JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
recent arrival for retrofit---which is around 75% complete
background---
this machine was sold by Dept of Defense around 2006--Ft Lewis
it was tagged "COSA" lathe in sales prospectus -no mention of Gildemeister---but in 1991 at Lewis
two similar lathes were sold at live auction-- they were cannibalized
however--I thought little of the poor ergonomics of these machines
original controls were Phillips 432 or as in the Trident sub Gildemeisters-
Fanuc lathe mate---Mate L
from the factory--control console was cantilevered off the outboard end of the carriage
several hundred pounds of leveraging weight torquing the carriage
the NEF 480 series machines were designed in 1975 --the headstock is IMO--the
last of the old school headstocks before general usage of frequency drives
this is apparent from the number of gear combinations and requirement for constant
input shaft speed for combined lube and hydraulic pressure pump function
spindle termination either DIN 550xx or -as in my unit---D1-6 camlock
more surprises under headstock hood-- comments later
this machine was delivered to the trident sub base around 1980
used with Fanuc Mate L control until 1997 at which time it was transported to Mechanicsburg, PA
for retrofit with Allen Bradley 9800 series control
looks to have had limited use after retrofit------- the company I bought it from machines
components for military drones--and they never put it under power
arrival pics
jh
background---
this machine was sold by Dept of Defense around 2006--Ft Lewis
it was tagged "COSA" lathe in sales prospectus -no mention of Gildemeister---but in 1991 at Lewis
two similar lathes were sold at live auction-- they were cannibalized
however--I thought little of the poor ergonomics of these machines
original controls were Phillips 432 or as in the Trident sub Gildemeisters-
Fanuc lathe mate---Mate L
from the factory--control console was cantilevered off the outboard end of the carriage
several hundred pounds of leveraging weight torquing the carriage
the NEF 480 series machines were designed in 1975 --the headstock is IMO--the
last of the old school headstocks before general usage of frequency drives
this is apparent from the number of gear combinations and requirement for constant
input shaft speed for combined lube and hydraulic pressure pump function
spindle termination either DIN 550xx or -as in my unit---D1-6 camlock
more surprises under headstock hood-- comments later
this machine was delivered to the trident sub base around 1980
used with Fanuc Mate L control until 1997 at which time it was transported to Mechanicsburg, PA
for retrofit with Allen Bradley 9800 series control
looks to have had limited use after retrofit------- the company I bought it from machines
components for military drones--and they never put it under power
arrival pics
jh
