After having been in this business for longer than I care to think about, I find that upgrading is probably the most misunderstood and poorly approached action that people take with their machinery. People who will spend months analyzing the purchase of new equipment will launch into the upgrade of an existing piece of equipment… Read more »
Diagnostic messages from Indramat servo drives aren’t clear statements like “Overheating.” Instead, the messages are numerical codes. For example, the DIAX03 might share with you that it’s experiencing an F219 — a motor overtemperature shutdown. Yeah, there’s some overheating going on. Having a manual helps, and we’ll be happy to send you one. But even… Read more »
Industrial motion control, including servo motors and drives, are set up to stop if continuing to work would be dangerous to the machinery or to the people operating it. Fortunately, Rexroth Indramat drives don’t just stop and leave you wondering what’s going on. They communicate with you, sharing their inmost thoughts, or at least the… Read more »
People are pretty stupid sometimes. No matter how many times you warn them, tell them the disastrous repercussions, or post signs like this one to catch attention, they still do things that end up harming themselves or others. According to the National Safety Council, some 89% of workers ignore safety rules. We’ve made the point… Read more »
Error codes or fault codes in an Indramat or Rexroth drive start with different sets of letters. For instance, there’s F218, F219, and F220. But there’s also E250, E251, and E252. What’s the difference between the E and F groups? Think of the error codes that start with the letter F as standing for failure…. Read more »
F277 is a relatively low information error code, which is fine because there isn’t much you can do with it. The official description is “Current Measurement Trim Wrong”, which is pretty uninformative. The verbiage in the manual is not much more help. So what is that F277 error? The short answer is that F277 is… Read more »
There are two popular reasons to choose used components for your factory: It’s better for the environment. Creating new machines takes much more energy and raw materials than factory refurbishment. It saves money. Manufacturing is picking up in the U.S., but increased efficiency and cost control continue to be important. We’re in agreement, but we’d… Read more »
We get at least one call a week from some poor soul who has gotten a Rexroth Indramat error code F822 (error code 22 on Diax02, and F8022 on Indradrive). Unfortunately, we often get the call after the client has run off in the wrong direction, sometimes disastrously so. F822 is generated when the drive… Read more »
Summer brings us warm days, balmy nights — and heat related failures in Rexroth servo drives. The most common cause of heat-related problems with drives is the failure of the powered fan found on almost all drives and power supplies. This fan is typically on the underside of the drive, centered in depth on the… Read more »
The Rexroth Indramat TDM is a servo drive known for — and designed for — versatility. These low and medium power drives were perfect for motion control in automotive applications and for CNC (computer numerical control) machinery designed for metalworking and woodworking. These drives made possible a very high level of precision — far greater… Read more »
