BAR FEEDERS

Bar Feeder Basics

Some primary factors are often overlooked when considering how to justify the implementation of a bar feeder for turning operations.
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Bar Feeder Offers Simple, Fast, Silent Automation

PMTS 2023: Bucci Industries’ Next 25 bar feeder offers high rotational speeds (more than 10,000 rpm) and fast, unattended bar changes with high indexing and silent performance.
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Bar Feeder for Sliding Headstock Lathes Enables Higher RPMs

PMTS 2023: The LNS GT 342 automatic magazine bar feeder is designed to enable fast and easy diameter changeovers and improved productivity.
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All-Electric Bar Feeder Optimized for Lights-Out Production

IMTS 2022: The Quick Load Servo 105 automatic bar feeder has a 26" (650 mm) heavy-duty magazine which can stage up to 1,430 lbs of barstock for long unattended and lights-out production runs.

Magazine Bar Feeder Enables Unattended Operation

IMTS 2022: Edge Technologies’ Commander 8-80 magazine bar feeder enables unattended operation with its large magazine capacity.

What Machine Shops Should Know About Material Bar Straightness

Many operations require a high degree of bar straightness, especially when the material is to be presented to a machine by a bar feeder. For that sector of the market, the following is a brief review of the steps your bar supplier can take to ensure positive results.
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LNS Bar Feeder Control Enhances Machine Health Monitoring

The company says the control enhances the user-friendliness of the Quick Load Servo S3+, a bar feeder that is well suited for unattended and lights-out production thanks to its robustness and reliability.
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Accudyne EZ-Puller Bar Puller Offers Expanded Capacity for Automation

This auto-adjusting bar puller provides optimal gripping force regardless of bar size or shape.
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Ethernet Communications System Enables Interactivity Across LNS Product Lines

e-Connect enhances the performance of additional LNS products including chip and coolant management devices, high-pressure coolant and air filtration systems.

Maestro Bar Feeder Reduces Change-over Times

The Maestro 80 No Limits, Bucci’s automatic bar feeder, supports bars ranging in size from 10 mm to 80 mm to work with fixed headstock lathes.

Edge Technologies Vortex System Designed for Wet Operations

PMTS 2019: Edge Technologies’ Vortex AF series is a soluble coolant mist collection system designed for machine tools performing wet machining operations.

LNS Bar Feeder Loads Small Bar Diameters

PMTS 2019: The GT 112-E automatic magazine bar feeder from LNS is especially useful for sliding headstock machines running unattended or lights-out production using small bar stock.

Making Waves with Lathe Automation

After years of relying on an extensive machining cell for part production, this marine equipment manufacturer has now reduced part handling and improved quality through use of single-setup lathes and automated loading and unloading.
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LNS Acquires ChipBlaster

The LNS Group has acquired ChipBlaster Inc., the maker of high pressure coolant systems, coolant chillers, cyclonic filtration systems and other machine tool peripherals.

ecoPROFI is a Multi-Channel, Quick-Change, Magazine Bar Feed

Irco’s ecoPROFI bar-feed system is compatible with standard and Swiss-type lathes as well as machining centers and rotary transfer machines and delivers automatic, multi-sized bar feeding in an economical, small-footprint package.

GT 112-E Bar Feeder Loads Small Bar Diameters

LNS’ GT 112-E automatic magazine bar feeder has a dual U-shaped guiding channel with a sectional guiding channel cover, combined with a self-centering bar clamping system that matches the entire diameter range of the lathe.

Preparing for Lights-Out Production

As manufacturers face the challenges of reducing cost-per-part while meeting quality and delivery demands, adding a workerless third shift is a tantalizing possibility. It’s also a bit scary.

Choosing an Automatic Bar Feeder

The bar feeder is the most common form of automation for turning operations. Selecting the right one requires consideration of the applications for which it will be used.

The Collet is the Answer

A small workholding change helped this shop deliver the required part finish by resolving vibration and runout issues.

Bar Feeders Evolve to Interconnectivity

Bar feeding continues to broaden its contributions to making turned parts faster and better. Ethernet interconnectivity can be the next step to increased profitability.
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Chris Felix Former Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining

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