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News Release from: LVD (UK) | Subject: Omega flexible manufacturing system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 October 2000
Comprehensive FMS for sheet metal
components
The LVD Omega flexible manufacturing system for sheet metal components is able to provide fully integrated component production involving a turret punch press, laser profiling and right angle shearing
The LVD Omega flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for sheet metal components is able to provide fully integrated component production involving a turret punch press, laser profiling and right angle shearing, combined with fully automatic loading and unloading, component sorting and stacking and sheet storage and retrieval And, such is its modular development criteria that individual elements can be added, removed and updated as needs change
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Central to the flexibility of the system is the large table configuration which provides the capability to handle sheet sizes up to 1,575 mm by 4,025 mm through the punch, laser or shear, without the material having to be repositioned, regauged or reclamped.
The first fully integrated system has been installed in Europe at electrical equipment maker Grenier Group in Kerzenhein, Germany to provide some 2,500 different blanks ready for forming.
Because the system incorporates warehousing, an intermediate buffer zone and the ability to remove scrap material, without interrupting the operational cycles, fully automated multiple shifts are now run at the plant.
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The company is now capable of almost triple production by processing some 3,500 tonnes of material in a year with higher added value.
Previously, it was limited to 1,200 tonnes.
It now operates with shorter cycle times and the high number of individual components are more easily handled.
The Omega based FMS can be provided with a wide range of material handling options from simple auto-load to full warehousing.
A storage tower system can also be configured to suit customer requirements.
Central to the system is the high productivity Omega 1500 turret punch press with up to 10 Auto-Index stations of 88.9 mm diameter and an indexable multi-tool with three or eight stations and 0.01o incremental orientation positions.
The Omega is a 300 kN hydraulic powered machine able to process material up to 8 mm thick at 325 hits/min, nibble at 750 hits/min and has a maximum rate of 1,000 hits/min.
The specification of the integrated laser adds options of 1,500, 2,000 or 3,000 watt fast flow, CO2 laser power with quick change lens and NC focus.
The right angle shear gives the option to shear nested blanks rather than punch or laser cut.
The large 1,500 mm by 1,000 mm blade has a progressive shear action which allows shearing across the entire length of the sheet.
Capacity can be specified at 4 mm or 6 mm with programmable clearance and scrap separation.
The single GE Fanuc 32-bit control is able to operate the entire FMS system including punch, laser, shear, storage and automation which simplifies the operators task, monitoring and programming.
Full digital technology, with a user terminal linked to the CNC via optical interface, incorporates a Windows(r) environment.
Full graphic verification is included with program transfer via DNC.
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