Baruffaldi TOE 80 locking
Posted: Sat 18 Dec , 2021 12:12 pm
Hi all, what a great forum this is!
Quite recently I acquired most likely the only TU 150 P in Finland. It's been in some kind of mass production use earlier, has all the bells and whistles like bar feeder, hydraulic chuck etc. Been doing some small parts from aluminum to stainless and it has worked pretty well considering the size of the machine.
Just a week ago had an unfortunate crash which resulted in base jaws fracture, which I already got a replacement parts from Kitagawa. During the crash turret took a hit too resulting in it losing the locking function as you can see from the video below. Just by requesting the turret to rotate, the locking function started working again but it's still missing the locking force. This results in the turret giving back once the tool touches the workpiece. Ever since I haven't been able to get any tool to work without extensive chatter. The turret vibrates during turning operations significantly, which is clear checking with a dial indicator.
https://youtu.be/2i4XHVn6dUU
I have checked the manuals posted here about the TOE turrets but figured to ask before taking it all apart. As I am not sure at all how this thing works and the semi blurry images in the manuals don't provide much insight, to me at least.
Does anyone have an idea of what could be broken to what extent the turret would need to be disassembled to be able to replace the damaged parts? Can all the locking parts be accessed from the face plate side once the tool post (or what's it called) is removed? I would like to steer clear of all the electrical components...
Then there's some kind of adjustment on front and rear of the turret, anyone have an idea what these are for? Could adjusting these remedy the problem?
Quite recently I acquired most likely the only TU 150 P in Finland. It's been in some kind of mass production use earlier, has all the bells and whistles like bar feeder, hydraulic chuck etc. Been doing some small parts from aluminum to stainless and it has worked pretty well considering the size of the machine.
Just a week ago had an unfortunate crash which resulted in base jaws fracture, which I already got a replacement parts from Kitagawa. During the crash turret took a hit too resulting in it losing the locking function as you can see from the video below. Just by requesting the turret to rotate, the locking function started working again but it's still missing the locking force. This results in the turret giving back once the tool touches the workpiece. Ever since I haven't been able to get any tool to work without extensive chatter. The turret vibrates during turning operations significantly, which is clear checking with a dial indicator.
https://youtu.be/2i4XHVn6dUU
I have checked the manuals posted here about the TOE turrets but figured to ask before taking it all apart. As I am not sure at all how this thing works and the semi blurry images in the manuals don't provide much insight, to me at least.
Does anyone have an idea of what could be broken to what extent the turret would need to be disassembled to be able to replace the damaged parts? Can all the locking parts be accessed from the face plate side once the tool post (or what's it called) is removed? I would like to steer clear of all the electrical components...
Then there's some kind of adjustment on front and rear of the turret, anyone have an idea what these are for? Could adjusting these remedy the problem?