Rebuilding & Reconditioning

Restore your Acme-Gridley to like new condition with a Champion Rebuild or Recondition

1-RAN61″ RAN6 National Acme


Standard Rebuild Procedure

  • Completely tear down machine
  • Castings inspected for excessive wear
  • Castings cleaned and painted
  • All parts inspected, worn parts repaired or replaced
  • New bevel gears
  • New 29KK gear and 25H worm
  • New 25GA gear and 42DD worm
  • New bearings
  • New rolls and studs
  • New oil lines and filter
  • All slides ground, fitted, and returned to center height
  • Rebuild clutches with new parts
  • Back end rebuilt; new spools, 9L and 24L shafts, guide bushings, feed rings, feed plate, chucking shoes, pusher tubes, collet tube and nuts
  • Stock reel and stand rebuilt including new silent tubes
  • Carrier rebuilt; stem ground and toolslide rebushed and fitted, new seals, spindles rebuilt, new front and rear retainers, front and rear oil flingers, keys, spindle gears and nuts, class 3 spindle bearings
  • Rebuild coolant pump
  • New drill holders
  • New splash guards and spindle covers
  • Rebuild chip conveyor
  • Electrical system will remain as is, cleaned and re-installed
  • Electrical system may be rewired per your instructions, price upon requests
  • Air system; filter, regulator/oiler and air lines will be replaced
  • New bushings, roll, and studs in index gear
  • Re-conditioned main toolslide
  • Re-conditioned locking pic and blocks

Quality Verifications

  • Block test
  • Radial test
  • Tool slide straightness
  • Carrier rock checked
  • Carrier end play checked
  • Spindle end play checked
  • Spindle temperature checked
  • Records forwarded with machine

Optional Major Repairs

  • Head stock liners
  • Spindle carrier bores
  • Tooslide repairs

Standard Reconditioning Procedure

  • Machine tear down (not including castings)
  • Casting inspected for excessive wear
  • Casting cleaned and outside of machine painted only
  • Parts replaced as necessary
  • Bearings, bushings, rolls and studs replaced as necessary
  • Lubrication system cleaned, lines replaced as necessary
  • All slides squared, fitted, and flaked
  • Back end reconditioned; new 9L & 24L, new rolls and studs, new bronze bushings, new chucking shoes, new feed plates, new feed ring.
  • Stock reel and stand cleaned and painted
  • Carrier rebuilt including; stem ground and tool slide rebored, spindles rebuilt, new front retainers, new front and rear oil flingers, new class 3 bearings
  • Coolant pump re-used
  • New drill holders
  • Splash guards re-used
  • Chip conveyor cleaned and painted
  • Electrical system cleaned and re-used
  • Air system re-used

Quality Verifications

  • Block test +.0015
  • Radial test
  • Toolslide straightness
  • Carrier rock checked
  • Carrier end play checked
  • Spindle end play checked
  • Spindle temperature checked
  • Records forwarded with machine

Optional Major Repairs                 

  • Head stock liners
  • Spindle carrier bores
  • Toolslide repairs
Machine stripped down to casting, primed and painted.

Machine stripped down to casting, primed and painted.

Completely rebuilt gearbox

Completely rebuilt gearbox

Carrier stem ground and toolslide bushed & bored and new seals installed

Carrier stem ground and toolslide bushed & bored and new seals installed

Rebuilt conveyor

Rebuilt conveyor

New Oil Lines

New Oil Lines

New Spindles, Bearings, Flingers, Gears & Retainers

New Spindles, Bearings, Flingers, Gears & Retainers

Electrical upgrades available

Electrical upgrades available

Back-end Rebuilt

Back-end Rebuilt

Slides ground, fitted & flanked. Center height correction

Slides ground, fitted & flanked. Center height correction

New Air System

New Air System

Clutches Rebuilt

Clutches Rebuilt

Rebuilt Stock Reel & Stand with New Stock Reel Tubes

Rebuilt Stock Reel & Stand with New Stock Reel Tubes

Operator doors & spindle covers

Operator doors & spindle covers

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