Hey all, I'm a new hire at a shop that does a lot of composite work, and we have a number of very large fixtures that go on our vacuum table and the shop owner has asked me to explore possible solutions to loading and unloading the fixtures. Currently, they use a rigged up forklift setup and leave the largest fixtures in the machine to avoid moving and damaging the fixtures.
I'm looking to see if anyone likes or dislikes the system they use for large or heavy part loading into CNC machines.
We are looking at getting a forklift mounted boom, or counter-balanced floor cart with winch, or a floor mounted swinging jibs crane, and I'm looking for anyone who already does this to lay out the pros and cons of the system(s) they use.
The fixtures should all be less than half a ton, the max Y travel we need is about 54", the table height is 21", and the max overhead clearance is 78" (FYI machine is CMS ARES).
Thank You
-Monstra
I'm looking to see if anyone likes or dislikes the system they use for large or heavy part loading into CNC machines.
We are looking at getting a forklift mounted boom, or counter-balanced floor cart with winch, or a floor mounted swinging jibs crane, and I'm looking for anyone who already does this to lay out the pros and cons of the system(s) they use.
The fixtures should all be less than half a ton, the max Y travel we need is about 54", the table height is 21", and the max overhead clearance is 78" (FYI machine is CMS ARES).
Thank You
-Monstra