Blanchard #18A2, Two Spindle Vertical Rotary Surface Grinder

Blanchard #18A2, Two Spindle Vertical Rotary Surface Grinder
  • Tag Number: 16105
  • Machine Type: Grinding Machines
  • UMCC: G8100
  • Manufacturer: Blanchard
  • Model: 18A2
  • Year: 1970
  • Serial Number: 13116
  • Description: Blanchard #18A2, Two Spindle Vertical Rotary Surface Grinder

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Overall Specifications

  • STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
  • Range
  • 8" Diameter x up to 12" high on plain table.
  • Work Table
  • A plain cast-iron table 43" outside diameter, 26" inside diameter.
  • Grinding Wheel
  • 18" Diameter x 5" deep x 10" hole (18" x 5" x 10") or 18" diameter x 5" deep, x 12" hole (18" x 5" x 12"), usable depth 4".
  • Speeds
  • Wheel………………………………… 1200 RPM on 60 cycle 1000 RPM on 50 cycle
  • Chuck: Fixed speed, easily changed with pick-off gears, from .42 to .88 RPM. Higher and lower ranges are available when required. Also available is a continuously variable drive between .28 and 2.2 RPM.
  • Feed
  • Each wheel head has vertical down feed by hand or power, with power down feed controlled by a separate wheel control caliper for each grinding head. Each wheel head has motor-driven raising and lowering with push-button control.
  • Standard Equipment
  • Two 30 HP foot-type spindle motors mounted on wheel heads; one 2 HP motor mounted on base for table rotation; two 3/4 HP traverse motors, two 1/4 HP feed motors. 40" single pass magnetic chuck or 43" plain table. Water-guards, piping, coolant discharge chute. Two wheel control calipers, two ammeters wired in wheel motor circuits. Control panel containing line start contactors with thermal overload protection for all motors, with 115 volt control circuit. (All electrical equipment to 1967 J.I.C. general purpose machine tool standards).
  • Hand Loading Type
  • Loading shelf, chuck rings, adjustable unloader and chuck cleaning device. (Chuck rings, unloader and cleaner for magnetic chuck grinders).
  • Dial Loading Type
  • Dial and driving mechanism, adjustable work guides, chuck rings, adjustable unloader and chuck cleaning device.
  • Specifications are deemed accurate, however, subject to verification or prior sale.