Flex 3401 OPM on each setting?

[05xrunner]

Does anyone know the speed of the flex on each of its settings of the OPM..I have looked every where and I cant seem to find it. I was going to add some 6" MF pads for my flex and since it says use 3800 for finishing and 4800 for cutting..i wasnt exactly sure what speed settings that is on the flex.
Thanks

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Does anyone know the speed of the flex on each of its settings of the OPM..I have looked every where and I cant seem to find it. I was going to add some 6" MF pads for my flex and since it says use 3800 for finishing and 4800 for cutting..i wasnt exactly sure what speed settings that is on the flex.
Thanks

Speed 6 = 4800 OPM, not sure what the rest are. By the way, the 3401 sucks with the MF system.

 

[Crazy Amos]

Speed 6 = 4800 OPM, not sure what the rest are. By the way, the 3401 sucks with the MF system.

Elaborate please

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Elaborate please

The pads were vey grabby and all over the place. With a decent amount of pressure, I created holograms. Wipeoff of the compound as much harder than when using my GG DA.The system was designed for a traditional DA, and I now understand why.

 

[05xrunner]

Speed 6 = 4800 OPM, not sure what the rest are. By the way, the 3401 sucks with the MF system.

what speed 6 would be 9600 OPM..how would speed 6 be 4800OPM
maybe it sucked cause you are using it at speed 6 and thats double the OPM they say you should use it for in turn what could have caused all the problems with it.

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

what speed 6 would be 9600 OPM..how would speed 6 be 4800OPM

There was a write-up by Kevin Brown on another forum. There was thorough testing done, and Flex measures their OPM's a little differently than the industry standard. Speed 6 spins at 4800 OPM's, trust me, it's not 9600. I was not using it at 9600 OPM's. Try it for yourself and see.

 

[05xrunner]

all I know is that my PC on speed 4 that is roughly 4800 OPM and compared to speed 6 on the flex..There is a HUGE night and day difference in the speed of it..I was thinking more on the lines of speed 3 would be probably close to what speed 4-5 would be using the PC

 

[Crazy Amos]

I think 9600 OPM is correct.

Flex XC 3401 VRG Review

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

I think 9600 OPM is correct.

Flex XC 3401 VRG Review

That's what Flex measures it at, but it's actually spinning at 4800 OPM's at speed 6. I'll get you guys the link to the article that explains this and PM you.

 

[05xrunner]

I dont care about a link..I know when I have my flex on 6 and PC on 4 there is a HUGE amount of difference between the speeds they are running at. So if the MF pads are designed to run at the 4800 OPM of the PC speeds..I would match the flex at the same rate of speed. and my guess would be around speed 2-3..Id still like to know each speed on each setting

 

[RaskyR1]

Try it on speeds of 3-4 and see how it works.


The D301 and finishing pads should work well with the Flex from what I've read by others.

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

I dont care about a link..I know when I have my flex on 6 and PC on 4 there is a HUGE amount of difference between the speeds they are running at. So if the MF pads are designed to run at the 4800 OPM of the PC speeds..I would match the flex at the same rate of speed. and my guess would be around speed 2-3..Id still like to know each speed on each setting

I'm not forcing it down your throat, believe what you want to believe.

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

It might work better at speed 3-4, but you're not running below the recommended setting of 4800 OPM, and that's what the OP wanted to know. I'm done with this thread as I'm staunch on what I believe, and so is 05x.

 

[RaskyR1]

Here is what Nick Chapman posted on MOL as he's had a lot more seat time with the system than most people.

My speed settings for each machine:

G100- 4.5-5.0
G110- 3.5-4.5
Griots 3.0.4.0
Flex DA 3.0-4.0
Metabo 4.0-5.0

Since the Flex is a forced rotation machine I'm not sure if the 4800opm recommendation is valid on this tool. It's clear based on other users that speed 6 does not work as well and lower settings should be used.

 

[CleanGene]

I believe the Flex @ speed 6 is 480 rpm & 9600 opm.

 

[05xrunner]

Here is what Nick Chapman posted on MOL as he's had a lot more seat time with the system than most people.

thanks.
so that 3-4 would that be speed 3 finishing pad and speed 4 cutting pad?

I guess another quick question...since I got the original PC should I follow the 4.5-5 speeds as the G100

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Here is what Nick Chapman posted on MOL as he's had a lot more seat time with the system than most people.

Is this for both D300(cutting disc) & 301(finishing disc) with the 3401?

 

[CleanGene]

thanks.
so that 3-4 would that be speed 3 finishing pad and speed 4 cutting pad?

I guess another quick question...since I got the original PC should I follow the 4.5-5 speeds as the G110

I think you're in the right ballpark now.

 

[RaskyR1]

thanks.
so that 3-4 would that be speed 3 finishing pad and speed 4 cutting pad?

I guess another quick question...since I got the original PC should I follow the 4.5-5 speeds as the G100

I'm not 100% sure on that as I just copied what he had listed....but what you have above makes sense. Do a test spot as it may vary between paints.


I use speed 5 on my original PC and will bump it up to 6 with heavy pressure for any RIDS that don't come out on the first pass.

Is this for both D300(cutting disc) & 301(finishing disc) with the 3401?

 

[aerogt01]

Mark, could you PM me that link? OPM seems like a pretty straightforward thing. . .