Kaltenbach, sole UK agent for Behringer billet, plate and mitre cutting bandsaws, is about to receive the first delivery of the company’s new HBM800 bandsaws in the UK.
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- this is almost certainly the world’s most productive range of bandsaws
The new Katana range of Saws from FICEP - faster feed rates, greater flexibility and longer blade life cut production costs and manpower, while massively speeding up throughput. Katana has to be the world’s most productive range of bandsaws - either as stand alone machines or as part of fully automated steel processing production lines.
First announced in the autumn of 2011, the new 800mm diameter or 800mm square capacity straight cutting machines are the latest additions to the established HBM range – claimed by Behringer to be the fastest straight cutting bandsaws available.
The machine is available in two basic models: the HBM800A for cutting both ferrous and non- ferrous metals and the HBM800 ALU which is designed for
aluminium and aluminium alloys. The HBM800 makes similar dramatic claims of high speed performance advances as the other HBM models in the range, with some 30% further reductions in cutting times said to be typical, compared to current market norms. A factory fitted Behringer SC (Speed Cutting) Pack is also optional, to provide high speed performance, cutting control, swarf management and maximised blade life. Precision and consistently smooth adjustable blade feed is driven by a powerful, high performance 22kW frequency controlled motor and the latest version of Behringer’s proven servo drive and ballscrew
downfeed system, which helps provide enhanced cut face finish, consistent chip removal and extended band life. Behringer reports that with the HBM bandsawing range, in parallel with advances in band technology, it has made continual ongoing step advances that have totally transformed cutting speeds over the past ten years. The latest 800mm capacity models are now ready to join their smaller capacity 540mm, 440mm and 370mm stablemates in the UK.
In sawing applications, speed of cut is a major contributing factor towards productivity, but whilst the performance of a sawing machine and blade is important it becomes irrelevant if the cut component cannot be removed quickly.
Efficient material handling therefore is a key element in the overall process.
To find out how the Katanas can increase productivity and slash production costs call - 01924 223530 or e-mail
info@ficep.co.uk for more information
Katana - the fastest way to slash your sawing costs
FICEP UK Ltd., 3 Gilcar Way, Valencia Park, Wakefield Europort, Normanton WF10 5QS
www.ficep.co.uk
According to metalcutting bandsaw and machine specialist, Prosaw, a fundamental question needs to be asked: after a stock bar has been processed how long does it take to load and start processing the next item? The company argues that if it takes 30 minutes to saw a component and then a further 10 minutes for a forklift/crane to remove it, this will have a significant impact on productivity.
Prosaw has been supplying high performance bandsaws to the UK industry for 50 years and has developed a design and manufacturing division to provide a solution to the problem of moving material to
and from machines. From basic input and output conveyors to fully automated handling systems, the savings can be substantial.
A typical application highlighted by the company involved a standard semi- automatic bandsaw as a starting point. Prosaw’s design division developed an automatic magazine feeding system with a 6m feed which was NC programmable and worked incrementally so that different lengths and long lengths could be processed. Each individual component was marked using a dot marking system as it was being cut. The cut components were then automatically ejected onto a stillage area. As the customer sold the cut lengths by weight
the components were then deposited into individual pockets which were fitted with load cells to measure a predetermined number of components. When the correct number of components had been deposited into a particular pocket, a printing machine automatically produced a label providing customer details, component size, material specification, traceability number and weight of bundle.
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