Born and raised Wisconsin techs · Authorized HACO Dealer

Machine down? Call (414) 381-0127

Born and raised Wisconsin techs · Authorized HACO Dealer

Machine down? Call (414) 381-0127

Quick answerLocalSpindle of Wisconsin repairs CNC machines and industrial equipment on site in Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac, Ripon and Waupun. We fix machining centers, lathes, die casting support equipment, controls, spindles, servo motors, fabrication equipment, robots, PLCs and hydraulics.

CNC repair in Fond du Lac

Engines, castings and machining

Fond du Lac’s best-known industry builds marine engines, and the city’s machine shops, foundries and fabricators have grown up around precision machining of castings and components. Food production and equipment manufacturing add to the mix.

Precision machining of castings means machining centers running hard, with tight tolerances and lots of tool changes. Spindles, tool changers and axis accuracy are frequent calls here, along with the automation that loads and unloads parts.

Fond du Lac sits on I-41 and US 151, covered by our Green Bay team with Madison close by.

LocalSpindle in Fond du Lac

CountyFond du Lac County
TeamGreen Bay team
Getting thereI-41, US 151, Highway 23 and Highway 175
Work we seeEngine and marine components, precision machining, foundries and castings, food production

Shops and machines

The work we see in Fond du Lac

Kind of shopMachinesCalls we get
Component machiningMachining centers, horizontalsSpindles, tool changers, accuracy
CastingsMachining centers, grindersDust, ways, finish
Food plantsLines, drives, PLCsStops, trips

Everything on the floor in Fond du Lac

CNC mill and machining center repair in Fond du Lac

Mills are the busiest machines in most Fond du Lac shops, so they fail first. We repair tool changers and carousels, ball screws and axis drives, pallet changers, rotary tables, probing and coolant-through systems, and we leave a written note on what we found.

For Fond du Lac’s component machining, that’s machining centers and horizontals. The usual calls: spindles, tool changers and accuracy. See CNC mill repair.

Robot cell and PLC repair for Fond du Lac plants

Our Green Bay team works on the automation around the machines too: Fanuc, Motoman and ABB robots, Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs, HMIs, light curtains and safety relays. Most Fond du Lac line stops come down to a sensor, a cable or a safety input, and we find it fast.

In Fond du Lac, we see this most at food plants: lines, drives and PLCs, with calls for stops and trips. See robot and automation repair and PLC repair.

Plant line repair in Fond du Lac: conveyors, motors and drives

Fond du Lac plants run conveyors, packaging and wrapping lines, gearmotors and VFDs that can’t stop for long. Our Green Bay team repairs drive trips, motor failures, washdown sensor problems, jams and line faults, and the PLCs that tie them together.

Shops in Brandon and Ripon call us for the same work. See conveyor and packaging repair and motor and VFD repair.

Fanuc, Siemens and Haas control repair in Fond du Lac

Control trouble in Fond du Lac usually starts small: a battery warning, an intermittent servo alarm, a screen that flickers. Our Green Bay team traces it to the cause, whether that’s a cable, a power supply, a drive or a board, and backs up programs and parameters first.

Our Green Bay team handles it anywhere around Fond du Lac, including Rosendale and Waupun. See CNC control repair.

Turning center and Swiss-type repair in Fond du Lac

Turning centers, Swiss-types and VTLs all come through our Fond du Lac work orders. We check turret alignment, hydraulic pressure and spindle runout along with the alarm, so the lathe holds size when it goes back into production.

Shops off I-41 know the routine: call, tell us the machine and the alarm, and a tech heads over. See CNC lathe repair.

Press brake and fiber laser repair for Fond du Lac fabricators

Our Green Bay team handles the fab side of Fond du Lac shops too: press brake hydraulics and back gauges, shear blades, fiber laser and plasma cut problems, punch press clutches and brakes, ironworkers, saws and plate rolls.

That goes for the big plants in Fond du Lac and the two-machine shops in Ripon alike. See press brake and shear repair and laser and plasma repair.

Spindle, servo and hydraulic rebuilds in Fond du Lac

Some failures in Fond du Lac are a fix on the spot. Others mean the part is worn out: spindle bearings, servo motors, hydraulic pumps. Our Green Bay team diagnoses it on your machine, then quotes repair, rebuild and replace side by side before anything comes apart.

We cover this work across Fond du Lac County, from shops along I-41 to Waupun and Rosendale. See spindle rebuilds and servo motor rebuilds.

CNC maintenance plans in Fond du Lac

A maintenance plan gives Fond du Lac shops the same checks on every visit, the numbers written down, and a heads-up on wear while it’s still cheap to fix. We plan visits around your production so machines are down as little as possible. Short on maintenance staff? We can deploy a tech to your Fond du Lac facility for multiple weeks while you hire, and help you find the right people.

