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Perverson

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Aug 24, 2019
Hello everyone,
I had a minor crash from which it resulted a big problem.
The sub-spindle collided with a tool post and now it is not centered with the main-spindle.
I've checked with 2 calibrated bars of 4 mm diameter and set them apart by 0.25 mm but I managed to insert a 0.6 mm plate between the bars, so they are approximately 0.35 mm apart.
Is there any way I can reset the machine to its factory reference points? It's hard to imagine the sub-spindle head shifted from its place from the collision, or did it ?!
I have attached two pictures showing the unalignment between the sub-spindle and backwork toolpost.
The machine is a Tornos Swiss Gt13 with Fanuc 32i
Is this an mechanical problem or can it be solved by reseting something.
 

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Yup, you need a full alignment. This can be compensated with the Grid Shift (at least, on my Citizens it can), but I wouldn't recommend it, that's a kludge, and if you hit it hard enough to knock it out this much, an alignment is the best fix.
 
If it has any taper pins I would pull them and re-align. Most likely they aren't parallel to each other anymore either. I'm not familiar with this machine but I would also check the alignment of the tool post, as a crash on a turret machine can easily move the curvic coupling.
 
I believe the sub on the GT13 moves in 3-axes.

If you chuck up a ground pin and there's no angular misalignment, it's possible one of the motor/ballscrew shaft couplings slipped. John Grimsmo has this machine and mentioned something like this happening recently in his podcast.

I had something similar happen on a linear pallet changer where overhanging fixtures collided and the coupling slipped. In my case it moved a lot more than .35mmm. The coupling was checked for tightness but not reassembled, and the actual fix was done strictly in software, by setting a new home position in the parameters. Took 15-30 minutes.

I bumped the subspindle on a "regular" lathe as well. No parts needed replacing, but there was angular misalignment which required a full realignment. Took an entire day.
 
Thank you for the replies.
The sub-spindle has 2 axis, X and Z and there's a tool post which gives it the 3rd axis Y.
The collision was done on a short distance with the Y tool post, about 20 mm, its hard for me to imagine it made this much damage but apparently it did.
I will talk with the supplier tomorrow...
 

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