Hey Guys
I"m considering a Retrofit for my 1978 Howa with a Fanuc 5T,12" chuck that I bought new.The machine is still in great shape mechanically ,just controller died last year .I had 3 different Techs work on it and 5K later it is still dead.I bought a new ST 20 Haas with 8" chuck earlier this year ,which is better suited for most of my work.It does a super job
running 12' bar stock 3/4-2" dia. The Howa I could still use as a backup and I have some jobs up to about 8" dia.
Yes I could take the 20-25 Grand and get a later model running ,but it could also be a problem also I have 38 years of tooling and programming
for it and it is wired and in place. I'm a little partial to it ,having run it for about 10 yr after I bought it.
The only controllers that I have seen that seem to be able to do the job are Centroid,MachMotion and Seimens. Any Others out there?I would need a turnkey as we have very little electrical experience.
If you have done a Retrofit please share your experience.
Thanks for any help
I did a Centroid on a Bridgeport Boss about 15 years ago and it was a POS. It cost me about a $1000 a year to keep it running,which was OK but the down time would hurt. I upgraded it to a PC based controller about 5 years ago and it has been running every day with no problems .
I"m considering a Retrofit for my 1978 Howa with a Fanuc 5T,12" chuck that I bought new.The machine is still in great shape mechanically ,just controller died last year .I had 3 different Techs work on it and 5K later it is still dead.I bought a new ST 20 Haas with 8" chuck earlier this year ,which is better suited for most of my work.It does a super job
running 12' bar stock 3/4-2" dia. The Howa I could still use as a backup and I have some jobs up to about 8" dia.
Yes I could take the 20-25 Grand and get a later model running ,but it could also be a problem also I have 38 years of tooling and programming
for it and it is wired and in place. I'm a little partial to it ,having run it for about 10 yr after I bought it.
The only controllers that I have seen that seem to be able to do the job are Centroid,MachMotion and Seimens. Any Others out there?I would need a turnkey as we have very little electrical experience.
If you have done a Retrofit please share your experience.
Thanks for any help
I did a Centroid on a Bridgeport Boss about 15 years ago and it was a POS. It cost me about a $1000 a year to keep it running,which was OK but the down time would hurt. I upgraded it to a PC based controller about 5 years ago and it has been running every day with no problems .