After using cnc machines that use a vacuum work piece holding system, accessories such as Y-Joiners and X-Joiners and highly flexible hosing to resist crimping and splitting become a massive time saver.
These accessories from local stores such as Parker Hydraulics become very expensive as the mount up, but i've recently come across an online store with a wide selection of different parts at less than half the price ive found anywhere else.
Push fit Pneumatic Fittings
Above is a link to the companies push fit fittings which are what i use personally, but they do offer a wide choice of other options, they are worth checking out.
Thursday 23 May 2013
Glass Balustrading - How they are made
A very popular item in the world of glass processing are glass balustrades. They are being used in all sorts of modern builds and come in various types of glass.
Currently monolithic toughened glass is the most commonly found type, but this is slowly moving towards toughened laminate, which is two monolithic toughened panels, bonded into one using an adhesive inter-layer. The benefit of this is that should either of the two panels break, the second panel is unaffected and is able to hold all of the broken pieces thanks to the inter layer.
We have recently completed a project which specified toughened laminate using 2 panels of 19mm thick glass.
I was away in Italy (see previous post) during the majority of its processing but was able to get a couple photos of the panels being produced on the Intermac CNC.
If you would like to see photos of these installed check out Glass Balustrades in Toughened Monolithic and Toughened Laminate
Currently monolithic toughened glass is the most commonly found type, but this is slowly moving towards toughened laminate, which is two monolithic toughened panels, bonded into one using an adhesive inter-layer. The benefit of this is that should either of the two panels break, the second panel is unaffected and is able to hold all of the broken pieces thanks to the inter layer.
We have recently completed a project which specified toughened laminate using 2 panels of 19mm thick glass.
I was away in Italy (see previous post) during the majority of its processing but was able to get a couple photos of the panels being produced on the Intermac CNC.
If you would like to see photos of these installed check out Glass Balustrades in Toughened Monolithic and Toughened Laminate
Monday 20 May 2013
Visit to Intermac Factory - Italy - First on the Internet
I've recently visited Intermac's factory in Italy. As you can see from the photos below the scale of production is huge.
I've looked a few times for photos of the Intermac Factory production area and have never come across any so i believe these may be the first.
I was very lucky to see the largest glass cnc ever built being constructed, it has a 19 (or 18???) meter x 4 meter bed and is headed to china on completion.
I've looked a few times for photos of the Intermac Factory production area and have never come across any so i believe these may be the first.
I was very lucky to see the largest glass cnc ever built being constructed, it has a 19 (or 18???) meter x 4 meter bed and is headed to china on completion.
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