dandrummerman21
Stainless
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2008
- Location
- MI, USA
I don't have a robot or hydraulic clamping of any sort.
I have some pins that are about 2 inches long, 3/8 diameter, turned down on one end to about 1/4" that i need to pop two holes in.
I would like to rig up some sort of ramp for the operator to slide parts in, and have the spindle pick up the part, put them in a pneumatic vise (we have a couple old heinrich vises) and have the machine fire a solenoid to close it.
Once drilled, machine unclamps, picks it up, and drops it off in a tray on the other side of the machine.
I'd like to do this in a t14ia robodrill.
I'm mostly unsure about whether this will be worth it. there's about 3000 parts to do. And I could just put an operator on it and load up a v fixture or some v jaws in vises and do anywhere from 8-40pcs at a time. But it would require handling of each one, and true position of the hole is only .003" at MMC
Parts will be blanked off on a screw machine. The live tool lathes we have are likely going to be too busy when material comes in.
Anyone have any quick and dirty ways to pick up and drop the tool in the jaws that'd be cheap to buy or quick to make, and won't end up causing me more trouble than it's worth?
Or different fixturing methods/devices?
It isn't the end of the world if I can't make it work and need a guy to simply load them.
A couple drawings attached to give you the idea of what I'm thinking.
I dont know why the pictures aren't coming out bigger. lol
I have some pins that are about 2 inches long, 3/8 diameter, turned down on one end to about 1/4" that i need to pop two holes in.
I would like to rig up some sort of ramp for the operator to slide parts in, and have the spindle pick up the part, put them in a pneumatic vise (we have a couple old heinrich vises) and have the machine fire a solenoid to close it.
Once drilled, machine unclamps, picks it up, and drops it off in a tray on the other side of the machine.
I'd like to do this in a t14ia robodrill.
I'm mostly unsure about whether this will be worth it. there's about 3000 parts to do. And I could just put an operator on it and load up a v fixture or some v jaws in vises and do anywhere from 8-40pcs at a time. But it would require handling of each one, and true position of the hole is only .003" at MMC
Parts will be blanked off on a screw machine. The live tool lathes we have are likely going to be too busy when material comes in.
Anyone have any quick and dirty ways to pick up and drop the tool in the jaws that'd be cheap to buy or quick to make, and won't end up causing me more trouble than it's worth?
Or different fixturing methods/devices?
It isn't the end of the world if I can't make it work and need a guy to simply load them.
A couple drawings attached to give you the idea of what I'm thinking.
I dont know why the pictures aren't coming out bigger. lol