How does the z-axis break work?

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I’m having a problem with this break I believe I put in a ticket but while I’m waiting patiently for a response I wanted to get a better understanding of how this works.

Basically with mine when I go up or down it gets stuck so I do get a little movement and then it gets stuck like the break releases and then closes before it finishes its move. After that move I’ll get a 9031 fault and I’ll have to reset I think that part of it is working the way it should

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The brake is on all the time unless it gets power from the controller, then it disengages. It only disengages on the first Z axis move after a reset/power-up. You can tell it’s disengaged by hearing a distinct metal “tink” sound.

On servos the Z axis can overpower the brake, but you’ll often get drive faults because of the drag.

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Yes the one thing I’m missing is the tink sound so I’ll let them know about that