Most of the fast moving machines are totally enclosed inside metal enclosures just in case something comes apart and also to keep the coolant spray contained.
But there are also a lot of light curtains to keep the idiots out of the machinery. Dave On 6/18/2011 5:27 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Saturday, June 18, 2011 05:21:14 PM Dave did opine: > > >> 5 ips is very slow for a lot of machines these days. >> >> I have seen some machines at a Chrysler transmission plant that has >> rapids so fast that you really can't tell what is going on when it is >> moving around between cutting operations. >> >> They eek out another fraction of a minute in cycle time and that adds up >> to hours over a period of weeks and days over a period of a year. >> >> They aren't cutting anything at those speeds, just repositioning and >> changing tool bits etc. >> >> Dave >> > True, but the end points still need to be pretty precise I expect. > What happens if some nut runner on the line manages to get inside the > operating envelope? I would expect it to come to a halt with a big bang. > Such stuff s/b wrapped in a light beam box. I would also expect it to > start back up where it left off when the ID10T gets out of the way too. > > [...] > > Cheers, gene > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
