Dear fellows
I recently aquired an mazak ace manual lathe. The first thing that struck me on this machine is that the electrical motor have a direct start- there is no star/delta or softstart system- and it pulls around 63Ampere on startup (3phase,230v). In regards to this i was wondering if other users have experienced this, and how was it solved ?.
The second thing, is the wirebrake on the motor, in order to rapidly stop the chuck from rotating there is a mechanical brakesystem. I want to get rid of this and was thinking about building an electrical brake- by changing the wiring to the motor in order to slow it down- so how about this guys, any thoughts or doable solutions ?
The third thing is documentation and manuals for the machine- unfortunately the local agent have only some gearbox documentation, i have also looked through the net without luck. i would like to have a user and service manual.
Thanks for taking the time to respond
I recently aquired an mazak ace manual lathe. The first thing that struck me on this machine is that the electrical motor have a direct start- there is no star/delta or softstart system- and it pulls around 63Ampere on startup (3phase,230v). In regards to this i was wondering if other users have experienced this, and how was it solved ?.
The second thing, is the wirebrake on the motor, in order to rapidly stop the chuck from rotating there is a mechanical brakesystem. I want to get rid of this and was thinking about building an electrical brake- by changing the wiring to the motor in order to slow it down- so how about this guys, any thoughts or doable solutions ?
The third thing is documentation and manuals for the machine- unfortunately the local agent have only some gearbox documentation, i have also looked through the net without luck. i would like to have a user and service manual.
Thanks for taking the time to respond