Greater Capacity Bar Feeders

Edge Technologies has announced the second-generation rollout of its Patriot 338 and 551 models with enhanced features, new sheet metal and a new grey and cream color scheme.

"We are excited about all the new benefits of the Patriot Gen II and the value they will bring to our customers," said Kevin Meehan, President of Edge Technologies. "This next generation of Patriot bar feeders raises the bar again for these two Edge-designed 12-foot magazine bar feeder models that redefined economical excellence when they were introduced 17 years ago."

Faster changeovers, ease of use and safety were the driving forces incorporated from customer feedback and thousands of installations. Edge Technologies has equipped the latest Patriot bar feeder with quick-change guide channel sets, a larger viewing window and an internal LED light bar around the gripper area-features that ease set-up and production monitoring. The main bushing device and second movable anti-vibration device (MAVD) are improved to stabilize bar stock between guide channel and lathe spindle, maximizing RPM potential.

The bar feeder also features major upgrades to the motion control system and HMI. The touchscreen control is interactive and easy to program. Programming is flexible enough to accommodate everything from basic part processing on fixed and sliding headstock lathes, to more exotic and advanced applications. The new Schneider motion control system is the latest in PLC technology with built-in Ethernet ports to accommodate advanced interfacing and the ability to push and pull data from a CNC lathe. Part program storage is 500 jobs.

For more information contact:

Edge Technologies

11600 Adie Rd.

St. Louis, MO 63043

314-692-8388

www.edgetechnologies.com