On 07/15/2020 03:08 PM, Todd Zuercher wrote:
Would this machine look like a good candidate for a Linuxcnc retrofit?
https://hgrinc.com/productDetail/CNC/Used-Mori-Seiki-Mori-Seiki-Mv4540-CNC-VMC/01200900001/
Anyone familiar with these, are there a good reasons not to buy it? (Or good
reasons to buy it?)
Is this a good price? I don't see a year, but guessing it's from the late 1980s.
Well, it has a Fanuc control. The servo amps are pretty
proprietary, although Mesa may have a way to interface with
them. Pico Systems (that's me) can convert the Fanuc serial
encoders to look like
ordinary quadrature encoders with commutation. Assuming it
has Fanuc red cap motors, they are very good. The tool
changer is always the most difficult part. Also, if the
tool changer is hydraulic, that can be a nightmare, as well
as power-hungry and noisy.
Jon
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