Martin P
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2004
The topic arose through me selling a handwheel in the for sale section.
Before I advertised the wheel I had to check if I could replace it on the machine I took it from. It was too nice for me.
So I scoured my attic and was pleased with what I had accumulated over time.
IMG_1721 by Martin Peitz, on Flickr
The Euchner pendants were used for everybody it seems. But current nice looking wheels from China cost maybe 10% of the Euchner stuff.
If it does not say Deckel, it can be cheap sometimes.
The only Deckel unique part seems to be the housing, probably made by Euchner for Deckel as a customization. And the Deckel logo.
Depending on machine and control the pendants vary a lot.
In the picture you can see pendants from very early Deckel stand-alone tool changers (fixed to TC) and from a Deckel EDM.
Also the Sinumerik machines had different units/handwheels. I should have one, but cannot find, so I probably sold it ? Or it is in some moving box from 10 years ago.
Note that on the Dialog controls the tool change pendants gained a button for a safety interlock. This became even worse on the D12, where a key and button were added to the control panel for that purpose. Considering that milling is a controlled collision on principle, it is interesting what all came up in regulations. I wonder what incidents kicked this off.
Before I advertised the wheel I had to check if I could replace it on the machine I took it from. It was too nice for me.
So I scoured my attic and was pleased with what I had accumulated over time.
IMG_1721 by Martin Peitz, on Flickr
The Euchner pendants were used for everybody it seems. But current nice looking wheels from China cost maybe 10% of the Euchner stuff.
If it does not say Deckel, it can be cheap sometimes.
The only Deckel unique part seems to be the housing, probably made by Euchner for Deckel as a customization. And the Deckel logo.
Depending on machine and control the pendants vary a lot.
In the picture you can see pendants from very early Deckel stand-alone tool changers (fixed to TC) and from a Deckel EDM.
Also the Sinumerik machines had different units/handwheels. I should have one, but cannot find, so I probably sold it ? Or it is in some moving box from 10 years ago.
Note that on the Dialog controls the tool change pendants gained a button for a safety interlock. This became even worse on the D12, where a key and button were added to the control panel for that purpose. Considering that milling is a controlled collision on principle, it is interesting what all came up in regulations. I wonder what incidents kicked this off.