First, he checked the tool. The carbide end mill was still sharp. Not that.
There.
"That's it," Dave muttered.
The bearing was dragging. The servo was pushing harder and harder to overcome the friction, and the encoder kept reporting, "Boss, I’m only at X=2.034, not 2.100 yet." After a few milliseconds of this argument, the Fanuc software pulled the plug. fanuc 224 alarm
The Fanuc controller booted with its familiar, almost gentle chime. Green lights. No red. First, he checked the tool