18T, and two other machining centers with FANUC 0M's on them. Buying the lights from the dealer isn't something I'm going do. I already checked with one dealer and about fell out of my chair at what they wanted to buy the light. Not even installing it. I can buy either rotating lights, or stacklights in the right voltage needed on eBay for very reasonable prices.
Just wanted to see if someone out there has any advice to go about wiring these lights in. Personally, if all I have is a flashing or rotating light that shows when the machine is finished with it's cycle, it's more then sufficient. And turns off when the cycle start button is pressed. I was scanning through the ladder diagram from one machine to try and trace back and find the way the kitamura's are wired to the lights. Any advice is appreciated though!
nPinson