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Anyone with ideas or know the best chemicals to remove corrosion and rust from an older CNC lathe Turret.

Lots of corrosion and rust where the coolant has been.(heres a photo) 505326

Any help...

No, the Flange 10 and pipe 11 is still on , but i cant see how they would attach or keep the turret from separating.

Further inspection and the taper pins or where they go i cant see any thread so...

Great information , thank you
I will have another look today, I can't say I saw any thread where the taper is / was But will take a better look.
Once I start getting to the pieces all will become...

Looks like the taper Pins are not there, very hard to tell. Are taper pins hollow ? generally ?
I can stick a 6mm drill through the hole.
But when looking at the hole can see like a bush inside ?...

I have managed to find a Diagram of the turret.

Can anyone give me ideas as to how i take off the TURRET ( rotary carousel that holds all the tools).
I have attached a photo of the Turret and a...

On one of the pages it shows switch positions. ie. On or off
There are 12 tools and seven switches
That work on a cam system ..

It's a 80s machine

I think I'll pull the turret off as I'm...

Anyone have a okuma LB 10 Parts manual ?

Id like to see the Turret in an exploded view , just see what im dealing with .........

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Thanks , but the indexing is not stable
It's all over the place
I put 7 x new limit switches, as on the diagnostic page it showed one was sticking ....I think the clamping switch
So I decided...

Any ideas how i adjust limit switches ? I ended up buying all new switches but the machine is not indexing right for the correct tool.

ANY help ??? where should i start ?

i noticed in the manuals theres two bolts/screws ( valves) that adjust the turrent speed and clamping speed.
Any ideas as to how or what's the best why to adjust?

Ok
So i fixed it . I had one of the limit switches reversed. Hard to explain but i took each one apart to check if they were work and one of them i reversed the body part.

Anyway its fixed now ,...

Yes removed the front plate , didn't look to bad but was small signs of corrosion

I checked the hydraulic motor which was fine.

How can i unclamp ?

Its a LB 10 with OSP 5000 L

Here is the error and a picture of the 7 switches500758500760

Thanks guys for the help ....

Ok , further to this problem

Have managed to move the turrent

Ps can't see how to attach photos on my phone
I think it was one of the position switches ..as...

Sorry maybe I used wrong words
Has 12 x rotary tool changer I call it ATC ....
It's an old LB10 okuma lathe ...

I will look at the limit switches today ....

Does anyone have a schematics for...

Ok , problem us back
I replaced the solenoids , so has to be hydraulic motor ....anyway to test this ? Or what's next step ,any help would be great
Thanks

Those following ..................
Fixed :)
Very Big thanks to [email protected]

907 Parameters not enabling 4th Axis
so it should look like 01001100

2 Axis control, 3 simultaneous...

sorry not sure why all the question marks ........lol I think fat fingers or emoj or something.
Also i cant edit the post , not sure why

Anyway just sent you an email, very grateful for this...

Thanks for this ....????????

I havnt downloaded the 900 parameters before ...will need to find out how to do this ...
Will try later ...thank you

It's all been installed , just I can't see
How to get it operating ....
The screen only shows 3 x axis....
But guy I bought it from was using the 4 axis

Hi All,
Is there such a parameter that enables the 4th axis with Fanuc OM controller ?as I cant see any physical switch that turns on A axis
Also ,On the screen it doesn't show a A axis position...

I found the problem......::banana:
was a dicky feed rate jog switch
who would of thought.

thank you for your help

I good suggestion for others with weird issues , try every switch ...:)

Thanks for your reply , that's helped me understand a few things

But it's not the z axis moving ...
It's I believe the tool changer arm not in correct position that's not allowing the program to...

Hi everyone.

Looking at how i can see if the auto tool changer arm is at its home position via the diagnostics screen ??

Its a 1989 Kiwa excel 810 machine VMC running Fanuc OM
Any gcode /...

Next question.
Been using the conversational part to do all our jobs , but have just a job that i need to do it from fusion 360.
The 8055 controller software is old i think , Version 12.08 ( not...

Thanks for your reply , been away. Just back last week.

I figured it out , took me awhile.
We had changed extension cords and they were wired differently , so the pump was running backwards.\...

need to fix this first , only got it on start up today ?
Any ideas ???
The lube tank i filled up , wasn't empty and there's pressure

PLC: 0005 5 S LUB PRESSURE DOWN


pressing ESC or main...

ok , will have a look.
The machine now has a 4 x way auto turrent so im assuming that there's inputs going back to the controller to tell it to stop etc.

I will do a bit more investigation , not...

ok Thanks, how do i tell how many outputs or inputs on the axes card i have?