Hey all. I'm having an issue that continues to keep happening with our CMM jog boxes. We have two small CMM's a performance and an image. The issue I'm having is that every few months or so when holding just the enable button on the jog box the machine will move the probe in the -Z- direction either up or down with using the joystick. I know how to reset the controller and it will go back to normal for a little while before reverting back to the old way. However, one machine has a much stranger issue. Same issue in the fact that it happens just by holding the enable button, but this one moves in the -X- and -Y- coordinate towards the back right of the machine. I cannot even reset the controller to stop it from happening. We have re ordered so many new jog boxes over the past year or two that it is becoming an issue. Now mind you these jog boxes are no mistreated or mishandled, I'm just not sure if it is a CMM problem or what? Any ideas...?
There's a copper ring under the stick. You can try cleaning that. It's been a while, but getting the old grease out of there helps sometimes.
New jog boxes cost $6200 or so.
Now, I'm not advising you to do this because of OSHA regulations, but X-Box controllers cost much less and can be adapted to run CMM machines with little effort...
There's a copper ring under the stick. You can try cleaning that. It's been a while, but getting the old grease out of there helps sometimes.
New jog boxes cost $6200 or so.
Now, I'm not advising you to do this because of OSHA regulations, but X-Box controllers cost much less and can be adapted to run CMM machines with little effort...
