CNCJockey
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2011
- Location
- Southern USA
Our shop just got a new Daewoo Puma 400 lathe, it's our first modern CNC lathe and it has door interlocks and no key override, the boss already said they can't be tampered with due to OSHA rules so just figure out how to make parts "safely", so how do you do things like polish a bore that is a little small when the machine only allows 50 RPM with the door open in manual mode? And how about catching parted off rings when the machine does not have a part's catcher? These rings may weigh 5 to 10 lb. each and on our older machines we just use a long wooden stick to reach in and catch it but this machine locks the door closed when in auto mode and I don't want them falling in the chip pan, I could build a catch box but that's a pain, so how is the problem handled in the REAL world? And setting up new job's is a royal pain as you have to close the door to index the turret, and watching the tools approach a part can be a pain when the tool get's to a blind spot right before it get's to the part, I think these "SAFETY" rules can be more unsafe, I guess I'm just used to running old CNC lathes that required YOU to be the safety, this new stuff is just nuts. Thanks for any tips.