Italy-based
Prima Power is inviting visitors to make ‘a journey towards the future of manufacturing’ at
EuroBLECH 2022 (Hall 12, Stand 146), where its latest automated, integrated, and digitalised sheet metal fabrication solutions will be showcased. The show is taking place in Hanover from 25-28 October.
A growing number of sheet metal manufacturers are embracing automation and digitalisation to increase productivity, reduce lead times, enhance part accuracy and quality, cut waste, and improve ergonomics and safety for their staff. The upsides of automated and smart production are key to tackling the main challenges in the manufacturing industry — skilled labour shortages, high-quality standards, material costs, product delivery, efficiency, and sustainability. Prima Power, with its wide range of modular and flexible technologies, automation, software, and deep-rooted experience, can provide the right solution for the most diverse production and investment needs.
The company will highlight a highly automated manufacturing line exhibited which features a PSBB, a compact Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS), which integrates punching, shearing, buffering, and bending processes in a single solution. Leveraging decades of experience in FMS technology, the PSBB line automatically processes blank sheets into ready-bent, high-quality components.
It offers high productivity, accuracy, and efficiency by using servo-electric technology for punching, shearing, and bending, with automatic flexible material flow and sophisticated software. The PSBB line is optimal for the production of square parts and panels and can therefore be used in sectors such as HVAC, door, and elevator panel manufacturing.
The manufacturing line will also showcase the new Shear Brilliance, a combined punching and shearing system which combines the latest composite materials, servo-electric technology, and linear drives to achieve a truly impressive performance. The advantages of modern servo-electric technology are low energy consumption and low maintenance requirements, in addition to excellent accuracy and versatility.
Modularity enables fast, high-precision manufacturing of components that also require forming, bending, tapping, and marking in a single, flexible cell and a fully automatic process. By its very nature, the integrated punching-shearing concept can bring savings from 10% to 20% in raw material consumption. Even greater savings can be achieved using the optional cut-to-length line.
Also included in the PSBB line exhibited at
EuroBLECH 2022 is the EBe2720, a fully automatic, servo-electric panel bender that maximises system throughput. Thanks to its integration in the FMS, the machine boosts productivity by reducing the whole fabrication process into a single stage, taking advantage of a unique, compact layout. The EBe is equipped with a PCD picking and centring device and a multi-functional table for the positioning and the centring of parts, which allows flow from other machines in line; furthermore, the BTD bend and turning device automatically flips the sheet blanks in masked time, before the bending process.
Also on display will be Prima Power‘s Laser Genius+ flexible automatic laser cutting system which will be displayed with a Combo Tower Laser storage system and PSR 2D picking and stacking robot. The high dynamics (trajectory speed of 180m/min, acceleration of 2.8g) and the precision of this machine allow short cycle times and high cutting quality.
With three size formats available — 1530, 2040 and 2060, and a wide range of laser power options, the demands of every application can be satisfied. The Laser Genius+ is a ‘plug and play’ machine with quick installation times and a symmetrical and reversible layout that increases ergonomics and ease of integration into any factory. The machine features two 24in full HD monitors and a 4K video camera as standard, integrated software modules that simplify processes, new sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms for advanced monitoring and process control.
Thanks to the modular structure of the system and Prima Power’s wide product portfolio, the PSR 2D can be connected directly to the Night Train FMS storage solution and to an automatic panel bender, creating an automated production line from raw sheet metal to cut and bent finished products. The Combo Tower Laser, a compact and flexible storage system also installed with the machine makes different materials available whenever needed and can additionally serve as intermediate storage for ready cut components and skeletons.
Prima Power will also highlight the eP Genius 1030 at EuroBLECH, a flexible automated bending solution, which integrates an eP-1030 servo-electric press brake with an automatic tool storage unit. In this machine, the high dynamics, precision, and reliability of Prima Power's servo-electric technology combine with the advantages of an automatic tool change system. The result is a productive and flexible bending solution, particularly suitable for smaller batches where it is possible to automate the machine set-up, and shorten cycle times to help the customer achieve higher levels of market competitiveness.
Some important features of the eP-1030 are the 105-tonne capacity, 3,060mm bending length, automatic CNC crowning, five-axis back gauge and the IRIS Plus angle control system on CNC controlled motorised arms. The tool magazine houses 32m of tools on eight tool holders that move on three axes. A turret also allows the tools to be rotated, increasing the machine flexibility. The latest generation user interface allows intuitive programming, both on the machine and off-line, as well as automatic management of the machine set-up.
In addition to the familiar Prima Power software solutions, several new products will be launched at
EuroBLECH, for increased programming efficiency and user-friendliness, simplified machine monitoring and improved control of manufacturing costs.