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
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 16 15:43:37 EDT 2024 | rup
Some of those older machines have a fuse behind the e-stop button.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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. ---