Automated travelling head press machines are suitable when high speed output with predictable accuracy and material yields are required.
The cutting jobs and patterns are pre-programmed into the press cutting machine’s computer or this can be carried out off-line and information sent down to the machine. Thus, the operator has no more to do than load the material and cutting tool and gather the cut pieces as they emerge from the machine – the machine dictates the speed, accuracy and material yield.
In all cases, the cutting tool is loaded onto the machine’s cutting head, which, on 3 axis models, can be rotated to obtain the best fit or interlock of cutting patterns. Cutting can be onto a polypropylene cutting board for easily fed material but the most versatile model uses a moving cutting and feeding belt. This acts both as a cutting barrier and as a conveyor to carry the cut components away from the cutting area.
For work which is exclusively in sheet form a version is available with a powered, mobile, feed table – very popular in the envelope industry.
Features
- Cut sheets or rolls of material
- Ultra fast and accurate
- Fully programmable
- 2 or 3 axis
- PLC or CNC control
- 360º head rotation (model dependent)
- Re-circulating ball leadscrew traverse (model dependent)
- Powered material feed rollers or pinch and grab feeder
- Four mechanical depth stops for precise depth of cut (model dependent)
Nesting Software
By utilizing the power and sophistication of cut part nesting software, the automatic traveling ead press machines can consistently generate and cut complex nested patterns. An operator would never be able to imagine, create or repeat such patterns but the nesting software and the machine can – accurately and with complete repeatability. This saves time, material and money. Costs reduce and become predictable.
Options
- Nesting software
- Auto sheet loading
- Cut parts knock out units
- Auto collection of cut parts in the head or to a side conveyor
Bespoke features are regularly incoroporated
Range of Application
Ideal for many products manufactured in soft or semi rigid materials in single or multiple layers including:-
- Abrasives
- Automotive components
- Carpet and flooring, sample swatches
- Textiles – sample swatches and pattern books, underwear and outerwear components, components for hats, ties, collars and shoulder pads
- Leather & footwear components – shoes, insoles, insole socks, uppers, straps, wallets, purses, belts
- Lampshades – fabric or plastic, with or without cut outs
- Electronic components – flexible PCB’s touch pads, button covers, legend plates
- Filters for machinery, breathing apparatus and the medical industry
- Gaskets, seals, washers in plastic, cork, rubber, paper, felt, foam. PTFE, graphite etc
- Insulation materials
- Medical products – filters, dressings, disposables – pads, wipes, strips, foot care products, orthopedic footwear
- Packaging – foam, inserts, card, promotional products, blister packs
- Paper and card – stationery, novelties, filters, labels
- Plastic cards – promotional, business, badges, labels
- Plastics – PVC binders, lampshades, stationery products, gifts, novelties, gaskets
- Toys – soft toys, advertising novelties, mini jig-saw puzzles and more
Technical Info
Cutting Force 25 to 100 tons
Cutting Widths 1800mm – 2500mm or more
Cutting Head 500mm x 500mm up to 1000mm x 1000mm
Service & Support
Installed and serviced a team of service engineers, conveniently based in the Midlands.
Telephone support and fast call out when required. |
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