Hey everyone, long story short my employer is replacing a hitachi seiki VA-45 vertical mill, and would like to sell it. Boss said he is willing to part it out or sell whole, and i suggested that someone on the mailing list might be interested in it for a retrofit. The machine is still operating with the original fanuc control and is still in service, but is having a problem with drifting about .010 after an hour of running, .020 after an hour and a half. Basically we've been shutting down and restarting the machine every hour to keep the parts within tolerance.
The machine has fanuc DC servos, but they might be pulled off and the machine sold without servos or amps, but the VFD and spindle will still be original and in tact. Also has tool changer, coolant, chip auger, full shields... it looks similar to the mazak that was retrofitted at fest. The buyer of the machine would be responsible for getting the machine from the parking lot of the shop to wherever they'll be taking it. If interested I could find the contact info for the local place that has unloaded the new haas's from the trucks for us, but as I recall it was a few hundred dollars to move the smaller hitachi seiki that I bought over a year ago from them onto a trailer. I would buy this machine too, but I'm wayy too broke and already have one retrofit in progress that's moving very slowly mostly due to funds and time. Doing a quick google search, I found this link to a machine that looks identical, but seems to be missing all of the shielding and coolant tank. http://www.machineco.com/1899_Mach_Center_Hitachi-Seiki_VA-45.htm Please keep in mind that the machine has been in service almost daily for 20 years, the paint looks a whole lot worse than the one pictured. To my knowledge backlash isnt a problem, but at the same time I've never seen this machine mill a circle to show how bad it really is. I should be able to get some pictures monday if anyone wants to see it. If interested contact me and I can relay info / phone numbers. I'm not sure what he's looking to get out of it, when he brought it up to me he mentioned Ebay, so I'm pretty sure any reasonable offer will be considered. I'm hoping to see someone get this and retrofit it, It would be good to see another machine like the mazak for people to reference :-D I nearly forgot to mention WHERE in ohio, it's in Mansfield ohio, 44902, just off of state rt. 13. It's maybe a little closer to cleveland than columbus, but its in between them. If you have any questions, please ask away and i'll try to answer them the best I can. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
