I've been through all the manuals but have not been able to find out how to have our machine automatically shut down after the last sheet is processed.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Well, I spoke too soon.
Right after my last post I went to unload the laser and found that the beam was no longer enabled. The strange part is that the parts had finished cutting already. So the problem occurred after the fact.
Now I'm really confused.
The laser was in sequence 30.
That coloring on the steel could be a couple of things.
1. Red Oxide primer (as mentioned in an earlier post)
or
2. This steel may in fact be weathering steel (also known as Corten steel)
I wish I could help more, but that's all I've got.
Let me start by saying I am so happy that I stumbled upon this forum.
@Footstrap
I went through and tightened all of the mirror contact switches. I've run a few programs now without any interruption. Thank you kindly for the help.
@LASERNINJA
If I run into the problem again I will be sure to...
I will try to explain my problem as clearly as possible.
Until recently our LVD Orion 3015 Laser has been great. It is equipped with a Fanuc 2.5KW Resonator.
Now, when running a program at some point the beam will stop. The axis will continue to move and the program will continue to run but the...