To achieve the optimum results from your OMEGA feed fingers, the drilling operation should be performed in a precise way.  Overheating the synthetic material during drilling can change both the characteristics of it's operation and also the final size of the hole.  The use of non-chamfered bar will greatly reduce the life of the material.

Drilling Sizes

For round bar it is recommended that a hole is drilled 0.5mm smaller than the bar to be handled.  For square and hexagonal bar, we recommend you drill a round hole 0.7mm smaller than the dimension across the corners.  It should be noted that the 0.5mm interference is the maximum for a round section bar, this will generally be too tight for most applications, and you should experiment to find the optimum drill size for your size of bar and drill type - THE RIGHT FEEL IS THE RIGHT SIZE!

Drilling Cycle

The drilling operation should be performed at a high rpm with a slow feed rate, using a sharp drill.  The use of 'bright finish, quick spiral' drills will give the best results.  The same procedure should be followed when opening up the bore to a larger size.

Care taken during the drilling operation will ensure a long life and an extremely efficient operation.

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