motion guru
Diamond
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2003
- Location
- Yacolt, WA
I have a production deburring application that would be fairly easy to do with a 3-axis mini-mill with a 2-axis trunnion.
By the time I design, manufacture and then debug the control system, serial #1 would cost roughly $250k . . . or, I could buy a robo drill or something like that with a 4th and 5th axis trunnion . . . strip the control off of it and then put new controls on it for about half the $250k cost and have a better machine.
Any machine manufacturers sell small machines like this without controls?
Our customer wants to press one button, he doesn't want to write any software, and needs it to meet OSHA guarding requirements. . . we can do all that, but it sure would be easier if we could just buy the machine and put our own controls on it.
By the time I design, manufacture and then debug the control system, serial #1 would cost roughly $250k . . . or, I could buy a robo drill or something like that with a 4th and 5th axis trunnion . . . strip the control off of it and then put new controls on it for about half the $250k cost and have a better machine.
Any machine manufacturers sell small machines like this without controls?
Our customer wants to press one button, he doesn't want to write any software, and needs it to meet OSHA guarding requirements. . . we can do all that, but it sure would be easier if we could just buy the machine and put our own controls on it.