Now here is the deal, a friend of mine has gotten this old CNC mill for about 2500 usd, given it's 8 tons of weight is not that far off from its scrap value if disassembled.
now the problem is this, the mechanical parts, axis etc are working , the three servo motors are in ok condition, the main spindle motor is also working.
the cnc doesn't have it's original controller box only the power supply and the individual axis drive/motor power boards of which there are three.
Since I haven't gone into much deeper reading and have yet to see the cnc itself fully my question then is this, is it possible to get a main controller (modern one with all kinds of connections ) and have it work with the original motor drive blocks and motors or would it be much easier to simple get a new controller together with the axis motors and their drive units and just keep the spindle motor original since that doesn't have any position readouts etc and is just a motor.
the original motors on this cnc are DC permanent magnet servo motors with the main spindle motor being rated for 14kw and each of the axis servo motors about 2/3 or something kw.
purely in physical terms they are quite large and heavy.
they are manufactured by Indramat which is a German company
indramat mdc 9.30b - Google Search
here is their model name.
Ok I guess i'll leave it here for my first post and let's see some of your answers.
now the problem is this, the mechanical parts, axis etc are working , the three servo motors are in ok condition, the main spindle motor is also working.
the cnc doesn't have it's original controller box only the power supply and the individual axis drive/motor power boards of which there are three.
Since I haven't gone into much deeper reading and have yet to see the cnc itself fully my question then is this, is it possible to get a main controller (modern one with all kinds of connections ) and have it work with the original motor drive blocks and motors or would it be much easier to simple get a new controller together with the axis motors and their drive units and just keep the spindle motor original since that doesn't have any position readouts etc and is just a motor.
the original motors on this cnc are DC permanent magnet servo motors with the main spindle motor being rated for 14kw and each of the axis servo motors about 2/3 or something kw.
purely in physical terms they are quite large and heavy.
they are manufactured by Indramat which is a German company
indramat mdc 9.30b - Google Search
here is their model name.
Ok I guess i'll leave it here for my first post and let's see some of your answers.