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If you bought any IFI Mechanical Products (IFI Wheels, IFI Sprockets, etc) or used the Kitbot Chassis or Kitbot Transmission... you used something cut on this machine.
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14-02-2006 12:42
sanddrag
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How cool: one of our main mentors works for Amada and sells those machines.
14-02-2006 12:46
Sachiel7
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So this is where kitbots are born? 
Really neat 
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Lol, it really must be where kitbots come from!
Cept they dont come preassembled
See:
14-02-2006 12:48
Heretic121
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soo ah... john... you wanna... you know... "donate" that to our team... but without anyone knowing of course =D
a peice of work... yay for machinary at its best...
14-02-2006 13:00
MikeDubreuil
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I can tell it came from Amada, looks very heavy, computer controlled, and probably very expensive, but what does it do? (other than the obvious answer: how IFI cuts.)
14-02-2006 13:05
ChuckDickerson
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Looks impressive but what is it? It looks sort of like a CNC version of a stamping/shear/bending brake sort of machine?
14-02-2006 13:35
TriggsJr
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Hey John,
Is this a Punch laser combo
You need to lose that Amada punch and Come to the dark side (German) and exchange it for a faster Trumpf machine maybe even a Punch Laser combo.
http://www.trumpf.com/3.index.html
Amada is one of our competitors.
Nice setup with the Sheet storage and automation.
Isn't it so nice to make this kind of hardware up with these kind of machines!! The past two weeks I've cut a least 20-30 parts a day in about an hour or so. Then walk over to the press brake and bend this stuff within 0.005" Milling all these parts just isn't necessary and its so slow.
14-02-2006 15:49
team222badbrad
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Production Machinist, Oh what FUN!
Wish I had one of those to make parts with or maybe I will just stick with a simple cnc mill and manual machines.
14-02-2006 20:42
Arefin Bari
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Hey John,
Can I bring up my team up there for a week? =)
14-02-2006 20:58
Andrew Blair
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Wow! One of our sponsors has a bigger one of these! (Not sure if bigger is better; its older 
) I love this machine!
Actually, we recently had a couple of plates cut out by different sponsors, and the one laser cut plate actually looked worse than the punched one!
14-02-2006 23:35
TriggsJr
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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Wow! One of our sponsors has a bigger one of these! (Not sure if bigger is better; its older
) I love this machine! Actually, we recently had a couple of plates cut out by different sponsors, and the one laser cut plate actually looked worse than the punched one! |
But you can't form, tap or bend with a laser.
Thats why they make combo machines laser punch
15-02-2006 10:34
JVN
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No laser on this machine; just a straight up 58 station turret punch.
This punch is the centerpiece of IFI's new manufacturing facility. It's primary function in life is making IT racking and mounting products (www.racksolutions.com), but sometimes it gets to play around and make robot parts.
It is a great machine, and it makes me jealous that I couldn't play with it in my 229 days. Once you go sheet metal, you just can't go back.
-JV
15-02-2006 20:20
Andrew Blair
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Originally Posted by TriggsJr
That was a bad laser then. The Laser quality is always better.
But you can't form, tap or bend with a laser. Thats why they make combo machines laser punch |
EDIT_______________________________________
We burned these out of 1/4" steel. Perhaps with the extra material, a slower feed was needed, hence- jagged edges.
06-03-2006 13:09
TriggsJr
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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Errr... Not with small holes. (1/4"). The intense heat blows out extra material, and you get a jagged edge. The long runs looked better, but, being as the plate has about 50 1/4" holes in it, it looked pretty bad.
EDIT_______________________________________ We burned these out of 1/4" steel. Perhaps with the extra material, a slower feed was needed, hence- jagged edges. |
When the hole diameter starts to match the thickness of the material it gets harder to cut. I use a feature called small contour to cut then.....its slower and it pulses the laser on an off. But they can be done with plus or minus .001 tolerance.
What machine are you using??
06-03-2006 13:21
John Neun
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Hey John, do you suppose we could make room for one in the basement, next to the 54 year old Bridgeport?
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