ABNight
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2019
- Location
- Bristol, TN USA
Hello. In late January I got my first Brother machine running. An S700X1 with 27K spindle. We power through an American Rotary ADX30 phase converter, then use a step down transformer to drop to about 212V.
We started with a phase perfect phase converter, but we were their guinea pig testing the new design on a high performance machine and although we were within the listed performance of the converter, it would shut down when the spindle got above 16K. We worked with them for about a month trying everything they recommended and every part they sent with no luck. Finally I had to get the machine running and told them their time was up and bought a rotary converter. We had to pay shipping and a return fee and lost about $1K and several weeks run time. Phase Perfect probably lost a customer for life.
Fast forward about 3-4 weeks. The machine blows a spindle amplifier. The service tech comes out, notices we were doing a lot of tool changes in that program, theorizes that either the first phase converter crapping out constantly damaged something, or all the spindle stops and starts so close together caused it to overheat. I wasn’t particularly comforted, but kept running with the new one.
Now, a couple months later it blows a second spindle amplifier. Different phase converter, and the machine had been sitting for about 3-4 hours while I played with some fixturing. I ran 3 cycles that were about 3.5 minutes each with 8 tool changes and then it threw this error in the middle of a tool change. The error code is:
SV0500.084 *SPINDLE SERVO ERROR (INTERNL.REGEN.RESIST.OVRHEAT)
The more senior Brother tech is not available until tomorrow, so I asked that we leave the machine down for a day until he is free to put a fresh set of eyes on it.
I just paid the 20% down on a second brother machine, R450x1, that is going to be delivered in about a week. I’m getting some nerves here. Our 6 HAAS machines are slower, but I haven’t had reliability issues with them. They have been great over the last 13 years. Brother machines are supposed to be so reliable, but this worries me.
Has anybody else seen anything like this happen?
Thanks,
Adam
We started with a phase perfect phase converter, but we were their guinea pig testing the new design on a high performance machine and although we were within the listed performance of the converter, it would shut down when the spindle got above 16K. We worked with them for about a month trying everything they recommended and every part they sent with no luck. Finally I had to get the machine running and told them their time was up and bought a rotary converter. We had to pay shipping and a return fee and lost about $1K and several weeks run time. Phase Perfect probably lost a customer for life.
Fast forward about 3-4 weeks. The machine blows a spindle amplifier. The service tech comes out, notices we were doing a lot of tool changes in that program, theorizes that either the first phase converter crapping out constantly damaged something, or all the spindle stops and starts so close together caused it to overheat. I wasn’t particularly comforted, but kept running with the new one.
Now, a couple months later it blows a second spindle amplifier. Different phase converter, and the machine had been sitting for about 3-4 hours while I played with some fixturing. I ran 3 cycles that were about 3.5 minutes each with 8 tool changes and then it threw this error in the middle of a tool change. The error code is:
SV0500.084 *SPINDLE SERVO ERROR (INTERNL.REGEN.RESIST.OVRHEAT)
The more senior Brother tech is not available until tomorrow, so I asked that we leave the machine down for a day until he is free to put a fresh set of eyes on it.
I just paid the 20% down on a second brother machine, R450x1, that is going to be delivered in about a week. I’m getting some nerves here. Our 6 HAAS machines are slower, but I haven’t had reliability issues with them. They have been great over the last 13 years. Brother machines are supposed to be so reliable, but this worries me.
Has anybody else seen anything like this happen?
Thanks,
Adam