Emco Padovani E260 Fagor 8055T control.

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Is there anyone who knows anything about the Fagor 8055T control on Emco lathes? I've had the machine for a while now, and it has never worked properly. It does all sorts of strange things, flashes up warnings about events that have not occurred, won't feed in X due to apparent software limits exceeded, the list goes on.

I don't know anything about the Fagor Control but I'm not so sure your problem is the Control.? If these errors are Phantom's and the control is reporting these has external control errors like Limit's etc then it's more likely electro/mechanical than software.

Electrical noise (EMF) is major problem for any CNC machine and if your machine is suffering form poor grounding or working on a noisy eletrical line it will be affected by strange random happenings.

Essentially the Controller does just that and controls or responds to external devices ie: Servos, limits, sensors etc. So provided it's got the correct parameters setup and turns on then they usually work fine and often these kind of problems come from faulty sensors/wires etc sending false reports back.
So If the machine is old then wiring could be a problem so checking all cable connections, esp the Ground and shield wires is a good place to start.

Shame your not closer otherwise I'd have come take a look for you.!! . . . Sorry can't help more but Good luck tracking down.!