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- Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:47 am
- Forum: Success Stories
- Topic: CNC Lathe Machine Maintenance Trainer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2157
CNC Lathe Machine Maintenance Trainer
built this CNC Lathe Maintenance trainer for CNC maintennace short course.
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:58 am
- Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
- Topic: Oak for 5 Axis Machine
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1242
Oak for 5 Axis Machine
This is a training machine I built for students running on mach3. Replacing the controller to oak amd servo motors compatible with oak, is it feasible to upgrade this machine with cnc12 and Oak?
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
- Topic: Keep SimoDrive 611 ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3317
Re: Keep SimoDrive 611 ?
Hi! Got a VMC300 and trun 450 from emco and it uses simo drive 611, thinking of using oak controller. Reading on this thread made it seems to work, however having all the work related to it, would it be better to replace the servo drivers and motors? thanks... I don't have oak yet, so I dont fully u...
- Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:52 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1496
Re: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
Hi Marty, as of now some students are helping the trainers assigned in retrofitting as part of their training in mechatronics course. This year I am planning to offer a Basic CNC maintenance course and start with Centroid Acorn as the controller. We do not have this course in our country so I think ...
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1496
Re: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
Hi Marty, Yup I was able to reuse (saves lot of money) the original axis drives and motors. Also thanks for your help before specially in the tool changer for lathe 55.. I am from the philippines.. We have around 112 of these machine lathe and mill scattered to six of our regions. All machines are n...
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:48 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1496
Re: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
Still have plenty of machines to retrofit early next year. These machines are used for training
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:46 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1496
Re: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
As for now, I replaced the spindle head of the mill 125 by the mill 55 spindle head and using a generic 1hp vfd.
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:41 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1496
Emco VFD/Spindle Servo Driver
Hi everyone! Cheers! We were able to retrofit our Emco PC Mill 55 and Turn 55 thanks to this forum. Now I am switching to retrofit our Emco PC Mill 125 and Turn 125. I was able to utilizes the original axis drivers and components like power supply. I am at end yet again with the original emco VFD/sp...
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:52 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Output Configuration Acorn CNC12 Emco Mill 55
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3493
Re: Output Configuration Acorn CNC12 Emco Mill 55
The direction signal are reversed in connection. Try it out.
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:51 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Output Configuration Acorn CNC12 Emco Mill 55
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3493
Re: Output Configuration Acorn CNC12 Emco Mill 55
mdhubilla, If you were able to post the connection pinouts going into the EMCO pc55 mill servo driver card when the system crashed it took that away. When you have time please post again. THANKS Hello, sorry for the delay , here are the pinouts. please see attached pictures. The pinouts written in ...