There’s actually been a couple other iterations of the same thing from Altendorf and Fimal / Paoloni. Seems like a pretty cool concept if someone can make it work financially. SCM seems pretty intent on this.
https://wtp.hoechsmann.com/en/lexiko...al_concept_350
https://wtp.hoechsmann.com/en/lexikon/20344/2
My impression is that this machine might have appeal in Europe or Asia but not sure about the US. In my experience, shops who need a beam saw, need a BEAM SAW. I feel the same way about our through-feed CNC machining centers. Good for Europe, where shops have no space, but never really caught on here in the US.
Erik
Ex-SCM and Felder rep
Defend? Saw a guy hit his finger with a jig saw because the oscillator didn't bite him when he did it. His words as he was putting a bandaid on his luckily lightly wounded finger. Pretty stupid what risks the human mind gets used to if they cease to be a risk. Pretty soon I'm buying cartridges/blades and firing people because they became complacent on a SS, or worse sending someone to the ER because they were complacent on a non SS machine. Better to just not allow complacency. If you've been in the military you know that drill sergeants don't hone soldiers by allowing complacency or comfort zones. Same mindset when developing safe shop skills.
Ex-SCM and Felder rep
All you'd need to do is provide better post-sale support than Stiles. Shouldn't take much.
LOL, Peter. Seriously, though, Stiles is serving an entirely different customer than we are. Technically, we "should" be competing with them here in the US but so much of ours sales are to the standard/classical machine machine market that it reality, it doesn't really work out that way.
Erik
Ex-SCM and Felder rep
Just got back from Vegas. The Kappa 550 with PCS feature won "Challenger's Award". Spent a fair amount of time playing with it and this feature is awesome. In fact, somewhat disappointing in that nothing exciting happens when the blade gets triggered. I think everyone (myself included) was somehow expecting loud bangs or something like that and in reality, there is an audible thump but that's all. Then, you just reset the blade. The whole process takes around 10 seconds. I'll create a separate thread with a bunch of show pics but here is a quick one:
Erik
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Ex-SCM and Felder rep