Ox
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- Northwest Ohio
Has enyone seen this yet? I hope they go to Columbus this yr! (PMTS or whatever they call it these days?)
The whole multiple spindle drives on these newer CNC machines has really been a big stickler for me. It seems that they must werk as I haven't heard many issues with them - but all those warrs and connections constantly rotating and pivoting is undoubtedly be a service issue for the life of the machine. But what can you doo???
AS SOON as I saw this pic I knew EXACTLY what they were dooing and had a "DOH! " moment. And then to read the artical they said the same thing. LOL!
Now I will need one more "session" to finish this artical in the paper werld, but the one issue that I see plaguing this design would be backlash in the C axis. Maybe they are running an electric brake of sorts to keep tension with a backlash comp as well? I think there could be some part layouts that may be challanging to hold tol on with this - but for the other 99% of the werk out there it should be fine.
Aslo - I wonder how they are keeping track of C axis from station to station as things will twist during index. Maybe a wireless encoder output for "C0" for each spindle?
This looks to be MUCH more service/uptime friendly than past designs from others IMO. And it hurts for me to say this as I am highly anti-Asian imports. (All new multis of eny design are imported these days.) However - I hafta give credit where credit is doo. Now - is the machine eny good? I have no clue. But the layout looks like a no-brainer.
Also - I haven't seen much on the backwerking of this machine - but it appears to have 6-8 positions for that as well? Maybe the last few paragraphs will cover that - or maybe they'll be in Columbus and I can see for myself...
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On a side note - I have only seen the name Mori-Say a handfull of times. But to come out with this animal - they are NOT a small nor low budget company. So who are they - and why don't they seem to be "out there" in the US enyway?
There is the side artical aboot their parent company - I have yet to read that.
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Who are they - really?
Ox
The whole multiple spindle drives on these newer CNC machines has really been a big stickler for me. It seems that they must werk as I haven't heard many issues with them - but all those warrs and connections constantly rotating and pivoting is undoubtedly be a service issue for the life of the machine. But what can you doo???
AS SOON as I saw this pic I knew EXACTLY what they were dooing and had a "DOH! " moment. And then to read the artical they said the same thing. LOL!
Now I will need one more "session" to finish this artical in the paper werld, but the one issue that I see plaguing this design would be backlash in the C axis. Maybe they are running an electric brake of sorts to keep tension with a backlash comp as well? I think there could be some part layouts that may be challanging to hold tol on with this - but for the other 99% of the werk out there it should be fine.
Aslo - I wonder how they are keeping track of C axis from station to station as things will twist during index. Maybe a wireless encoder output for "C0" for each spindle?
This looks to be MUCH more service/uptime friendly than past designs from others IMO. And it hurts for me to say this as I am highly anti-Asian imports. (All new multis of eny design are imported these days.) However - I hafta give credit where credit is doo. Now - is the machine eny good? I have no clue. But the layout looks like a no-brainer.
Also - I haven't seen much on the backwerking of this machine - but it appears to have 6-8 positions for that as well? Maybe the last few paragraphs will cover that - or maybe they'll be in Columbus and I can see for myself...
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On a side note - I have only seen the name Mori-Say a handfull of times. But to come out with this animal - they are NOT a small nor low budget company. So who are they - and why don't they seem to be "out there" in the US enyway?
There is the side artical aboot their parent company - I have yet to read that.
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Who are they - really?
Ox
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