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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Shizuoka AN-S Retrofit
« on: July 21, 2011, 01:31:34 PM »
Hi Group,
First off, thank you to all of you who post on this forum. I would never have considered this project if I hadn't spent the last few months reading all these great threads about what you guys do.
My friend Jon and I just bought an early '80's vintage Shizuoka knee mill with an AB 8400MP controller. The CNC stuff was apparently fit up by an outfit called Hasbach. The controller still runs and the x,y,and z all run smooth. While the old AB might still be serviceable, I want to convert to Mach immediately.
I think the original DC Servos will be good enough to get us going, the only problem is I can't tell what they are. Whoever painted the machine last destroyed any traces of motor id tags. Here is what I know about them.....They have 4 brushes, they measure 5.0" O.D. , 14.85" long with cover on, 10.40" long with cover off. The motor power wires appear to be 18 or 20 gauge. They have been retrofitted with accu-coder digital encoders made in 1993. They are currently running up to 90volts from the AB system. Does anyone recognize these servos??
Thanks!
Brendon
First off, thank you to all of you who post on this forum. I would never have considered this project if I hadn't spent the last few months reading all these great threads about what you guys do.
My friend Jon and I just bought an early '80's vintage Shizuoka knee mill with an AB 8400MP controller. The CNC stuff was apparently fit up by an outfit called Hasbach. The controller still runs and the x,y,and z all run smooth. While the old AB might still be serviceable, I want to convert to Mach immediately.
I think the original DC Servos will be good enough to get us going, the only problem is I can't tell what they are. Whoever painted the machine last destroyed any traces of motor id tags. Here is what I know about them.....They have 4 brushes, they measure 5.0" O.D. , 14.85" long with cover on, 10.40" long with cover off. The motor power wires appear to be 18 or 20 gauge. They have been retrofitted with accu-coder digital encoders made in 1993. They are currently running up to 90volts from the AB system. Does anyone recognize these servos??
Thanks!
Brendon