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Columbia dot-peen marking machine

SPECIAL COLUMBIA MARKING TOOLS PM MICRO™ PEEN MARKING MACHINE HELPS FORGING SUPPLIER PLACE TRACEABILITY INFORMATION ON PISTON FORGINGS FOR OFF-HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT ENGINES   Lansing, Michigan-based Customer uses special Columbia dot-peen marking machine designed to operate on-the-factory-floor in the hot forging plant.   When Customer, a leading producer of closed die […]

MARKING 101

For: Modern Application News MARKING 101  By: Tom Phipps Columbia Marking Tools, Inc.   One tool shop estimated it saved one minute per part on their CNC machining center by marking outside the machine.   Another shop estimated it saved $125,000 in labor cost per year using a hand holder […]

260 Roll Marking Machine

Project scope:  CMT to supply two model 260 Roll Marking Machines. Customer to supply part fixturing. Marking legend is typically 6-8 (1/8″) characters and the Customers Logo, estimated marking time is 3 seconds.  Parts are threading inserts that will be marked on the flat top side of the parts.

Note:  machine to have CUSTOM BASE with height of 38″ from floor to part fixture mounting surface. Also to have CUSTOM PALM BUTTON arrangement with horizontal mounting of buttons to column (not base), these buttons are to have special LOW PRESSURE push settings.

3 different part fixture drawings were provided to CMT:
–  EJ727 sheet #5 is a riser plate of some kind with a height of 3.125 inches
–  EJ727 sheet #4 is an adapter plate of some kind with a height of .750 inches
–  J23867 sheets #1-#6 are insert holder fixtures that range in height from 1.0 inches to 2.2 inches with a mean height of 1.6 inches.

Based on the provided drawings CMT will use the combined height of all three part fixture details of 5.4″ from our table mount surface to achieve the 38″ height from floor as stipulated in the above note. CMT will send approval drawing for customer signoff showing this height, signing the drawings means that you have approved this fixture stackup calculation as being correct or representative of the typical fixture height that you will use.

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