SUR-SIZE™ FGW-1000 CUT-TO-LENGTH WITH HEAVY DUTY UNWIND, MACHINE GRIPPERS AND MATERIAL POSITIONING STATION
SKU: CUSTOM CUT-TO-LENGTH 222048
Requirements:
This application required cutting rolls of flexible material into precise pieces and being taken up by a machine gripping station to be grabbed by the customer’s robotic application.
Material: Rolls of flexible material with a maximum width of 965mm [38”] and material thickness less than 10mm [0.39”]
Our Solution:
AZCO Corp. designed and manufactured a custom cut-to-length assembly with a heavy duty unwind, material positioning station and machine gripper station to precisely cut pieces of flexible material from a roll form.
- The material is loaded onto the heavy duty unwind.
- Safety chucks ensure the material is held in place on the air shaft.
- An AC motor and drive will power the airshaft.
- The unwind station includes a variable speed motor and control panel.
- From the unwind, material travels under a dancer assembly.
- An electric sensor will monitor the presence of the material loop and turn the motor on when the loop is not present.
- A low product sensor monitors the roll diameter and will pause the machine when the roll reaches a predetermined diameter.
- Unit can be operated in automatic or manual modes with a dry contact one shot input.
- Material is then pulled into cut-to-length station by a set of precision ground urethane drive rollers.
- Pressure between the rollers can be manually adjusted.
- A toggle switch allows the operator to lift the idler roller for easy setup of a new web.
- The unit includes precision ball bearings which do not require lubrication.
- An internal guide directs the material from the drive rollers into the knife assembly.
- A no product sensor will automatically shut the unit down when no product is sensed entering the rollers.
- Material is then cut by a D2 Heat Treated Tool Steel blade into precise pieces.
- The unit’s light tower will both visually and audibly alarm operators for any faults or errors.
- A set of machine grippers will precisely grab the sheets of material once they’ve been cut.
- Grippers are electronically geared to the feed system to control tension on the material during the feeding process.
- This station will have a safety enclosure which is bolted closed.
- An edge guiding system will monitor the tracking of the web of material and will adjust the unwind orientation to correct the web positioning.
- Edge guide control panel is mounted by the unwind station.
- A sensor monitors the edge of the web and adjusts accordingly to maintain a constant position.
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