Possible Causes Of Errors - HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 Service Manual

18.1.2 Possible causes of errors

July 2010
Contamination of the position encoder
Chips in the scale
Damage to the position encoder
Scanning head misaligned (parallelism, distance, etc.)
Roller bearing in scanning head defective
Cable damaged
Signal error caused by high frequency, strong magnetic fields, etc.
Penetration of humidity
Short circuit in cable or scanning head
Light unit defective (LED)
Strong machine vibrations
Interface on the control defective
Caution
The amplitude of the reference marks is not monitored!
For example, if a reference mark is contaminated and thus cannot be evaluated, with
distance-coded encoders a corresponding error message (e.g., Reference marks: Incorrect
spacing) is generated.
With encoders with one reference mark, an error message is not generated immediately.
The reference run is continued until, e.g., the axis hits a limit switch.
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