Re: Auto tool changers - preloading

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., wanliker@a... wrote:

> In a message dated 2/26/2002 4:00:18 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> imserv@v... writes:
>
>
> > A CNC
> > lathe with an indexable turret is usually called a Turning Center.
> >
>
> Does that mean that I can call my EMCO COMPACT 5 with Turret, a

Turning

> Center??

They charged plenty for those machines because they had an automated
indexable turret. I would guess that if you found any advertising
literature from Emco-Maier that they called them CNC Turning
Centers. They are WAY more productive than a machine with a quick
change Aloris or similar manual tool post. If you get a chance to
look at the gravity activated bar feeders that are found on smaller
turret lathes (Hint:5#-10# weight lifter's weight attached to a wire
rope, couple pulleys and a tube with a long pusher attached to the
wire rope), you might come to the conclusion that your little EMCO
Turning Center could even become a production machine.

Some toys are tools too!

Best Regards,

Fred Smith
IMService