How to conduct the motor swap test

Modified on Thu, 24 Jul at 12:16 PM

How to conduct the motor swap test

  1. Turn off the power to the entire setup.

  2. Disconnect all motor connections from all control boxes.

  3. Connect all connections of the "bad" motor to the port where the "good" motor was previously connected (the one that works properly). Connect it to the other control box (if you have an H6/P6) to rule out faults in the control box itself.
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  4. Turn on only the control box to which the "bad" motor is connected.

  5. Run SMC in Sine mode for 1 minute.

Please answer the following questions (Yes/No):

The test is to determine if the malfunction follows the motor or stays with the control box port.

  1. After turning it on, did the motor start rotating?

  2. When the motor started rotating, did it push the SFU away from itself toward the end of the SFU shaft? (This indicates the configuration is correct)

  3. After reaching the extreme point of the SFU shaft, did it return back?

  4. Upon return, did the SFU stop at 40 mm (+/- 5 mm) away from the support plate? (This indicates the encoder is working correctly)

  5. In Sine mode, does the green line move?

  6. In Sine mode, does the green line move together with the blue line?

Please also answer the same questions if you connect the "good" motor to the port where the "bad" motor was previously connected.
 All other motors must be disconnected from the control box. Only one motor should be connected during this test.

Last question: does the fault follow the motor? If so, it's a motor failure.

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