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Jon Elson[_3_] Jon Elson[_3_] is offline
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Default Unpleasant certain excpected disappointment with Bridgeport

Ignoramus21954 wrote:
The service woman got back to me and said

``This is a machine that was built exclusively in the UK. They are not
supported in the U.S. and we can not get any manuals. However, there
is a possibility that we can get some of the parts. So if there is a
specific part you need, and you either have a part number or can take
a picture of the part you need, I might be able to help you out.''

This is a disappointment, and, in a way, I am not surprised at all.

i

I think the real deal here is these were not officially made by
Bridgeport, itself, but on contract with their British distributor.
There may have been a bit of a turf war over it, too, as there is no
doubt whatsoever that Interacts were sold in the US in substantial
numbers, to people who specifically wanted a servo-controlled machine.

If you have manuals on the Heidenhain control, that is the really tough
part. The rest of it is pretty simple industrial control stuff, and you
won't be keeping a lot of that if you do the retrofit. Does your
control info cover the servo amps? That may be the most important info
to have. If Bridgeport can't supply it, I think there must be others
that have the info.

Jon