THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW OSCILLATING DUAL BEAM FOLDING MACHINE- Sheet is placed on the in-feed table prior to bending - Positive and negative bends are made by the oscillatine tables thus eliminting any need to manually turn the same over - Due to reduced handling operations the machine is managed by one operator in total safety who manages the complete bending process (without touching the sheet) - The machine is equipped with pincers to move the sheet forwards during the bending cycles - The bending angles are determined by the position of the oscillating (bending) beams - Small thickness variations do not make any difference to the bending angle - Even large thickness variations are handled without changing tooling (like on the press brake) - Machine set-up times are therefore practically eliminated - Tooling and change parts are also reduced dramatically - Skilled operators are not required as the bending cycle is in fact managed by the powerful CNC - Cycle times reduced to minimum - Homogeneous parts assured thanks to the numeric control that manages the cycle start to finish - It is possible to obtain pitch by pitch bending and thus make large radium bends - The machine can be equipped with rotating turret to turn sheet before or even after bending- It is possible to equip the line with automatic gantry loading system to automize sheet entry cycle and further reduce operator intervention.
