Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 14 00:04:50 EDT 2002 | lysik
Just to let all the folks no. If you register (and pay the fee) a machine with any (OEM) company in the USA You have the same rights as a new user. Companies like UIC, Gen Rad, Agilent, etc came up with these fees to discourage buying used equipment.
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 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 Mar 08 08:59:22 EST 2018 | reckless
It seems Universal Instruments is local to me but I have heard the gsms are maintenance proned. I found one with a brand new head and upgraded camera for $5k. Even if I spend $5k in repairs I'm still ahead. Juki seems to dominate east and west coa
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 23 11:06:43 EDT 2007 | gmoritz
Steve Thomas: Thank you for the well-written, helpful explanations. Fastek: You must be an accountant. Your advice was totally correct, but of absolutely no use whatsoever. Why even post it? I was basically told; Suprise! You are in charge of o
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 Aug 27 16:51:14 EDT 2007 | gmoritz
I'm updating this thread and replying to the first post in the thread due to the annoying tendency for later posts to get indented to the point that you can only put one or two words per line. Our Rad 5, hit the skids again for the last couple of w
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 30 15:28:25 EDT 2007 | gmoritz
I'm posting a diary of the major repair experience that we had this weekend. I'll follow up with a shorter post that sort of summarizes a few things. ------------------------------------------------ The service guys showed up at our facility about
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