Ox
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- Northwest Ohio
Bin gunna ask this and keep forgettin aboot it...
I think it was 4 yrs ago at the toy show they had a (import I think) big HMC that was boring out something along the lines of a 3'D bore with a rigid boring bar and the X and Y were moving in unison with the revolution of the spindle (C) to make whatever bore a feller could ever want.
I have never heard of this before or since. Maybe this is commonplace on all newer MC's these days?
I don't remember if this was a Fanuc or what? (As it is MUCH more a control feature and NOT a MTB issue eh?)
I could see this being usable on VMC's just as well as the HMC that it was demo-ed on - other than the fact that the RPM would likely hafta be slower on the smaller holes...
???
On edit - this feature would negate the need for the "U" axis eh?
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The machine was like - swayin' back and forth eh?
Ox
I think it was 4 yrs ago at the toy show they had a (import I think) big HMC that was boring out something along the lines of a 3'D bore with a rigid boring bar and the X and Y were moving in unison with the revolution of the spindle (C) to make whatever bore a feller could ever want.
I have never heard of this before or since. Maybe this is commonplace on all newer MC's these days?
I don't remember if this was a Fanuc or what? (As it is MUCH more a control feature and NOT a MTB issue eh?)
I could see this being usable on VMC's just as well as the HMC that it was demo-ed on - other than the fact that the RPM would likely hafta be slower on the smaller holes...
???
On edit - this feature would negate the need for the "U" axis eh?
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The machine was like - swayin' back and forth eh?
Ox