Re: Hitachi Seiki : Parts?

alphonso <alphamachine-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns970CA47CDC04Balphonso@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> Talking to owner of another shop yesterday. He has a Hitachi Seiki
> (turning center) that he is having repaired. The repair people tell
> him that there are no replacement parts to be had, period.
>
> He was told that when Hitachi closed, they scrapped all their spare
> parts. Any truth to this??
>

No. All of the spare parts were auctioned off.

http://www.clearbid.com/Listings/Hitachi/hitachi.pdf

I would contact the auctioneer and find out who won the spare parts. Also
Mori Seiki bought the rights and designs and is supposed to be taking over
the spare parts and service biz. But I've heard more than one complaint
about availability from Mori.


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Dan

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