I am trying to design a device to straighten parts off of our swiss lathes. Right now our operators are straightening thousands of parts manually by dial indicating and bending them. I was hoping to design a device similar to those used to straighten wire from a coil before they go into a machine such as this one:
http://www.simplexrapid.it/documenti...i/RTA//RTA.pdf
I have alot of questions regarding how to keep the parts and rollers from gulling and leaving marks. I have made prototypes out of plastic, but the friction between the plastic rollers and the part melts the plastic. Other than the melting everything worked great on a prototype level. If anyone with any experience in this area has any suggestions I would be greatful to hear them. Thanks.