Meet The CNC Spindle Experts
Our Technicians and Machinists are Industry Experts!
Our team has worked for some of the biggest machine tool and spindle OEMs in the world for decades.
We are very lucky to have them and wanted to give them a HUGE THANK YOU and let them know that we value them being a part of our team!
Jeff Carter – The Spindle Guru
Motor City Spindle Repair Owner / Spindle Room Leader, Jeff Carter has been building CNC spindles for over 25 years and is truly a spindle guru. Jeff has over 27+ years experience remanufacturing, manufacturing, and rebuilding CNC machine tool spindles. He has worked for two of the largest spindle OEMs in North America (former Pope Corporation Spindle Technician (Setco purchased the Pope Corporation in 2003).
Rich Griffith – The Spindle Master
Rich Griffith is a true leader for our team at Motor City Spindle Repair. He has been rebuilding machine tool spindles for 33+ years. He was also a Former Pope Corporation Spindle Technician and worked with Jeff Carter and James Hall. His vast knowledge of all types of CNC machine tool spindles ranges from machining center, turning center, grinding and just about any type of spindle operating in the field today. Although he can rebuild just about any spindle to OEM specifications, Rich admits his specialty is rebuilding motorized machining center spindles.
James “Jimmy” Hall – The Spindle Handler
Former Pope Corporation Spindle Technician with over 27 years of experience, Jimmy is our Spindle Technician in our Spindle Room who handles his spindle business! Jimmy travels around the USA and handles our customers by assessing their units and then pulling them and hand delivering them back to our facility for the necessary repair or rebuild.
John Wilson – The Million Dollar Man
Former Owner of OHG Spindle Repair, John Wilson is a lead CNC spindle assembly technician at Motor City Spindle Repair. John was given the title “Million Dollar Man” as he was the first employee on our team in 2017 to rebuild $1 million in CNC spindle repairs in a year. John has over a 13+ years experience in building spindles, tear down and inspection, generating failure analysis reports, test running spindles, and operating one of our machine tools in our tool room.
David Riopelle – The Spindle Slayer
Former Colonial Spindle Technician David Riopelle has 14+ years experience as a Spindle Technician and slays in our Spindle Room. His experience with building high-precision motor spindle units is invaluable to Motor City!
Ian Nash – “The Master Builder”
Former #KesslerUSA (a former German spindle OEM) Spindle Technician and Spindle Room Manager Ian Nash has over 7+ years of experience in #spindlemanufacturing and is technically one of the best Spindle Assemblers in the world! Ian is our Expert on the Machine Shop floor and works next to a shop full of highly experienced staff members (26 and growing) who have extensive experience with spindle manufacturing and spindle repair.
In-House Precision Grinding Services
We specialize in Grinding Services for HMC/VMCs, Turning Centers, Grinding Machines, and other Precision Spindle Applications.
Our unique machining and grinding capabilities allow us to cut grind-plate-grind time down in half for spindle components such as: Capto, HSK, ISO, BT, CAT, SK Tapers, Pilot I.D.s, Front and Rear Bearing Journals, Housing Bores, Draw Bar Shafts, Splines + more.
We have several Manual Grinders and high performance CNC Universal Grinding machines in our 4,000sf Grinding Room which allows us to grind the most diverse of configuration options.
While some repair facilities are incapable of grinding and repairing high end precision spindles, we are able to do both well because of our advanced machinery.
Call us at (734) 261-8600 or email us at Sales@motorcityrepair.com to learn more.
157+ Years of Experience In Our Spindle Room Serving the Largest Corporations in the USA
Aerospace
Automotive
Agriculture
Machine Tool
and many others
24/7 Emergency Repair Service + We Deliver.
Industry’s Most Aggressive 1-3 weeks for standard repairs
We will get your machine running in no time.
Dedicated staff available 24/7 to assist you with emergency spindle repair services.
We offer door-to-door pickup and delivery on our emergency repair services.
We Repair Depending On Your Need.
Guaranteed Cost Savings as we have in-house machining and grinding capabilities
8 Full Time Technicians in our spindle room
Balanced, Test Run, and Certified with A Full 1 Year Warranty
Spindles are test run at maximum RPM, while performing vibration & temperature analysis.
Bearings are checked for velocity & displacement.
All electrical components are tested, repaired and replaced as needed.
Dynamic & Static Balancing of Spindles at maximum RPM.
Repair specialists for your Motorized or Belt Driven machines:
Horizontal Machining Centers
Vertical Machining Centers
Turning Centers
Grinding Machines
Any other machine tools
We offer the following spindle upgrades:
Air Purge
Ceramic Bearings
New Bearing Configuration
Encapsulate Motor Windings
Retrofit spindle shaft with removable drive keys
We specialize in Fanuc Servo Motor Repair, including:
i series
DiS series
ALPHA series
BETA Series
ROBODRILL series
- Motor City Spindle Repair has 157+ Years Experience in Our Spindle Room
- 24/7 Emergency Spindle Repair Services
- Eight Full Time Spindle Assembly Technicians
- Free Evaluations and Free Delivery Services
- All Spindles Certified and Tested with a Full 1 Year Warranty
- Free Estimates Over the Phone in Seconds
- In House Machining and Grinding Capabilities
- On-site Spindle Repair Service
- Currently performing 60-70 Spindles In House Per Month
High Speed Grinding Spindle Repair Services
VMC Spindle Repair Service
Mazak Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Mazak Spindle Repair. Turning Center Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team.
Enshu Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Doosan Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Belt Driven Spindle Repair
Spindle Motor Repair Services
Block Spindle Repair Services
High Speed Spindle Repair Services
Grinding Spindle Repair Services
Motorized Spindle Repair Services
Gear Driven Spindle Repair Services
Spindles Rebuilt by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Weiss Spindles Rebuilt by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Spindle Repair Delivery Services To Go
Hermle / Kessler Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
DMG Mori / Kessler Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Hardinge Turning Center Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Hessapp Motorized Turning Center Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
ExCello / Weiss Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Okuma Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Example of a GMN Spindle Repair Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
DMG Mori Seiki Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Free spindle Repair Estimates
Example of a Fanuc Spindle Motor Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
Example of a Spindle Rebuilt and Tested by Motor City Spindle Repair
NTC Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Comau / Kessler Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Example of a Kira Spindle Repair Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
Fuji Turning Center Spindle Repair Services by The Motor City Spindle Repair Team
Example of Machining Centers Spindle Repaired and Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
Over 100 Years Experience in Our Spindle Room
Emergency spindle repair service
Example of Hermle Spindle Repair Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
Example of a Hessapp Spindle Repair Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
Example of a OKK Spindle Repair Rebuilt by Motor City Spindle Repair
Example of a Kessler Machining Center Spindle In house by Motor City Spindle Repair