Fanuc 6T controller picture posted

Alan this is a link to pictures of my General Numeric GN6a control panel. This is identical to a Fanuc 6T. And has Fanuc manuals.

There are 2 pictures. One at hi res and one at lo. The lo gives you a feel for the switch layout and the hi shows enough detail to see the legends and you can also read the CRT display.

http://www.imsrv.com/images

This is a lathe controller. The machine is an Hitachi-Seiki 3NE300. It has a hydraulic actuated chuck (6 inch) or 5C collet, a programmable quill, hydraulic tailstock, and a 12 position, turret tool changer. There is a tape reader, but I don't use it as it has an RS232 interface (to Vector of course). It has single point threading, contour roughing cycles, and supports tool nose compensation ( cutter comp).

Note the extensive use of toggle switches and multi position rotary function switches. This machine rapids at 400 inches per minute, and it has a rapid slowdown switch (5%-25%-100%) to allow the setup man to do his job without having a heart attack. There is no spindle speed override, but there is feedrate override. Note the BIG E-stop right by the door.

The machine was built in 1979, and is in mint condition. I took the photos this morning. On a final note, anyone who thinks they should retrofit a machine like this with a hobby class controller should seriously reconsider .... their sanity. I have seen similar machines sold on ebay for less than $5,000.

Best Regards, Fred Smith- IMService

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