Hope I'm posting this in the right forum. We own several Helios brand UMG50 plug gage comparators. Since we've purchased Helios was bought out by Mahr and they are now the Linear 100- they changed the internals slightly and changed to a Heidenhan scale system instead of the glass scale/encoder head that Helios had.
Anyhoo.. I'm somewhat accomplished in repairing most problems with these machines- but one now has a problem I've never encountered- the glass scale fell off. I talked to the guy we originally purchased from as he serviced these for us in the past- and he told me its very difficult to repair- you have to have the scale reglued and then lined up against the encoder head. He doesn't work with these anymore, so he's not an option. In my search, I found some cal houses that calibrate them, but I haven't checked to see if they can repair- I'd prefer to try it myself first.
Mahr will not repair, or even retrofit this, so my choice is attempt to repair, or turn into a plant stand at this point- but my boss isn't particularly interested in shelling out 14 grand for a new machine at this point.
Anyone have any experience with this type of problem? (Or have a used one they are willing to sell?)
Thanks
Anyhoo.. I'm somewhat accomplished in repairing most problems with these machines- but one now has a problem I've never encountered- the glass scale fell off. I talked to the guy we originally purchased from as he serviced these for us in the past- and he told me its very difficult to repair- you have to have the scale reglued and then lined up against the encoder head. He doesn't work with these anymore, so he's not an option. In my search, I found some cal houses that calibrate them, but I haven't checked to see if they can repair- I'd prefer to try it myself first.
Mahr will not repair, or even retrofit this, so my choice is attempt to repair, or turn into a plant stand at this point- but my boss isn't particularly interested in shelling out 14 grand for a new machine at this point.
Anyone have any experience with this type of problem? (Or have a used one they are willing to sell?)
Thanks