Originally Posted by
sneakym8
I know the difference between the 5m/5t control, i dont think dave was talking of using the control,just the servo amps.
The servo amps that are used with the 5t/5m/6t/6m in my experience have all been the same servo amps with only minor differences that did not affect the interchangeability of them, and we have swapped and have changed them between lathe and mill when needed for spares . all of these have been +-10v analogue control with tacho feedback. We had to fit tacho's to the motors as the tacho feedback originally is done by the fanuc control, converting the encoder pulse to a tacho output to do the speed control . We had to change encoders so they matched our control which was a fagor control. We have run this combination now for the last seven years and it has worked realy well.
which i think goes to show that it is possible to use fanuc drives on a retrofit.