For others to see for future potential failures. regards, Mike -----Original Message----- From: jmarvin@flowcity.bsd.uchicago.edu [mailto:jmarvin@flowcity.bsd.uchicago.edu] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:42 AM To: cyto-inbox Subject: Re: ACDU motor Thank you so much. I had taken the whole thing apart and switched electric boards, switched motors and everything. I finally got it working again but when I put it back together it would slam against the back wall. I checked that interupter and the problem was that when I put it back together I had rotated that plug. I just love this email service. Have a great day Marv Quoting xyinc3@frii.com: > Hi Marv, > > My suggetion would be to check the interupter module on the bottom. I have > seen them go out and it does not see that it has reached the end so it > grrrrinnnddsss into the side wall. It does not know that it should stop > moving. > > There are two of them. One for X and one for Y directions. They are located > > underneath the ACDU and are similar to the technology where a light beam is > produced across a gap. When a fin that is mounted to the stage goes into the > > path, it then knows it has reached the end point and stops the motors. > > I have seen this many times. Check that a wire has not broken or fallen off > > the module as well. > > good luck, > > Mike Evans > XY Inc. > > > > Hello > > I'm sorry I have turned this awesome email service into a salvage yard > > but!!!! One of the step-motors that moves the ACDU tray on our Facstar + > has > > recently gotten really loud and is not moving properly. I keep getting > an > > error that says the tray has timed out. I was wondering if anybody has one > of > > these motors in their lab collecting dust that they would like to sell. > > > > Thanx in advance marv > > > > >
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