Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Vero Machining Centre

Hi Richard,

I am in the process of retrofitting a Vero which sounds exactly the same as
the one you are looking at. It is a very good quality machine. It has ball
screws and field wound brush type DC motors with encoders fitted on X and Y
axis. Z axis is another story though, at the moment it has hydraulic ram
for the Z axis with flow control valves for each of the feed rates for the
six different turret positions. It has 2 vertical (Z axis slideways). one
for rough positioning and the other one has about 6" travel under hydraulic
control. I just ripped the hydraulic ram out and fitted a ball screw in its
place, I use the rough positioning slide as intended and have the second
slide under CNC control. All in all, a very good solid machine 3.5 tons,
very easy to retrofit.

The spindle speed is 8 speeds which are controlled by elec/magnetic clutch
packs.

Hope this is helpfull
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: baccus61 <rich5886@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:36 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Vero Machining Centre

>Hi to all,
> I am looking at an advertisment for a VERO Vertical Machining
>Center/Drill for sale and I am wondering if anyone has had anything
>to do with them. It has a Plessey NC tape control, 630 x 380 table
>and a 5 tool turret. The machine is in working condition.
> I would like to know if it has ball screws or normal acme thread
>screws, What type of drive motors and whether it has encoders for
>positional readout. The working machine comes at a price of $1200
>and looks to be in very reasonable condition. Would it be worthwhile
>buying and trying to convert to a CNC. I wanted to ask of all your
>knowledge
>before contacting the vendor and your help will be much appreciated.
>Thanx in advance.
>Richard.
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