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News Release from: Tru Corporation | Subject: Trumpf Trumatic 2020R FMC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 February 2002
CNC punching machine has built-in
automation
For a cost increase of around 25%, compared with a standard machine, a compact CNC punch press is being offered with integral automation - automatically loading/unloading blanks and parts.
For a cost increase of around 25%, compared with a standard machine, a compact CNC punch press is being offered with integral automation - automatically loading/unloading blanks and profiled parts The Trumpf Trumatic 2020R FMC (flexible manufacturing cell) will make its European debut at MACH 2002 exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham, UK
The compact load/unload mechanism is located under the machine table, preparing the next blank for loading.
A completed tabbed sheet is moved to a transfer position and a beam with two clamps removes it from the table, while the next sheet to be loaded is held aloft in a suction frame.
The suction frame then deposits the next blank on the table ready for processing.
The loading mechanism then retreats under the table.
Space requirements for the 2020R, with a working area of 2500 by 1250mm, including the automation unit and photoelectric barriers, is 6710 by 7310mm.
Expansion magnets separate stacked blanks on the loading cart before the suction frame peels one off.
A sheet metal thickness detection device ensures that only one blank is loaded at any one time.
Profiled parts up to 200mm by 200mm can be ejected through chutes to the left and the right of the machine.
A co-ordinate guide pushes the parts out, and a sorting unit guides them to a part container.
All punching tools are located in a linear magazine in the throat of the press.
Once the setup position has been reached, all tools are unclamped simultaneously to provide the operator with direct access to all tools and effects an easy manual exchange.
Setup time is a few seconds.
Once set up, all tools are latched automatically.
The machine CNC puts the linear magazine through a test cycle and compares the magazine configuration with a setup list.
It also checks the length of tools and clamp positions at the same time.
The CNC detects any operator error, such as confusion between clamp and tools positions.
Any type of tool can be located in the magazine so there is no need for the user to worry about how many thread forming and Multitool stations, or how many large, small or rotatable tools are required.
All combinations are possible, up to a maximum of 190 tools.
(This was Manufacturingtalk's Top Story on 8 February 2002).
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