Re:CHNC-1 Retrofit & Upgrades

Here are some inprogress pics of our CHNC1

old control was Simens 810T , plc on it fell over with a memory problem so EMC will take over will be our 4th /4rd lathe now

we are chaning the old DC motors to AC 1kw setup and upping its speed alittle also on X and Z
also chanign the turret from Air motor to servo driven so quite abit of mods etc to happen on the turret side

machine with new monitor fitting 17"

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Photo of the servo that will drive the turret when finished, mounting housing made
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PC & Mesa hardware nearly finished mounting
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Spindle , relays etc
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rob

Hi Rob,

Nice! Be making chips soon on that one.

John

just a little update.. while eating me Turkey sarnies i did abit more on the old CHNC conversion


PC Board fitted, Mesa brakeouts and made a IO panel for all wires coming in
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after abit of modding and making brackets X motor Fitted, Air feed pipes fitted to new block for turret lift.
1:1 belt gearing
much more todo yet

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Close fit on X motor but we got it in there.. had to modd the Lube feed block to get full travel
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fitted all drives and nearly finished up doing the interface wiring now
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I like how you did the Honda plugs, real neat install. Can't ever get all the chips out can you...

Looking real good, be in production soon I'd bet.

John

here is a nice video of it in action doing a simple little job

I love it when a plan comes together... looking good Rob. Love the coolant color can't tell if you've cut yourself or not.

John