Re: automated "labjack"

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "ballendo" <ballendo@...> wrote:

>
> >In CCED, "Graham Stabler" <grezmos@> wrote:
> >its about lowering inertia to the minimum so the machine doesn't have
> >to carry any lowering stuff around with it.
>
> Graham,
>
> Exactly what I was thnking when I mentioined the air bag. Lightweight,
> fast acting, and lift guidance is already a requirement, so no--or
> little-- added "overhead".
>
> B
>

Well the lifting apparatus can be heavy as it only has to lift itself
unlike in the head of a moving system where you end up with series
loads, one axis carrying the other.

Graham