Spindle Liner Options
These options are not
necessary to use the Spindle Liners, but are to
help them run
better with certain lathes and material types. Each of these options
have been
designed for an existing customer with an unusual problem or request.
Having designed and perfected them, we offer them as
options for anyone with a
similar problem or request.
The locking ring is used to
hold the spindle liners in the lathe's spindle. In most
cases the spindle liners are
held in by the friction of the O-rings on the inside of the
spindle, but for more
positive holding of the spindle liners in the spindle, we
recommend that you purchase
a locking ring to hold the liners in. One locking
ring will work with all the
spindle lines.
This option is only useful
with the Autobar series of barfeeder. If your lathe
has spindle orientation,
then to load hex stock you orientate the hex Collet the match
the V in the V-channel of the Autobar, and then load the bar in.
The hex pins help
keep the bar stock aligned
during this loading procedure. A locking ring is required
when using a spindle liner with a hex orientation bushing.
This option is only useful with the Autobar series of barfeeder. If your lathe
has spindle orientation, then to load hex stock you
orientate the hex Collet the
match the V in the V-channel of the Autobar, and then
load the bar in. The
hex pins help keep the bar stock aligned during this
loading procedure. A locking
ring is
required when using a spindle liner with a hex orientation bushing.
In some cases the surface of the bar stock is going to
be machined at the
ends only leaving the outside surface of the bar stock
on the finished parts.
An example of this would be large pump shafts or ball
screw stock. In this case
it may be important to keep the outside of the bar
stock scratch free. Using plastic
lined reduction tubes and spindle liners will help
this process.