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News Release from: HepcoMotion | Subject: System-building services
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2001
In-house machines show what system
builder can do
There are several in-house-built, special purpose machines at Hepco's Tiverton factory but one in particular provides an excellent example of the cost savings achievable
Designers interested in Hepco's system-building capability could do no better than pay the company a visit There are several in-house-built, special purpose machines at its Tiverton factory but one in particular provides an excellent example of the cost savings achievable
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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This two-axis machine accurately drills holes in aluminium beams up to 4m in length and combines the talents of several Hepco standard linear motion products.
The machine is designed to perform a single task, repeatedly and to a tolerance of 0.2mm.
Its cost to build was a fraction of the price of an off-the-shelf machine tool and its payback was virtually instant.
A key benefit was that it freed-up production time on one of the company's machining centres allowing it to concentrate on more complex milling.
"It wasn't just a question of the high cost of a standard machine tool for handling workpieces of 4m in length," explains project engineer, Keith Thrower.
"It would also have given us many more features than we needed, so the investment would have been far from cost-efficient." The machine base is an MCS extrusion to which is bolted the x-axis comprising a GV3 double-edged slide mounted on an SB beam that is slaved to the DLS Driven Linear System.
The drilling head is attached to a rack driven GV3 carriage in the z-axis. Request a free brochure from HepcoMotion ...
Keith Thrower concluded, "The only non-Hepco parts we had to buy were a servo motor and air drill.".
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