I thought I posted twice this morning but when I came back no posts from me?

Kept a copy anyway:

So after going all the way back to disconnecting the brake board and it all working fine, but with no brake I convinced myself it must be
the brake board.

So rang Felder (machine manufacturer) and discussed with service department who informed me that the contactors usually give up due to the brake unit being at the
end of its life and if you replace just the contactors without replacing the braking unit the contactors will fail again.

So have bitten the bullet and ordered new control box on the understanding that if this does not sort the problem I can have a refund.

Many thanks for all the time and expertise you applied to this problem, I will let you know if it gets sorted in about a week when the box arrives.

BTW Eddy Current I had a 240v C3-31 before this 3 phase machine for over 10 years but replaced it with this machine in 2011 due to the fact I burnt motors out
on the 240v machine.
While I was rummaging around I came across these old spares for the 240v machine, don’t even know if they work, yours for the asking.Click image for larger version. 

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