right angle head

[doyleg]

do any of you use right angle heads on a regular basis? if you do , what brand have you found that works good? can you get one that has interchangeable heads/collet systems. i am looking to see if we can justify buying one for cnc's or if we should just keep doing that type of work manually.

 

Thanks a bunch for any input you can provide.

[Mito@DeeringBanjos]

We use rite angle heads daily. The best I've used is Tecnara . http://www.tecnaratools.com/

 

 

[doyleg]

Thanks Mito. i believe that a tecnara/nikken rep will be here next week.

[robk]

We also use right angle heads on daily basis. We have a few different brands in here both standard mount as well as flange mount styles. We do have Alberti brand (flange mounted) in here that uses it's own taper standard for quick tooling change. We also use Big Sheppard, Koma, and and Romai heads. They all work very well. My favorite is our slimline Koma because it fits in the toolchanger.

[doyleg]

We have quotes from Koma, Benz, Nikken/Tecnara, and NTTool. I only want one if you can change tools with quick change. Otherwise alot of headache to change tools and reset offset everytime. toolpath runs maybe 45 sec. then toolchange. Owner is only going to consider buying 1 head so I will have to be able to change tools.

[Mgrenier]

We use Big sheppard and they work great. Tool change is qick. Big Sheppard

[robk]

Our Alberti T90-5 is quick change. It accepts standard BT40 taper tool holders. Nice & quick

[doyleg]

thanks guys. i've got alot of reading to do.

 

 

prob with that is that i was reading how bad hard alcohol was on your body and after contemplating for a loooong time i came to a life changing decision. i'm not going to read anymore.

[TheePres]

Any of you willing to share some programming examples using a right-angle head.

 

Thanks

[robk]

The first sample is a drilling operation from our Mazak 5 axis Variaxis... The second is a milling sample is from one of our horizontal Mori Seikis...

 

 

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