BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 02:36PM
The sex machine from Barbarella.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 04:12PM
Uh .... that would be a big No blah
Matter of fact, anything you feed this puppy would be lost in a hurry!!! When
this puppy's cyclin it closes up to within about .125" with 100+ tons of
pressure per square inch ! Not a happy place for your favorite joy toy
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 05:43PM
some sorta sheet metal roller/press....?
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 05:52PM
Nah .... far from it fossil ol buddy
Nigel_Knowital Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 06:19PM
A machine for vacuum-forming plastic?
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 06:33PM
Nice try Nigel, but wrong ballpark
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 06:35PM
Here's a hint .... that's a Kluge sittin beside it
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 07:26PM
is it a printing press?
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 10:33PM
yea that's it! you said once before you fixed one.
woberto Report This Comment Date: August 05, 2007 11:15PM
Looks like a hand-fed platen, banned in Australia because they claimed too many
fingers.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 06, 2007 02:21AM
Close enough Woberto
It is a handfed platen style die cutter, but it's also
a heated foil stamping/embossing press too.
Though these can be some finger eatin sumbitches (or anything else you get
between the moveable and fixed platens while it's running!) this one is fitted
with hair trigger safeties which can stop the machine dead cold within about 1/4
of a stroke with the electromagnetic clutch its fitted with.
Most "old school" machines of this ilk did well to come to a stop in
less than 2 full strokes, which is pretty ineffective considering the damage is
done to the operator or the machine in typically less than 1 full stroke and
realistically more like within 1/2 a stroke.
The problem with tryin to make anything idiot proof is that the idiots keep
gettin smarter (or dumber, depending on your perspective) every day
I've seen people go to some
incredible lengths to bypass safety equipment and blatantly ignore safe working
procedures and it's always really just a matter of time before this gets 'em in
the long run.
Having spent over 30yrs in different mechanical trades I've seen lots of
accidents and narrowly avoided many myself. I will say one thing for sure
though, there isn't a single machine that's ever been made that's worth as much
as even ONE of my fingers and I'll stand right there and watch it totally
deconstruct itself before I'll put myself at risk of injury over it
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: August 06, 2007 02:23PM
Hey, you gotta admit it was a good guess, though. LOL!
woberto Report This Comment Date: August 10, 2007 09:01AM
Hey K, try this website:
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www.alibaba.com]
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: August 10, 2007 07:35PM
Yeah I had a peek Woberto but I've never been all that fond of the Chinese
stuff. Their casting usually stinks and their electrics are the worse than a
60s somethin Jag !
Brausse, Yawa and a few others all are cast in the same plant in China these
days (hell Bobst even has a line of autoplatens made in China these days!) and
pretty much just have different paint schemes except for the Brausses. Brausse
has their machines shipped from the foundry to their facility in Canada and then
install their own electrics, which seem to be of waaay better quality.
The Indian machines we import are hell for strong, have a higher tonnage PSI
than any machine I'm aware of and we have the factory install all 60hz
electrical components for the North American market. Their only weak point is
their fit and finish, but people damned sure love the way they run, so .... In
the 7yrs we've repped these machines I've been on exactly 1 service call which
was the result of the operator failing to keep it lubricated
