Renew Series
A control and drive retrofit package for machines whose iron is still good but whose electronics have aged out.
What you get.
- Keeps the cast iron you already paid for, the part of the machine that doesn't age.
- Ends the obsolete-spares problem: current controls, current drives, parts you can buy for a decade.
- Full electrical documentation and training, so your team owns the machine afterwards.
- Geometry surveyed before we quote. If the frame is worn out, we tell you to replace it.
The numbers that matter.
Representative figures. Every machine is engineered to your parts, throughput and site. We confirm the exact spec during scoping.
- Scope
- Control, drives, motors, wiring, HMI
- New control
- Fanuc / Siemens / Heidenhain
- Typical downtime
- 1–2 weeks on site
- Machine age
- No limit (the frame decides)
- Accuracy after retrofit
- Ballbar verified, documented
- Cost vs. new
- Typically 30–50% less
A 30-year-old machine tool is usually two machines. The casting, ways and spindle housing are often fine. That iron was over-engineered and it doesn't get tired. The control, drives and wiring are the part that has aged out, and they're the part that strands you when a board fails and nobody makes it any more.
The Renew Series replaces the second machine and keeps the first.
What's included
- New CNC control and operator interface
- New servo drives and motors
- New electrical cabinet, wiring and safety circuit
- Re-commissioning, geometry survey and ballbar verification
- Documentation and operator + maintenance training
We survey before we quote
This package isn't right for every machine, and we'd rather say so early. Before any quote we survey the machine's geometry: ways, backlash, spindle condition. If the frame is worn past the point where new controls would help, a retrofit just buys you an accurate way to make scrap. In that case we'll tell you to replace it, even though it's the smaller sale.
That survey is also what makes the accuracy number after the retrofit real rather than aspirational.
Why this usually wins
New controls on a good frame typically land 30–50% below a comparable new machine, with a fraction of the lead time and no re-learning of a new platform for your operators. The machine sits in the same footprint, uses the same fixtures, and runs the same parts, just with electronics you can still buy spares for.
Not sure which side of the line your machine falls on? Tell us what you have and we'll survey it.
Ready to talk Renew Series?
Tell us what you make and where you want to take it. We'll scope the machinery, retrofit or cell that gets you there.