Quote Originally Posted by Voicecoil View Post
It would be useful to know exactly which Kimla machine you're getting to be able to look up the specs. in order for someone to be able to give you some speed figures. Holding down open cell foam might be a problem, it will depend on just how open it is (surface sealing would help a lot) and how powerful your vacuum system is.
Unfortunately I just approved the capital request and for both machines it was only 120k including delivery. I didn't t find out until it was already on the sea. I know they are not getting water or laser cutting nor would I assume any front load or rear takeoff capabilities. I did confirm vacuum transfer. I would assume it is equivalent to a CAD table except with a z axis and certainly much faster cutting capability. I also know from some personal hobbies that spindle speed generates a lot of heat - I just burnt some beautiful zebra wood at home as I set the RPMs way too high. Foam is highly flammable as it has its own air supply This is typical when you work for a sales driven organization. They want a price for a customer but I don't even know if they purchased the proper tooling to go with it. I understand this is a crazy request. Someone asked me once to develop a quote form for a large production HP color printer. What I didn't know at the time as digital printing was something new was that the ink heads had to do a complete reset back to the first position before it would print the next line. Management didn't like the answer that the only money being made was by HP and that this was a hobby piece of equipment at best as it did 16 sheets per hour. I'm sorry I wish I knew more. John