TRT70 on VM2

Chris59 · Sep 22, 2020

My work is considering 5 axis jobs. We make small medical parts. So either TRT70 or TRT100 possibly.
Question: looking at the specs it appears to me that we could put it at the far right of our VM2 and still have room for a 6" vise?
We'd have to upgrade our CAM, and add 5 axis option (only have a 4th axis option on the VM2).
Fixturing is another question.
Heck, I don't know what I don't know. Insights?

waikatowilly · Sep 24, 2020

Chris59 said:
My work is considering 5 axis jobs. We make small medical parts. So either TRT70 or TRT100 possibly.
Question: looking at the specs it appears to me that we could put it at the far right of our VM2 and still have room for a 6" vise?
We'd have to upgrade our CAM, and add 5 axis option (only have a 4th axis option on the VM2).
Fixturing is another question.
Heck, I don't know what I don't know. Insights?

I just pulled a TRT160 off one of the VM2s at work, and I did have a 6" vice right next to this , however the gimble does get really close to the main spindle because of the height, really good little 5 axis rotary, it was more accurate than the UMC500 I have just fixed so now everyone is using the UMC

Chris59 · Sep 28, 2020

Thanks for the reply. It's good to see an even larger 5th axis still allows for a 6" vise. Been going over the specs online and saw the max work envelope for the TRT70 was only 1" x 1" x 1 lb. Yikes. Our parts are medical and generally small but some plates and instruments can be larger. So only looking at the TRT100 now.

mhajicek · Sep 28, 2020

Chris59 said:
Been going over the specs online and saw the max work envelope for the TRT70 was only 1" x 1" x 1 lb.

I believe that's for live 5. If you're doing 3+2 I believe you can go to 4" round.

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