Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 31 07:28:04 EDT 2008 | leemeyer
This sounds like a Quadalign problem. Upon startup the Quadalign system checks runout of the Z-rod and tries to find the tip of the nozzle. It will keep lowering the Z-rod and looking for the tip until it hits it's limit. Check and see if the Quadali
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 19 13:35:22 EDT 2004 | marc
Seeing a product such as this and thinking about simple engineering. Every lightning rod I have ever seen on a building, home, tower, etc... had this long metal device called a "conductive wire" that runs into the ground. I'll stick with the ligh
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 18 12:46:43 EDT 2011 | jdengler
In the center of the head shaft there is a rod that is used to flag 2 sensors at the top of the shaft. This lets the machine know when a nozzle is attached. Check that the sensors are working correctly and the rod moves freely. The sensors are fib
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 14 08:14:07 EST 2015 | ahanna
We have a Quad 4000c refurbished from PPM. I have worked with quads for many years and this one seems to bend Z-Rods more than usual. In the past few months we have gone through nearly 10 Z-Rods. This is getting expensive. This is happening during pr
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 20 16:24:19 EDT 2006 | bobpan
Larry, I would suggest not changing mod-codes on a machine that you dont know very well and that should solve the damaged z-rod problem. What you should do is get someone into your company to train you on the basic's of operating the machine. The $22
Electronics Forum | Fri May 09 05:09:41 EDT 2014 | col_d
We're having an intermittent fault with a QSV-1 where it will on occasions oscillate violently during a run and this usually results in 1 or both Z-rods being destroyed, along with the nozzle currently fitted. This has been on and off for the last 2
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 16 06:12:32 EDT 2015 | bobpan
The first thing to do is to change the z-rod. Sometimes a very old z-rod spring will weaken causing it to reject many parts. If it only rejects parts after a nozzle change....you may need to put some super lube grease on the O-rings on the bottom of
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 14 09:24:38 EST 2005 | Steve C.
Also check the z-rod and make sure it is not compressed.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 14 09:57:06 EST 2005 | Micheal
z-rod is in very good condition.
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 20 15:25:15 EDT 2006 | lheiss
Hey All, Thanks for all of your help to date. While running the nozzle height test I noticed that the Z-rod is bent. Probably happened after setting the "X closed loop soft home" back to 50 from 384 which was probably why the nozzle slammed into t
