125x75x100mm CNC Vacuum Cups Fast Replacement WEEKE Homag Vacuum Pods

Losing hold on a WEEKE or Homag vacuum table usually means one cup has stopped sealing, not that the pod is finished. VCB311 is that cup: 125 x 75 x 100 mm, grey, rubber and plastic, with the 125 x 75 mm top face arranged lengthwise. It screws onto the existing pod in place of the worn suction plate, for Felder, Masterwood, Weeke, Homag and Busellato machines. Lead time 1-7 work days. Price on request.

A vacuum table fails in three ways, and all three cost machine time. One pod stops holding, so the panel lifts at that corner and the cut drifts out of position. The hold-down height changes, and a program that ran clean last week leaves a shoulder on the edge. Then the spindle stops while somebody changes parts.

VCB311 is the replacement for that cup: a 125 x 75 x 100 mm vacuum cup, also listed as a CNC vacuum cup or Schmalz vacuum block, with a 125 x 75 mm top face arranged lengthwise and a 100 mm body. Grey, rubber and plastic, it goes onto a pod that is already on the table - the worn plate comes off, VCB311 screws into the same seat, and the vacuum circuit is not touched.

Fit is decided by three numbers, not by the machine badge. Measure the top face at 125 mm by 75 mm, the body at 100 mm, and check which way the long side of the face runs - lengthwise is what this cup is.

Listed for Felder, Masterwood, Weeke, Homag and Busellato machines, bagged in a carton, and shipped from China in 1-7 work days. Price on request: send the machine model and the number of pods on the table, and the quote comes back against the right quantity.

What the three dimensions and two materials do in use:

• 125 x 75 x 100 mm — 125 mm top length, 75 mm top width, 100 mm body height decide whether the cup seats.
• Lengthwise top face — the 125 mm side of the face runs along the machine axis, which is the arrangement this cup is made for.
• Rubber face, plastic body — the rubber seals against the panel, the plastic body holds the 100 mm working height.
• Screwdriver fit — the cup unscrews and the new one screws into the same seat, no other tool and no vacuum-line adjustment.
• Cup only, not the pod — the pod body, hose and valve stay on the table; only the 125 x 75 mm plate is replaced.
• Five machine families — listed for Felder, Masterwood, Weeke, Homag and Busellato CNC machines.
• Small enough to stock — at 125 x 75 x 100 mm a spare cup takes shelf space and adds almost nothing to a carton.
• Bag and carton — one cup per plastic bag inside a carton, so the sealing face arrives unmarked.
• 1-7 work days — lead time from China, the number that decides how many cups you keep ready.
• Grey, so wear shows — a grey rubber face gone shiny or set in one zone is easy to spot against the rest of the table.

The usual choice on a failing pod is to keep running it or stop the machine and wait for a spare. A cup this size changes that calculation:

• A spare on the shelf, not a shutdown. At 125 x 75 x 100 mm the cup costs shelf space rather than capital, so a failing pod becomes a swap instead of a stopped spindle.
• The pod stays on the table. Only the suction plate is replaced, so nothing has to be re-levelled or re-hosed before the next panel goes on.
• Panel height stays where the program expects it. The 100 mm body sets how far the panel sits above the table; a cup at the same height keeps an existing program valid.
• Fit decided from three measurements. 125 mm, 75 mm, 100 mm and lengthwise: decided off the old cup with a rule, before any money is spent.
• Priced as a consumable. The cup is the cheapest part of the vacuum assembly and the part that fails first, so money on cups saves panels and shifts.
• One part number, a mixed shop. Felder, Masterwood, Weeke, Homag and Busellato are all listed against VCB311, so two machine brands do not need two spare lines.
• Fast and easy, by design. VCB311 is listed as a fast, easy and cost-effective replacement for suction plates, which is why a set belongs in the drawer.

Only if three measurements match. The top face has to be 125 x 75 mm, the body 100 mm high, and the long side of the face has to run lengthwise. Measure the old cup before ordering - the machine badge alone does not settle it.

No. VCB311 is the cup, also called the suction plate. The pod body, the hose and the valve stay on your table and are not part of this item.

No. A screwdriver is enough. The cup unscrews from the pod and the replacement screws down in the same seat, with no change to the vacuum line.

Because the top face is not square. At 125 x 75 mm the face is longer one way, so the cup only seats in one orientation - turned across the machine axis it will not line up with the seat.

Rubber and plastic. The rubber face is the sealing surface against the panel and the plastic body carries the 100 mm height.

Felder, Masterwood, Weeke, Homag and Busellato CNC machines. If your machine is not on that list, measure the old cup first and compare the three numbers.

One cup replaces one suction plate, so count the pods that are not holding. Ordering the count of the whole table in one go keeps a re-cover to a single shipment.

1-7 work days from China, price on request. Each cup goes into a plastic bag and the bags into a carton, so the sealing face travels protected.