So I've been thinking about clamping a CNC machine. The nicest way to clamp is with vacuum tables and these are very expensive with elaborate ways to fence off just part of the table. But maybe there is a better way.
In a CNC machine, you are only ever cutting in one spot at once. And so you only ever need to clamp one spot at once with vacuum power. So imaging a vacuum hose underneath that moved around on a CNC rig to follow the cutter. It could be on a belt-driven two axis or three axis...
CNC Vacuum Clamp
In a CNC machine, you are only ever cutting in one spot at once. And so you only ever need to clamp one spot at once with vacuum power. So imaging a vacuum hose underneath that moved around on a CNC rig to follow the cutter. It could be on a belt-driven two axis or three axis...
CNC Vacuum Clamp