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Backlash compensation is used after the gib and angular contact bearings have been adjusted to less than .001” of lost motion.
Use the “ADMIN “ADMIN SET_AXIS_BACKLASH” BACKLASH” command in the MDI line to apply backlash compensation. Use X/Y/Z following the command to indicate the axis to apply backlash compensation to and a number following the axis to indicate the amount of compensation to apply. Compensation is limited to .005” per axis.
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The “ADMIN “ADMIN GET_AXIS_BACKLASH” BACKLASH” command will display the current amount of backlash for each axis. The “ADMIN “ADMIN RESET_AXIS_BACKLASH” BACKLASH” command will reset the backlash values of all axes to 0.
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