[nmcdairmant]

I have a mori nl3000y and im needing to counterbalance the chuck 12lbs anyone have any suggestions on this

[littlerob]

I am not understanding the question, why do you need to counter balance the chuck? What diameter is the chuck and, what diameter are you turning? Robert

[nmcdairmant]

12" chuck 6" part 8" long heavier on one side

[littlerobb]

12" chuck 6" part 8" long heavier on one side

Maybe I'm totally off, having not seen the part, but from what you have told me you should not need a counter balance for that part. A twelve inch chuck should be ample for that part. Robert.

[nmcdairmant]

the part had a cored hole in it enginnering change this part and took the hole out resulting in a part that is 12lbs heavier and now the part ie cam is being ripped out of the chuck not for sure if i need to counterbalance 6lbs or the hole 12lbs

[littlerobb]

I don't know the solution to that. (engineers) But maybe you could use a fixture in the part to counter the weight of the part itself, instead of counter the chuck? Robert

[nmcdairmant]

I was hoping I could stay away from that but thats looking like thats the way to go

[littlerob]

I hate fixtures right from the beginning, but sometimes, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Robert

[ruftimes]

They sell a spindle ballancer for this very kind of application

[ruftimes]

It is intigrated into the machine once it is setup so you dont have to install or remove it after that.

[nmcdairmant]

where whould I find this info

[ruftimes]

Call you local Mori distributor or the Mori help line 877-ASK-MORI.

ask about the Adaptive Balancer option for your machine.