Loading a running spindle collet is something I have done since I was wet behind the ears. Never tried it with an ejector collet stop before. Hardly ever used an ejector stop anyway as precision was usually more important than speed.
A customer asked me to rework his mistake 7000 to 10000 pcs that are .015 tool long. Loading and unloading plus hitting cycle start on the Omniturn, I could do 6 a minute. Tried it with the ejector stop and could see it would be difficult and possible dangerous. I needed a way to load the parts straight in and bottom them every time against the stop. With the quick and dirty loader I can do 12 a minute and have gotten into a rhythm where I actually wait for it to finish before hitting collet close and cycle start. If they had 50k of these things I would think about adding a cylinder to automatically load plus a magazine.
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A customer asked me to rework his mistake 7000 to 10000 pcs that are .015 tool long. Loading and unloading plus hitting cycle start on the Omniturn, I could do 6 a minute. Tried it with the ejector stop and could see it would be difficult and possible dangerous. I needed a way to load the parts straight in and bottom them every time against the stop. With the quick and dirty loader I can do 12 a minute and have gotten into a rhythm where I actually wait for it to finish before hitting collet close and cycle start. If they had 50k of these things I would think about adding a cylinder to automatically load plus a magazine.
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