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    CNC lathe or CNC Mill your biggest money maker

    In My local town it's about 50% turning, 40% boring, and about 10% milling. Generally (if using activities based coasting) a Borer will fetch the highest rate per hour, followed by milling, then turning... at least where I live anyhow.. Last year I nearly bought a large 4 axis lathe, but I...
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    WTS Anilam 5000M controller and associated components

    recently retrofitted my machine, and the old controller is for sale. Located in Australia. the controller was still working but had some issues that I couldn't fix myself and couldn't find anyone local who could fix it at the time so I swapped it out with a Centroid. listing consists of the...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi Everyone, I haven't been back in a while, to be honest I completely forgot about this thread, so I thought I'd share an update. I tracked down someone that was very familiar with Anilam controllers and he gave me a quote to fly up and take a look but it was going to cost me over $5k for him...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    The other thing to note about the time spent on this: My shop is on the outskirts of the industrial estate and backs onto a residential estate, so I can't make any industrial noise before 6am or after 7pm, so this gives me quite a few hours in the evening to do stuff that doesn't require a...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Realistically not much. I maybe spent 2 hours total, spread out over a couple of weeks. the worst part of the whole deal was a waiting for parts. Pull the old screen out, maybe 10 minutes. half an hour if you really take your time. Find the part number, do a few internet searches, find the...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi vmipacman, Sorry for the late reply on this one, I've been busy doing other stuff and I've spoken to my fair share of experts and It's pretty much come down to a problem in the computer. Since my last post I have done the following: 1. Pulled apart the computer again, checked every wire...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Thanks alphonso I won't bother with replacing parts of the Anilam, they're too hard to find and too expensive when you do find them. It's cheaper to replace the whole controller. I'm hoping that I don't have to, but I am prepared for the worst. I have been talking to a couple of different...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Thanks gregormarwik, I was just saying before that I might replace the controller PSU regardless. The issue will be finding one with a 110/220 switch as the controller takes 110 in this machine (very unusual for Australia). the power supply looks fairly run of the mill, I'll check it out and...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi vmipackman, I never unplugged anything, the machine had all the guarding and coolant tray, pumps, way covers, etc all removed and packed up on a pallet, but the machine for the most part was complete. I have already checked all the connections, I found a couple of wires going into...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hey Macgyver, you've giving me something else to look for. I had a ton of trouble when I first got the machine, I couldn't reset the servos sometimes, and it turned out to be a damaged wire going to one of the limit switches, and I only found that because the limit switch itself had...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi thanks for the reply, Yes I have tried reseating all the cards, I've cleaned all the connections, and checked them thoroughly. It's funny you mention the power supply, because, I have checked it and all voltages appear ok at the power supply, but I did notice recently when I went to fit a...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi Thanks for the reply. Yes I am aware of that, as I said, I ran boring cycles (air cuts) no problems, tried a few different things, no problems, varying feedrates, no problems, but then in a cut (with lower feed rate than I tested with) the error appears. sometimes it appears immediately...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi, Thanks, that the inspiration I need. However... I have followed the manual for the Z-Lag over max, but the alarms come up randomly. not at the same time, and not every time. the controller is saying I have a servo error, but when I check the servo pack there are no error codes. I haven't...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Nah It's not 100% made up, I go through phases where it is made up, then it's not, then it is again. I will email him and see what he comes back with. Thanks
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Evidently, it IS not the most reliable option. This is the only machine in town with an Anilam controller (for good reason I think), and there is nobody in town that knows anything about them, so the cost of finding someone and flying them in would be 50% of the cost of a retrofit, at least. and...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Nah, I'm not interested in paying for help on this machine, it will only eat into the cost of replacement, it's a cut-your-losses thing. I've already made up my mind, I'm ditching the Anilam this month. I can't afford to have something unreliable around that you never know if it's gonna do the...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Thanks Milland, I'm glad you pointed me to that. One thing I will say is that Masso also has very poor documentation. You can really tell the quality of the company by their documentation. Even emailing them with questions and chasing information to make an educated decision, they're a little...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    I have spent the morning in the shop with a Lecky, and he did some testing around and is convinced its software related. The controller kept telling me I have a 4th axis error, but the 4th axis drive has no error codes. every Time it came up with a fault, we checked that out and found no fault...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Thanks ripperj, I already tried those, I tried altering the lag threshold, I tried balancing, I tried lower feedrates, I pretty much tried everything. If I pre-drill, it's no problem as I don't need to helical interpolate, but the machine is no use to me if I can interpolate 3 axis. And plunging...
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    Anilam 5000M ADvice needed before I lose my mind

    Hi Guys, I purchased a large VMC last year which was fitted with an Anilam 5000M controller, 4th axis, 24 bin tool changer, through spindle coolant etc. etc. Anyhow, I knew the mashing had a couple or problems when I went to inspect it, there was an issue with the Y-axis limit switch which I new...

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