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Want to save time? Reduce costs? Improve Productivity? (Look no further)
Cutting Edge Lasers are Australia’s leading laser specialists for the
manufacturing and construction industries. As the exclusive
distributors for Carter Products throughout Australia, we are currently
stocking the innovative Flip-Pod Vacuum Holding System.
This recently
redesigned device significantly enhances the utility and flexibility of
your CNC router and offers some real benefits in improved Z-height
accuracy. The Flip-Pod also eliminates the need for spoil boards and
provides the tightest possible Z-tolerance whilst also increasing
holding power. This handy device was the winner of the highly contested
Challenger Award for Technical Merit at the International Woodworking
and Supply Fair in the USA.
Adaptable to almost any CNC router equipped with a vacuum pump and
table, the Flip-Pod system replaces the more traditional spoil-board
with a Flip-Pod panel made of tough 508mm UHMW material. A pattern of
circular cavities are routed into this panel, each of which can hold a
single Flip-Pod. Each Pod can be placed in either the “down” position
(flush with the top of the panel) or the “up” position (raised
approximately 285mm above the panel). By simply flipping each pod into
the desired “up” or “down” position, you can turn the vacuum on or off
at any location to precisely match the holding power required for your
part shape. The material is firmly held in a raised position above the
router table surface, making it easy to perform edge boring or edge
shaping. This intelligent design eliminates the need to produce
previously needed dedicated holding fixtures, which means no wasted
floor space to store those fixtures.
The Flip-Pod System saves you
time, money and increases your productivity by eliminating the need to
change different parts. Eliminating the need for spoil boards, the
system is based on a grid of individual pods that seat in a work
surface in any configuration required. The vacuum activated,
retractable pods simplify part layout and positioning.
The Carter
Flip-Pod system is available in four standard kit forms, from 100 to
400 pods, as well as custom configurations of over 100 pods.
The revised Pods are totally compatible with previous Flip-Pod
installations so they may be incorporated into existing cavities
without modifications. All accessories from the original system -
Half-Pods, Retractable Locators, and Fixed Locators -function just as
before.
Unlike the original seal, a rubber extension cup which compressed when
vacuum was applied, the new seal flattens when vacuum is activated, so
the part rests on the top of gray grooves of the Flip-Pod body itself.
This results in the most accurate positioning possible. Field tests
show that holding power is greatly improved in comparison to the
original design - extremely important in processing smaller parts.
Discussing the upgrade, Carter President, Peter M. Perez remarked, "The
Flip-Pod System has been so successful that it's hard to think it could
be improved. When introduced some years ago, it won the highly
contested Challengers Award. But this design feature makes a good thing
even better. We expect it to be highly popular!" Carter Products has
served the woodworking and allied markets with innovative products and
been a leading producer of woodworking machinery accessories since
1929. The company pioneered the advantages of guide line lights in the
1950s and laser lights introduced in the 70s. |
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