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pls Help! - Z-Stepper fails

Posted by FastFlyingFox 
pls Help! - Z-Stepper fails
March 28, 2014 04:01PM
Hi Group!

After approx. 20 happy printing hours my RS-Ormerod #470 has its first serious problem. The Z-Stepper motor has no power anymore. Under little load it makes a crunchy noise and only jitters.

pls see the vid on youtube: [youtu.be]

somebody has any suggestions? open and cleaning? driver problems? ...?

thank you in advance!
georg
Re: pls Help! - Z-Stepper fails
March 28, 2014 05:32PM
First, check that you have not inadvertently set the Z motor stepper current too low with the M906 command that you probably have in config.g.

Next, you need to establish whether it is the motor, the driver on the Duet board, or the wiring in between that is the problem. You can do this by swapping motors and/or connections. You can also test the stepper windings and the wiring loom with a multimeter.



Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].
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