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    fanuc 14

    i am going to take a look at a old cnc three axis wood router with a fanuc 14 controller. has anyone ever seen one this old. lol. i dont know what series it is yet, however, i will let you guys know. do you think there is any type of support left on this controller or is it too old to mess with. thanks for any help


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    never heard of a 14? got any pics?


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    Me either. 3,6,10,11,12, 15,16,18,20,21 and a few others..


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    Perhaps it is because it has the digit 4 in it, 4 & 9 are considered very unlucky in Japan.
    There is no system 4 or 19 either.
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    we had some Matsuura's with 9M controls- mdi/crt kinda looked like a 6, but everything about that control looked unlike any Fanuc I'd ever seen- had a chassis type rack with a bunch of cards- looked more like a old GE or something...I often wondered if back in the GN days if maybe the 9 was actually a sinumeric based control or something? know it was weird looking compared to any other Fanuc in that era.


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    The FS9 was a designed for MC only; it had optional tracing and was more like a FS12. They are not very common; most of the ones I have worked on were installed in Cincinnati or SNK machines. They were made by Fanuc, GN was just for North American marketing of Siemens/Fanuc.
    The Fanuc controls I know of are: 200, 3000, 2,3,5~12,15,16,18,20,21.
    Our BMU replacements work on the FS9.


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    I seem to recall Dan Fritz here mentioning the 'bad luck' numbers the reason for Fanuc not using them, he was a previous Fanuc engineer.
    I see Nipon Airlines do not use these seat #'s on their aircraft.
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    There is no FANUC 14, however, some machine tool builders re-label the control to their own numbers. The best way to check is view the startup screen, the software number can be used to determine the control series.

    There is nothing sinister about FANUC control numbers, the first in a series 10, 18, 30 at the number of years FANUC was in business when that control was released.

    FANUC will support all their products, no matter how old. Why don't you ask for a control assesment from FANUC, so you know what you are getting into.


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