Press Release number: 01519SHEAR
Thursday, 14th October 2010

A new Dimeco Alipresse coil feeding line for 8mm thick HSLA (High Strength Low Alloy) steel, which provides better mechanical properties or greater resistance to corrosion than carbon steel and used in the manufacture of cars, trucks, cranes, bridges and other structures handling large amounts of stress, is now available from Shear-Form Ltd, the Coventry based sheet metal and plate working machinery supplier and sole UK representative for Dimeco Alipresse.

This new coil feeding line overcomes the problems that can occur for fine blanking specialists when decoiling HSLA steels with yield strengths up to 1,200Mpa. It provides complete operator safety with high performance ratios handling 1,600mm diameter coils weighing up to 4,500kg in widths from 40 – 200mm and steel thickness up to 8mm. The operating speed can be up to 12m/minute.

Advantages of using this line include, strip that is secured during strapping and un-strapping, strip insertion up to the tool inlet is fully automatic without operator involvement, and the strip is closely monitored whilst decoiling and recoiling with an additional measuring wheel monitoring the actual strip feeding movement.

Other features include adjustment of coil centering during automatic operations, the component part program is able to trigger an automatic configuration of the line parameters, decoiling and straightener jog modes are controlled from one panel on the press terminal plus the decoiling line can be controlled using the press control terminal.

For further information:

Clive Meir, Director,

Shear-Form Ltd,

Telephone: 01926 484011

e-mail: clive@shear-form.co.uk

Press Release 01517SHEAR

Wednesday, 25th August 2010

The Haeger 824 WindowTouch®–3 insertion press, available through Shear-Form Ltd, the Coventry based sheet metal and plate working machinery supplier and sole UK representative for California based insertion press manufacturer Haeger Inc, is designed to ensure the correct fastener is used every time, thereby improving insertion productivity by up to 40% and improving component quality.

Whether a Company’s fabrication shop is new to hardware insertions or already inserts millions of fasteners every year, the 824 WindowTouch-3® makes life for the operator that much easier by ensuring that the right insertion is used in the right place, eliminating damage to parts during the insertion process with no rejected components due to missing fasteners, at the same time fast ram speeds will increase productivity.

If a fabrication shop is equipped with laser punching and cutting equipment, it makes sense to have a quality yet economic insertion press to maintain product quality throughout the manufacturing process. This insertion press does that at the same time producing a very fast payback time on the initial investment.

To make the operators job easier, a laser part locating light uses a red cross hair laser to clearly show the operator exactly where each fastener should be inserted, whilst the digital camera interface can take images of the positions of fasteners on a finished component and import that information into the equipment’s part program for future re-call.

Haeger’s InsertionGraphics™ software provides a visual guide to the insertion process. Full colour component images can be displayed on the computer touch screen with each fastener position on a component being displayed with a colour coded flashing dot. Different colours are used to identify different types of insertions helping to ensure that no fasteners are missing and that the correct one is inserted.

The InsertionLogic® software includes a full colour teach screen to set up the sequence in which different fasteners are inserted, a main operation screen to provide control of program parameters, program setup to enable the operator to store different job specifications and see what tooling modules to use, whilst a fastener library allows jobs to be set up effectively and quickly.

This insertion press is designed to apply insertions into thin gauge materials and other applications, where absolute repeatability (+/-0.5%) is critical. It has a force range from 4-72kN, a throat depth of 610mm and throat height of 342mm.

Other performance enhancing features include a multi-shuttle tooling platform for nuts, studs and stand-offs, which reduces the tool changing time to about 2 minutes without the need for re-alignment, whilst the Turret Insertion System (TIS-2) enables up to 4 different fasteners to be inserted in one part handling, whilst a positive locking station ensures the operator has activated the correct tool station and that their is no tool movement when the insertion takes place. The tool position feedback eliminates missing fasteners by stopping the operator from moving on to the next fastener until the current fastener is inserted.

For further information:

Clive Meir, Director,

Shear-Form Machine Tools Ltd,

Telephone: 01926 484011

Press Release number: 01488SHEAR

Monday, 21st June 2010

Dimeco Alipresse’s new L7155B “3 in 1″ NC coil feeding line is now available through Shear-Form Ltd, the Coventry based sheet metal and plate working machinery supplier’s and Dimeco Alipresse’s sole UK representative.

The L7155B coil feeding line incorporates a decoiler and a straightener feeder on a single 3.4m long solid base and is designed for manufacturers seeking a simple, yet robust and safe press feeding line that is able to handle 3 ton 300mm wide coils with a strip thickness between 0,3mm and 4,1mm.

A feature of this line is that because of it size it can easily be moved from one press to another and it is easy to operate. It is also available as a version to handle 500mm wide strip.

The variable speed decoiler has a pneumatic safety pressure arm and 6 coil keepers, whilst manual rotational jog programmed feed length for the tooling set up is controlled from the main NC control panel. The straightener feeder has a full crocodile head opening for easy strip insertion and roll cleaning. It is also equipped with 2 x hardened chrome pulling rolls to provide a good grip which are pneumatically released and 7 x hardened straightening rolls. The adjustable pass height can range between 950 – 1350mm.

The movable Numerical Control has 1 – 100% adjustment of the speed and acceleration, pitch micro-adjustment and automatic single stroke or continuous operation in the press mode.

Options available for the numerical control include remote control, strip encoder, electronic cams and a 220V transformer.