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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: ? Big Bed Mill Retrofit

« on: March 15, 2011, 12:12:55 AM »

Here is a picture of the mystery machine. With the description above, anybody recognize the manufacturer? Any comments on first post?

Morris

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / ? Big Bed Mill Retrofit

« on: March 14, 2011, 01:30:29 AM »

 I have a big 3 axis 7,000 lb circa 1985 bed mill (wish I knew the manufacturer--if you know-tell me) with a Dynapath 10 (the one you cant drip feed long programs to), 10hp 3000rpm spindle, brushed servo dynamic servos with servo dynamic drives and a 12 tool umbrella/arm atc (not working because missing some kind of sensor to detect tool position). I just purchased a galil 1740 for the retrofit project. I assume i need a galil 1900 and scsi100 cable next. I assume i can use a modio to talk to the omron plc of the toolchanger and add another modio for a pendant. I could use the 4th axis for the spindle but wanted to reserve it for future rotary table. Is ther another way to operate the spindle?

The tool changer is missing some kind of sensor above the slitted encoder disk. There is a 8 conducter wire with nowhere to plug it in. Can someone recognise this changer or what might be missing. Tool changer brand is Boston Motion. It has a pneumatic arm and movement. See pictures below (Ill have better ones tomorrow). Also any comments are welcome as I am all new to this.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: March 05, 2011, 07:16:16 PM »

My name is Morris. Been monitoring for a while but just now registered. I run a Granite importing/distribution business but my hobby is being an inventor. I have a big 3 axis 7,000 lb circa 1985 bed mill (wish I knew the manufacturer) with a Dynapath 10 (the one you cant drip feed long programs to), 10hp 3000rpm spindle, brushed servo dynamic servos with servo dynamic drives and a 12 tool umbrella/arm atc (not working because missing some kind of sensor to detect tool position). I just purchased a galil 1740 for the retrofit project. I assume i need a galil 1900 and cable next...I also have a 5000 lb Tree lathe but don't think Ill be retrofitting it. Look forward to a lot of advice. I'm mechanically coordinated but the atc looks like it may be difficult to implement since I'm not much of a programmer.