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- Jun 30, 2015
- Location
- Saint Paul, MN
Just bought a Mori Seiki SL-200SMC lathe with Fanuc 18i-TA control and 12' bar feeder. Super low hours, which I hope doesn't turn out to be a bad sign. Anyway...
My shop is only 2400 sq/ft, meaning this bar feeder is not going to disappear into the vastness of warehouse space. I'll know better whether this thing will be a big problem or not once I start playing around with my layout plans. The dealer I bought from has this Space Saver bar feed in stock, and I'm wondering about working some kind of swap deal if need be. But first...
My concerns are not about integrating one or the other into the machine. I'll figure that out. Admittedly though it's nice that the 12 footer is already up and running with this lathe. But other then the obvious that you can run full bars in one and have to cut bars into 4 four the other, what are the definite pluses and minuses of each type? I hope that's not too general.
This machine has a sub spindle that can pick off the main, and wondering if that plays into bar feeder preferences.
If these feeders are operating as they should, is this bar whipping thing a bigger concern with one over the other? I should mention that max spindle speed is 4000rpm.
I read about the stub end left in the spindle bore, and am wondering if one type has a better way of handling that last foot or two.
I guess a simple question is... if you have the room, would you ever dream of giving up a 12 footer exactly like the one shown for a space saver type? Are the long ones better? Safer? Smarter?
I ask the same of the space saver types. Safer? Smarter? Ever dream of dumping one for the other?
Thanks all for their time on this.
Dave
My shop is only 2400 sq/ft, meaning this bar feeder is not going to disappear into the vastness of warehouse space. I'll know better whether this thing will be a big problem or not once I start playing around with my layout plans. The dealer I bought from has this Space Saver bar feed in stock, and I'm wondering about working some kind of swap deal if need be. But first...
My concerns are not about integrating one or the other into the machine. I'll figure that out. Admittedly though it's nice that the 12 footer is already up and running with this lathe. But other then the obvious that you can run full bars in one and have to cut bars into 4 four the other, what are the definite pluses and minuses of each type? I hope that's not too general.
This machine has a sub spindle that can pick off the main, and wondering if that plays into bar feeder preferences.
If these feeders are operating as they should, is this bar whipping thing a bigger concern with one over the other? I should mention that max spindle speed is 4000rpm.
I read about the stub end left in the spindle bore, and am wondering if one type has a better way of handling that last foot or two.
I guess a simple question is... if you have the room, would you ever dream of giving up a 12 footer exactly like the one shown for a space saver type? Are the long ones better? Safer? Smarter?
I ask the same of the space saver types. Safer? Smarter? Ever dream of dumping one for the other?
Thanks all for their time on this.
Dave
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