Through a hopper and conveyor, this machine takes round plastic cylinders of various diameters and creates a chamfered and counter bored tip. 

The customer had a 1960's era Bridgeport Mill that they wanted converted to handle the machining of the cylinder.  We automated the quill to automatically plunge and retract and mounted our material handling platform to the mill's table.

The plastic cylinders are cued up on a continuously running conveyor which is fed by a hopper.  The cylinders are allowed into the clamping area one at a time via a pneumatically controlled gate.  Once the cylinder is in clamping position, the clamp pushes and clamps the cylinder into its cutting position.  Once clamped, the cutter chamfers and and counter bores the cylinder.  After cutting, the cylinder is ejected  down a ramp and into a trough ending up on another conveyor.  The processed parts are then carried off to packaging.