Replacement CNC Vision Panels (Tecdur® MachineSafe)

[magicniner]

Are your panels warranted against impacts that polycarbonate would deflect without failure or fracture?

[ChrisF Tecdur]

Are your panels warranted against impacts that polycarbonate would deflect without failure or fracture?

Thanks for your question! Our panels are warranted to meet the latest BS EN ISO standards for CNC Machine safety vision panels. These standards are stringent.

I hope this answers your question and of course I am happy to help further.

[magicniner]

I'll take your avoidance of a direct question as a "No" and confirmation that glass will still be cracked by impacts which merely dent polycarb.

[ChrisF Tecdur]

I'll take your avoidance of a direct question as a "No" and confirmation that glass will still be cracked by impacts which merely dent polycarb.

Whilst polycarbonate does not crack like glass, having polycarbonate only windows does not meet the Health & Safety BS EN ISO standards as polycarbonate is quickly chemically degraded by machine working fluids (MWFs) (you may have some very old ‘white’ panels?). Polycarbonate, is however, the best material to provide the protection so the layer of glass is there to protect the polycarbonate from the MWFs. Polycarbonate is also easily scratched by swarf so the glass helps with that too.

The ejection of part/s always presents a risk of cracking to glass yet, dependent on glass thickness, this can be mitigated against. For example, 8mm glass is less likely to crack than 4mm and we use 4,5,6,8 and even 10mm facing glass.

I hope this provides some clarity. If you need further assistance, I am happy to respond here or via my email above.

[ChrisF Tecdur]

If anyone has any questions, I am more than happy to answer.

[ChrisF Tecdur]

Hi guys,

If anyone would like me to send information on our vision panels or answer questions, I would be happy to help.

Also, if you represent a company and the nature of that entity is a CNC Service Engineers, machine tools etc, I can provide a competitive commercial quote based on several machines/models/dimensions.

[ChrisF Tecdur]

I hope you all enjoyed the Easter break and of course the good weather!

Regarding this thread, as always I'm open to answering any questions you may have as to our product, performance etc.

I'm also conscious that a great deal of users have viewed the thread. We're an open minded company and would like to invite feedback too, so if anybody wishes to add a comment, suggestion etc please feel free.