Greetings Hardinge people,

We have a Hardinge HSC500 w/Fanuc18iM control bought as a demo from Hardinge
a few years ago. Recently I found that the waylube system is not working automatically.
The operator has to manually press the ON button on the waylube pump to lube the
linear guideways.

The documentation provided with the machine is rudimentary with not much information
about the waylube system other than a plumbing diagram. Trying to get information from
Hardinge is a meaningless exercise in futility. Nice machine - very crappy support.(I think
I'd have better luck calling the Pentagon and asking how to detonate a nuclear device.)

What I see in the dynamic ladder is that the waylube output is triggered by a counter. With
no address pages describing signals, I have no idea what the counter is counting. Most
waylube systems use ON TIME & OFF TIME timers to cycle the waylube pump.

Can someone advise what the counter is counting? (Servo ON time?)

Any helpful info will be appreciated.

emexcee380