Hi-Speed Tapping Machine & Automatic Parts Feeder

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Zagar, High Speed, CNC Tapping Machines & Automatic Parts Feed Systems

The Zagar CNC hi-speed tapping system presented here is an unattended, fully automatic production system for machining precision threads in mass produced aerospace fasteners. This system features automatic material handling, broken tool detection, and a Zagar MQ150 ball screw actuated CNC unit for tapping any left or right hand, inch or metric pitch thread.

The parts shown are stamped steel, aerospace fastener locknuts. The ID thread is a class 3B # 10-32.

The basic machine is a slant bed standard that features an MQ150 unit with the spindle axis servo motor mounted in-line with the spindle to minimize inertia and enable less than .5 second tap cycles. The two axis, AC servo, motion control system is a Zagar standard fully programmed for tapping, drilling, or combined drilling and tapping operations. A vibratory feeder bowl system, bulk hopper feeder, and auto. load unload fixturing enables unattended operation.

Locknuts are auto. positioned mechanically at the tap station and pneumatically ejected to a parts bin. After each cycle, a wand type tool detector checks for a broken tool at the tip of the tap. Tapping lubricant is metered to as little as a half drop per cycle and mixed with a sequenced air blast to both apply coolant and clear chips from the work area.

The tool holder is a quick-change standard with .07" radial float. Taps can be interchanged in seconds using only one hand. The tapping cycle is a precision CNC emulation of the required thread pitch (rigid tapping). The automatic load / unload fixture featured doweled actuators for systematic change-over and processing either of the two locknut variations. In turn, two inter-changeable feed track sub-assemblies are supplied on separate bases with a precision quick-change inter-lock system for re-aligning the feeder bowl and feed track when changing over the style of locknut being processed.

Two complete feeder bowl assemblies with customized handmade rotary tracking and pneumatic accessories are included. Feeder bowls are also quickly interchanged using precision corner datums and a pneumatic manifold block with quick-disconnects.

The bulk hopper feeder automatically maintains the level of parts in the feeder. Hopper capacity enables approximately 8 hours of unattended operation.

The work area is totally enclosed when the machine is operating. One of the hinges on the enclosure cover features a safety interlock switch.

The tapping unit is a Zagar MQ150 ball screw actuated quill feed unit with an inline, low inertia spindle motor mount. This standard configuration of the MQ150 unit and it's control system have been used in production to synchronize with stamping operations at production rates as high as 240 parts a minute or 4 cycles per cycle.

Hi-Speed, multiple spindle, CNC tapping

In this example a Zagar, gearless, 4 spindle tapping head and a vertical, MQ150 CNC drill-tap station are applied to tapping (4) # 8-32 holes thru a steel stamping. The spindles are equally spaced on a .750" (19mm) diameter bolt circle. Each spindle featured a quick-change, Zagar standard tap holder. The stampings or work pieces are automatically transferred under the tap station, using a dial index table supplied by the end user. In production, the tapping station has to complete the tapping operation in less than .75" seconds which is the cycle shown.

The turn-key 4 spindle tap station included vertical columns and supporting hardware for accurately suspending the tapping spindles over the work station.

The pre-engineered motion control system is Ethernet ready and featured a touch screen HMI interface with stored programs for tapping left or right hand, inch or metric pitch threads. Programs for drilling or combination drilling and tapping are also included with every Zagar CNC tap station.

Zagar production hole making machinery and components are currently engineered in 3D using Solidworks. Design templates (2D & 3D) of standard units and multiple spindle tooling are available upon request.

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Zagar Inc. 24000 Lakeland Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44132USA
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