Hi All,
Thanks for all the help.
I had someone from Melco on the line and sure enough we found
that when we tried to move the Z rod like Jeff explained
that it wouldn't move.
So upon further inspection we found a good hunk of thread caught in the bobbin
pieces that kept it from rotating. It was suggested after cleaning the area out
as best I could to take rubber gloves and manhandle the rod until I could rotate the problem area
to an accessible point for cleaning. took some work since I can barely get one hand in there
and clenched around the rod , but we got it out and cleaned.
Now the problem is that I didn't think to reset the design so when I took the machine back online it immediately tried to change colors while the needle was slightly down and now is locked up with a "color change tracking error. or is it Stepper error? anyway I can still rotate the rod freely now and can move the needle up and down and even have reset the design but am stuck since the machine won't respond to anything with that error message. I guess tomorrow I'll make a phone call and see what I can do with it.
Thanks again all who helped, now to get it back on the color track!
Ron Vinyard Body Cover / Magic Stitches 1-888-435-0176 541-471-1504 fax 471-0427
420 SW H street Grants Pass, OR 97526
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.bodycoverdesign.com
Hi Rod,
First thing to do is to see if you can manually rotate the Z Axis. Push in the E-Stop, then reach in underneath the main sewing head, there is a large cut out area you can reach up into, and there is a long shaft that is the Z Shaft, with the E-Stop in, rotate the metal shaft, it should rotate fairly easy. Turn it until the needle bar goes up and the take-up lever is in line with the rest of the take-up levers. Release the E-Stop, it will either go to head up on its own, or you should be able to go to Maintenance, and do a Head Up. You should now be able to get it to go to head up. If it does not rotate easily when manually rotating it, then there is thread wrapped up inside the hook or perhaps behind it that is part of the result of the birds nest.
Let me know what you find...
Jeff Banks Melco Embroidery Systems
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Subject: [amayausers] Z axis error
Hi all, Especially any tech types that may be reading. My operator just informed me that he had a birdnest issue when I got back from the bank. but know the needle (12) has dropped down halfway and won't lift up. I've tried the emergency stop and I've tried the maintenance tab and tried the head up and head down buttons with no avail.
It clicks and sounds like a solenoid is trying to activate it the needle bar, but isn't lifting it.
Any ideas or is it Call Melco time??
Suddenly I got a glitch minutes later in another machine. We couldn't sew anything, it just streams thread as soon as the start button is pushed. Had my operator baffled! I looked at all the usuals and didn't see any problems until I looked at the computer and noticed the screen was knocked out and could see parts of the background in my Amaya OS. then I looked at the thread feed. which hadn't been adjusted and it was 4357!! talk about feeding thread!!
Can't adjust it everything is goofy so we are shutting down and resetting. This computer is a stand alone just for the Amaya OS and runs nothing else and has no network or internet connections.
Just my lucky day!! If anyone has any ideas what to look for with the needle bars let me know, I am mechanically inclined so I can tear into and put back together so I am ready for my challenge.
Thanks in advance!
Ron Vinyard Body Cover / Magic Stitches 1-888-435-0176 541-471-1504 fax 471-0427
420 SW H street Grants Pass, OR 97526
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.bodycoverdesign.com