Mickey_D
Stainless
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2006
- Location
- Austin, TX
I am in the market for a bar loader for a couple of jobs for the new Okuma L200EM and the my old Hardinge Cobra. Looks like new loader starts in the 15K range plus possibly having to get interface cards. My question is can a bar loader be triggered by a M code to load a fresh bar? I am not even against the idea of putting a mechanical switch inside the machine and having a long tool go over and touch it to trigger it. We can cut the bars to a length that would work for X number of parts, have the program loop through X times, and then send an M code to fire off again? Do any of them work this way or am I missing something? I am not trying to run a full bar feeder, just a short bar loader like an older LNS Servo model or the like.
