cuttergrinder
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2007
- Location
- Salem,Ohio
We have this job at work that we have done before. Its actually the outside link plates for of a very large roller chain. They are about 18" long and 6" wide and 2 1/2" thick. They have a bore in each end and a full radius around the ends. In the past we have just drilled , bored and machined the sides on a horizontal boring mill and then we machined the radius using an endmill and a powered rotary table on a manual vertical mill. Think very very slow.
Now we just purchased a Mazak vtc16 and want to do as much as feasible on this machine. This is the first cnc mill that we have. My plan is do the holes first and then clamp through the bores to profile the outside. This is a no brainer on the cnc but jobs have no holes in them now. Would it be faster to drill the holes on the boring mills and bore them there or machine the bores out on the cnc with a small profiling mill? The bores are about 3". Also if we were to bore these on the Mazak, what type of boring head or bar would be best for the Mazak? We don't have either at this time but we want to buy something but would rather buy the best one for the job the first time.
Now we just purchased a Mazak vtc16 and want to do as much as feasible on this machine. This is the first cnc mill that we have. My plan is do the holes first and then clamp through the bores to profile the outside. This is a no brainer on the cnc but jobs have no holes in them now. Would it be faster to drill the holes on the boring mills and bore them there or machine the bores out on the cnc with a small profiling mill? The bores are about 3". Also if we were to bore these on the Mazak, what type of boring head or bar would be best for the Mazak? We don't have either at this time but we want to buy something but would rather buy the best one for the job the first time.