Hey everyone, Just wanting to let you guys know that my employer is going to be scrapping a hitachi seiki VA-45 VMC. It has a Fanuc 11m control with Fanuc DC servos. I know the Z axis servo is a 20M, not sure on the others. Machine is 40 taper and has toolchanger, coolant, chip auger. The machine was purchased in 1986 IIRC and has remained with my employer in service until last week. The Z axis began to give troubles, machine stopped and in jogging / homing attempts the axis will sit still then jump .100 or more, then sit again. I dont know if it's a problem in the servo amp or the control, the spindle also won't turn on while it's uncooperative. After sitting ~20 hours, it will start up and run fine for an hour or so, I figure as a failing component somewhere heats up it decides to stop working.
Boss said he might sell it whole or pull the motors, drives and possibly control to sell seperately. I know that in the past he's sold them for near scrap steel prices, but considering the prices he was quoted for replacement parts, he might sell the motors and electronics to other people with same machines. I would think this would be a great start for an EMC machine either way, and if it had new servos put on it should be a super-solid machine. It's sad that the oldest machine they have has givin the least problems of all of them, but it's finally getting to the point where no more money can be put into it. I havnt personally inquired too much because I already bought the last one to go, and have nowhere this big beast would fit. If anyone is interested let me know and I will pass along phone numbers. Also, A buyer would be responsible for pickup and transport, and it's a machine we have to use a ladder to get to the Z motor... so professional level services will probably be required. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