Plans cover shops across Fond du Lac County, including Campbellsport and North Fond du Lac. See maintenance packages.

Buying a machine in Fond du Lac? Talk to the people who fix them

Fond du Lac shops adding capacity can buy press brakes, shears, lasers, lathes and mills from us as an authorized HACO dealer. The team that sells it installs it and services it, and a repair package can come with it.

We deliver and install anywhere around Fond du Lac, from Brandon to Ripon. See machine sales.

Why Fond du Lac shops call LocalSpindle

Fond du Lac gets a local team, not a tech flown in from out of state. Wisconsin born and raised, engineering backgrounds, one call for the whole floor, and a straight answer when a machine is worth fixing and when it isn’t.

Our reputation took 10 years of Wisconsin shop floors to build, and we’re just getting started. With the reach of several brands we represent, including the respected HACO line, Fond du Lac shops get new machines at prices that are hard to beat. See HACO machines.

Repair

Equipment we repair in Fond du Lac

Picked for Fond du Lac’s engine and marine components and precision machining. Anything else on the floor, we repair that too.

CNC mill & machining center repair in Fond du Lac

Verticals, horizontals and 5-axis machines: axis alarms, tool changers, lube, ballscrews and crash checks.

Spindle repair & rebuild in Fond du Lac

Noise, heat, runout and drawbar problems found on site, and spindles rebuilt when the bearings are done.

Robot & automation cell repair in Fond du Lac

Tending, welding and palletizing robots: faults, encoders, grippers, vision and safety circuits.

Grinder repair in Fond du Lac

Surface, cylindrical and tool grinders: wheelheads, hydraulics, ways, chatter and finish.

Conveyor & packaging line repair in Fond du Lac

Conveyors, wrappers, case packers and line equipment: drives, belts, sensors and controls.

PLC & industrial controls repair in Fond du Lac

PLCs, HMIs, I/O and panels: faults found, programs backed up and lines brought back.

Servo motor repair & rebuild in Fond du Lac

Overload and encoder alarms traced to the cause, drives repaired, servo motors rebuilt with new bearings and seals.

CNC control & drive repair in Fond du Lac

Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain, Mazatrol, Okuma OSP and more: alarms, dead screens, lost parameters, drive faults.

Example call in Fond du Lac

Horizontal's tool changer dropping tools

The call

A component machining shop in Fond du Lac had a horizontal machining center drop a tool during a change.

What we did

  1. Diagnose. The tool changer arm’s gripper was worn and the arm’s home position had drifted.
  2. Fix. Replaced the gripper parts and reset the arm’s positions.
  3. Prove. Ran hundreds of tool changes without a miss.

The result. No more dropped tools.

A typical call, written to show how we work. It isn’t a specific customer.

Talk to a Wisconsin tech

Machine down in Fond du Lac?

Call and a tech will tell you what we’d check first, then our Green Bay team heads your way.

FAQ

CNC repair in Fond du Lac: questions

Asking about a machine in Fond du Lac? Call (414) 381-0127.

Yes, Fond du Lac is in our regular service area. Our Green Bay team handles CNC repair, rebuilds and maintenance for Fond du Lac shops, from one-machine job shops to full plants.

Yes. We help Fond du Lac shops retrofit older machines with new controls, drives, motors and safety systems when the iron is still good, and we’ll tell you honestly when a retrofit makes more sense than a new machine.

Yes. Lights-out only works when the machine is reliable. We set up and fix the automation around it, like robots, bar feeders, pallet changers and probing, and put the machine on a maintenance plan so it runs all night.

Yes. Press brakes, shears, fiber lasers and CNC machines, sold and installed by the same Wisconsin techs who service them, with a repair package available. Ask about current HACO models for Fond du Lac.

Yes. Our Green Bay team repairs waterjets in Fond du Lac: high-pressure pumps and intensifiers, seals and check valves, cutting heads, abrasive delivery and motion. See waterjet repair.

Yes. Older machines are a big part of what we do: Chicago and Cincinnati press brakes, older Mazak, Okuma and Haas machines, and controls that are no longer made. We find parts, repair boards and drives, or quote a retrofit.

Yes. Multi-week on-site deployment is part of our maintenance packages. A tech works at your Fond du Lac plant while you hire, and we’ll help you find and vet candidates.

Yes, from our Green Bay team.

Yes, including pallet changers.

Yes. Every call ends with a short written summary of what failed, what we did and what to watch.

Nearby

Also serving near Fond du Lac

Smaller towns near Fond du Lac we serve: North Fond du Lac, Ripon, Waupun, Campbellsport, Brandon and Rosendale. Small shops count on us as much as big plants do.

Machine down?

Get your Fond du Lac shop back to cutting

Call with the machine, the control and what it’s doing. Our Green Bay team takes it from there.