Couple of things, The first is that you have to stop the clippings exiting the area at 100mph plus, so you will have to issue the operators with the type of cutters that retain the cut part from taking off. Secondly on the centralized collection point, take a look at any woodworking catalog - I can recommend rockler.com and look at their centralized sawdust/woodchip collection system there are some here: http://www.rockler.com/CategoryView.cfm?Cat_ID=501 And they come with a host of fittings etc to couple up multiple points etc. John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ioan Tempea Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 8:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Pin cutting I know John, Unfortunately, too often we have requests from our customers to cut connector pins, for instance, and nobody wants to pay for special cutting plates at $600 a pop. Thanks, Ioan Tempea, ing. Ingénieur Principal de Fabrication / Senior Manufacturing Engineer T | 450.967.7100 ext.244 E | [log in to unmask] W | www.digico.cc N'imprimer que si nécessaire - Print only if you must -----Message d'origine----- De : John Burke [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Envoyé : January-28-10 2:45 PM À : [log in to unmask] Objet : Re: [TN] Pin cutting Best way to eliminate them is to use pre-cut formed components? Which will leave all of the cut leads on the component prep machine/station. John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ioan Tempea Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Pin cutting Dear Technos, Just went through a continuous improvement session on how can we eliminate those pesky cut pins from travelling all over the place. The final conclusion was that the best for our operations would be a sort of multi-suction-outlet central vacuum. Where can I look for such equipment? Thanks, Ioan Tempea, ing. 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