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Dies and moulds • Vacuum moulds
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The vacmagic VM300 unit has been designed to offer all the benefits of 'vacuum pump' based sytems with the simplicity of only requiring normal 'shop' compressed air (min 70 psi/5bar) to activate clamping pressures far in advance of conventional units and even out performing high power electromagnetic chucks in recent tests by GBI Cincinnatti in USA with 50hp cuts on a 12"dia billet of steel. With the VM300 you get the added benefit of being able to use it as a pallet changer and fixture location device with repeatability down to microns.
Once mounted to a machine, through the universal slots in the lower base plate, the vacmagic unit can cover 90% of all work needed to be machined in most machine shops. In addition to this, the VM300 has a staggering changeover time from vice to specialist fixture of just 15 seconds. It can also be used as a pallet changer.
The unit is CE marked and comes complete with cutout switch which works with most modern machines in the event of vacuum loss and is easily fitted by following the simple instructions provided. The unit also has a red visual indicator showing when full clamping force is not present.
 | Dies and moulds , Vacuum moulds Easy installation taking just 1/2 an hour on the first installation and can be re-installed only 10 minutes.
Fixtures and fittings can be changed as quickly as 15 seconds.For regular jobs the tools can be left set in machine so this job could be reset in less than 1 minute. Longer running jobs could be set up at less labour intense periods i.e. evening shift, weekend or if an operator goes sick the machine could be kept productive for virtually the whole shift.
Running costs
Based on an Ingersoll rand uni-10-115 7.5 kW compressor capable of 42 cfm which would cost 30p an hour run our unit uses 2cfm and would cost less than 2p an hour to run continuous. We actually have a fixture demo unit which runs perfectly off a £70 screwfix compressor.
Vacuum Chuck The vacuum chuck works on the same principle as the pallet changer. This unit is for use mainly on manual milling and grinding machines. This unit has a steel base to enable its use on magnetic chucks. Easy to change silicon 0-ring. (see animation below
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