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Universal Instruments - Radial 5 - Interlock Failure When Turning Key

Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 16 01:02:27 EDT 2024 | lukejk95

Hello, We have a Radial 5 machine from Universal Instruments and every time I turn the Interlock Bypass key to disengage the Interlock Bypass and run at full auto, my machine will act as if a cover or an interlock is not being made. All 13 covers ar

Universal Instruments - Radial 5 - Interlock Failure When Turning Key

Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 16 15:43:37 EDT 2024 | rup

Some of those older machines have a fuse behind the e-stop button.

Universal Instruments - Radial 5 - Interlock Failure When Turning Key

Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 17 13:31:03 EDT 2024 | poly

Voyager and the uic site has diagrams for the safety systems. There's often interlocks on weird stuff, like for me it was a feeder bank sensor was loose.

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 14:03:53 EDT 2007 | slthomas

Radial Leads (I've had IIs, IIIs, and Vs) do the job nicely, but they need weekly maintenance to keep them running. I don't know if you can get parts for them or not if you're not registered with UIC, but you WILL need parts for it. You will need al

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 11:39:46 EDT 2007 | jdengler

Did you buy this from an equipment dealer or an end user? If you bought it from an equipment dealer and they said manuals included I would call them daily with questions that a manual would probably provide until they give up and send you manuals.

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 11:15:29 EDT 2007 | gmoritz

We just obtained a Radial 5 Inserter with no documentation on how to run the software or to operate the machine. All I have is some hastily handwritten notes from the limited instructions that the installer gave me. Does anyone know anyone who has

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 02 22:33:24 EDT 2007 | simsj

We've had some experience with Universal's machines as well. Aside from the mechanical problems you're experiencing, that level of control hardware is susceptible to power spikes/fluctuations. Save yourself some trouble later on and get a good UPS.

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 23 12:31:03 EDT 2007 | gmoritz

Have you tried running it in step mode? Yes, and more. The installer asked me to run a few tests: 1> Intentionally make the machine miss insert a part then put a part in manually to see how the leads align to the cutter head. 2> Push the re

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 06 11:58:48 EDT 2007 | gmoritz

Do you have BEC (Board Error Correction) > on that machine, and if so, did they > give you the alignment plate for it? I don't know if we have BEC on the machine. I can't even search the 550 page manual that was finally sent to us in a pdf file

Universal Instruments Radial Inserter

Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 30 16:21:33 EDT 2007 | gmoritz

I'll respond to this one since it is the most poignant post in this thread: ------------------------------------------------------ Most of what follows is common sense, but sometimes we need to get grounded to remember these common sense things. ---

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