Received the quick change pallet system from Pierson Workholding today. Still waiting on my CNC mill. I should get that in a week or two. Still plenty of work ahead of me to get my shop setup for the new machine.
The idea is that the aluminum plates will have a bunch of little parts mounted to it. The CNC mill will machine all of those parts, while i can mount more parts on a second aluminum plate. Once the machine is done machining, i take the plate of finished parts out, and replace it with the prepped second plate and the machine can keep machining. Less down time for the mill, and i can do other stuff while the CNC is busy.
germ22 3 points 14 hours ago
The idea is that the aluminum plates will have a bunch of little parts mounted to it. The CNC mill will machine all of those parts, while i can mount more parts on a second aluminum plate. Once the machine is done machining, i take the plate of finished parts out, and replace it with the prepped second plate and the machine can keep machining.
Less down time for the mill, and i can do other stuff while the CNC is busy.