Blanchard #18A2

Two Spindle Automatic Vertical Rotary Surface Grinder
Blanchard #18A2
Year: 1965

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. 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.