Servo Drive and Spindle Drive Faults in Deep Hole Drilling

Drive faults on deep hole drilling machines stop production immediately and can be difficult to diagnose if you do not know what to check. The typical symptoms are an alarm on the CNC display, a drive module showing a red fault LED, or an axis that refuses to move. I have worked through servo drive faults on Fanuc, Siemens, and Mitsubishi systems, and the diagnostic approach is mostly the same regardless of the brand. ...

June 11, 2026 · Engineer at the Deep Hole