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How to Slove Fanuc Drive Alarm 5?

MAR. 5, 2025

Fanuc machine tool maintenance master, most have dealt with Fanuc Drive Alarm 5. It is not like some cold faults, not even once in ten years, this thing in the machining center is “high-frequency frequent visitor”, especially in the old machine and heavy cutting conditions.
Alarm 5 means simply that the servo amplifier has detected overcurrent. That is to say, the motor current suddenly soared above the safe value, the system immediately cut off the output to protect the drive and motor not to be burned.

How to Slove Fanuc Drive Alarm 5?
Don't underestimate this alarm, if you don't deal with it in time, not only will the processing be interrupted, but you may also burn the IGBT module, blow a fuse, or even scrap a good amplifier.
 
Alarm 5 "true colors”
Alarm Code 5 of Fanuc servo amplifier is "overcurrent”. It is common in α series, β series and αiSV, βiSV series, such as αiSV 20/40/80, βiSV 10/20.
Whether you use a lathe, machining center, or other CNC equipment, as long as the Fanuc servo system, the trigger cause and troubleshooting ideas are similar.

Its trigger scenarios are roughly divided into three categories:

* Motor side of the real problem (winding short circuit, overload)
* Drive internal failure (module burn, board moisture)
* External conditions are not right (voltage instability, parameter setting)
 
A Few Typical Cases in the Field
I'll tell you a few I've encountered personally to sound more graphic.

a. The time the lathe jammed 
An old lathe, turning steel parts suddenly alarmed 5 and the spindle stopped instantly. Disassembled to see, the slide saddle rail oil dried up, movement resistance is scary, the motor can not push, the current rushed to the protection value.
Later clean up the guide, oil, and then adjusted the cutting parameters, before a complete solution.

b. Driver "bath” accident 
A customer factory humidity is particularly heavy, servo amplifier internal circuit board is full of condensation. Over time, the IGBT module directly short-circuit, just turn on the report 5. 
After replacing the module, we also added a dehumidifier in the cabinet, or else we will have to repair it again in a few months.

c. Pit of cable aging 
A five years have not changed the motor cable Liga, servo cable hardening and cracking of the outer skin, poor insulation, a vibration on the short circuit. After replacing the new line everything is normal, the customer exclaimed: "I should have known that a few hundred dollars of the line can save thousands of dollars in maintenance costs.”

Fanuc Alarm 5 Common Causes 
Combined with the field experience, I will give you the high incidence of causes according to the practical priority ranking, convenient for you to rank:

* Fanuc servo motor short circuit 
 The winding insulation is aging or damp, the resistance drops, and the current spikes abnormally high.
* Fanuc servo cable damage 
 Outer skin cracked, insulation layer damage, light is occasional alarm, heavy is the boot second report.
* Fanuc servo amplifier failure 
 IGBT/IPM module burned out, drive board moisture, solder joints welding.
* Unstable supply voltage 
 Grid fluctuation, transformer failure, filter capacitor aging.
* Mechanical overload 
 The silk rod is stuck, the guide rail resistance is big, the bearing is holding dead.
* Servo gain/current limit setting error 
 Gain is too high, the current limit value is set indiscriminately, resulting in false trigger protection.
 
Maintenance Master's Troubleshooting Steps
My own habits, is first "external fast row”, then "internal deep row”.

-1. Power off and wait. Turn off the main power and wait for more than 5 minutes to let the capacitor discharge completely. By the way, feel the temperature of the drive radiator, sometimes you can feel the traces of overheating.
-2. Look at the appearance. Motor, cable and drive to see if there are any burn marks, oil, or cracks.
-3. Measure the motor winding. Use a multimeter to measure the resistance of the three-phase winding, once the difference is large or close to the short-circuit value, the motor is basically declared "retirement”.
-4. Replace the wire test run. Spare line, directly change a cable to rule out the problem.
-5. Drive swap method. Have the same type of spare drive, change on the test machine, immediately be able to determine whether the drive body is bad or external reasons.
-6. Look at the parameters. Fanuc parameter page, check the current limit and servo gain, unreasonable directly restore the factory values.
 
Suggestions to Prevent the Problem from Occurring
* Do not replace motor and encoder wires until they are "out of gas”, but check them once every three to five years.
* Add dehumidifier or desiccant to the cabinet during rainy season or high humidity.
* Look at the load curve before large cutting, do not just increase the feed and depth of cut.
* Regularly blowing dust to clean the heat dissipation channel of the drive to prevent overheating.

Summary

Fanuc Alarm Code 5 is really overcurrent protection, but the reason behind it can be a combination of mechanical, electrical and even environmental issues. My experience is that, do not rush to dismantle the whole thing, first from the simple cable, load, environment row, seven or eight times out of ten can be quickly localized.

Really meet the internal module burned, then don't hard repair - looking for companies specializing in Fanuc drive repair such as us Songwei, save time and money.

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