I have a Haco Type PPES 30 135 which has an old PC15 control system.
The machine is mechanically sound but the electronics are tempremental.
It is a 1990 machine so I would like to upgrade the controls.
I have been chasing Haco for the last while to see if they can offer a solution
but I find them to be hard work. They do not seem to be interested
I am thinking now about doing my own retrofit using a PLC and HMI with a new servo drive and motor for the backgauge and possibly new linear scales for Y1 and Y2.
The hydraulics are something I need to figure out too, I have a manual but it is not quite correct for the machine I have.
Have any of you ever done this? I do PLC and HMI controls for a living so I have no worries about that end of things, but I am nervous about the hydraulic control side of it.
If nothing else, I plan on documenting the project in this thread so that it may help someone else.