DIMAC is now distribut ing the Winning Sam multi-task gantry loader for unloading of billets, shafts, casting parts and bars at a floor area of only 2.25m x 2.25m.
This universal loader concept is said to allow the automatic loading and unloading of slugs, shafts and form parts.
The unit also provides the option to reverse the parts over in order to machine the other side on single-spindle lathes.
Winning Sam also allows users to feed round or profiled bar stock with the same multi-task loader, with the additional option of recovering the machined parts, separating chips and stocking fragile parts in a part magazine.
The system recovers end-of-bar scrap, and separates it from chips and machined parts. It is still, however, possible to pass parts on to a part control station interfaced with the lathe in automatic mode.