Please give me some cnc mill retrofit guidance ?

[vail101]

    I have a large 12000 lb cnc mill i am starting to retrofit . st arrting with galil 1842 rev h ,icm 2900 ,contec p10-16/16t
(pci)  and Win/xp computer. machine has yaskawa spindle drive vs616gII , servo dynamics's sd360 drives ,indramat servoIIc motors and drc encoders .im wondering how much of a project to get this running. i have servos ,motors,limit swt and home switchs hooked to icm 2900.i dont know how much programming to galil or mach programming is necessary.
  I have been in cnc operator/programming /engineering for 40 yr. and had my own cnc shop with 5 cnc for 16 yr,repair my own machines down to replacing part/boards. done some basic and fanuc varb prgms. not sure i can handle some of what ive read here  in this form though. can you give me any help. is this a easier way to proceed or would camsoft be an easier or better option.

[HillBilly]

A good place to start would be to download the Galil Plugin PDF.

Up top go to DOWNLOADS / PLUGINS and scoll down untill you see the Galil section.

Darek

[vail101]

 ;)thankyou, ive read the galil plugin pdf .i understand about 50 pct but it was a good start. thankyou john

[ionsignal]

John,

How far have you gotten with your refit?  I've just started using mach3 on a Bridgeport Boss with steppers and want to upgrade to servos and a dmc-18x2 card.  I too have years in the shop programming and engineering and want to know how your doing.

Mark

[vail101]

hello,
in reguards to my progress on my milltronics retrofit. im  working by myself alone running 1-3 machines with not much time. business dropped off to a snale pace sooooooo.
trying to get resolvers wired up ,servos connected ,need to do electrics which is a major problem understanding how to connect them voa relays. thankyou john