Hello to all (my first post) I have a big old pacific 400 ton x 16' press brake that I want to upgrade to the latest cnc style hydraulic system. The original parts in the system are obsolete and the machine was a pain to set up when everything was working properly. I had pacific quote me a system about 6 yrs ago, and the price just about blew my socks off so I tried to go to a couple of the large hydraulic manufacturers to spec and purchase the pump, valves linear scales etc. I could not get to anyone with the knowledge of what I need, they all refered me to local suppliers who usually sell truck pto's and related stuff.
I bought the machine from gov't storage about 8 yrs ago and the machine is in near perfect shape otherwise. Is anybody familiar with a competent engineer, or firm who can design a system and spec the equipment ? We can handle the installation. I also tried a couple of machine repair outfits and they seemed either scared of the job, or not competent to do it
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Dan