Month: March 2011

CMF Ironworker Series

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  • MIW Double Cylinder Machine

    Dual hydraulic cylinders for two man operation.

  • Adjustable cylinder stroke with scale.
  • 5 work stations.
  • Large two piece gauging table for punch station.
  • Quick Change coupling nut and sleeve for rapid replacement of punch.
  • Section shear for cutting angles at either at 90 degrees or 45 degrees.
  • Bar shear for cutting round and square bar.
  • 2 movable foot pedals.
  • Electrically interlocked safety guard for notching station.
  • Magnetic light.

SIW Single Cylinder Machine

Hydraulic Holddown

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (click link below)

Ironworker Specifications

FPP CNC Punch Press

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FPP Punch PressStrong mono block rigid C type body built up by stress relieved welded steel construction has high acceleration axes and designed to allow sheet loading from 3 sides ergonomically and the operation to be watched easily. Sheet processing can be done multi-directional and flexible until 0.2″ thickness. Hydraulic, electronic, electric and mechanic components that are respected with its high quality worldwide have been used on the machine.

CNC CONTROLLER

  • GE Fanuc series 18i-PB controller has 10.4″ color LCD screen, 512 KB part program memory
  • All related punch functions
  • Program transfer availability with PCMCIA and ETHERNET
  • Worldwide Fanuc Service advantage

SHEET HOLDERS

  • Automatic repositioning to process sheets as long as 79″
  • Two pieces of sheet holder clamp opens with spring tension and tightens with pneumatic
  • Sheet is pinched without causing any deformation
  • Sheet referencing bar and CAD/CAM controlled pneumatic trap to drop the cut part to the wheeled part box

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (click below for specifications)

RPP FPP and CPP CNC Punch Press – Rotative Punch Specifications

Fixing the oil industry, one beer at a time

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The importance of the pipeline in industry, agriculture and nearly every vital facet of civilization cannot be under-emphasized. Without pipeline construction, we would lack plumbing and electricity, not to mention access to gas & petroleum reserves. But perhaps the pinnacle of modern civilized uses for pipelines can be found in a German town by the name of Gelsenkirchen. The pride and joy of this fair city is a football (European for soccer) stadium known as the Veltins Arena, the self-described “cult temple” of the German football league team FC Schalke 04.

The Veltins Arena is considered to be the finest football stadium in Europe, in a town where football is publicly acknowledged to be nearly on a par with religion. In spite of the fact that its construction is an ultra-modern miracle of architecture, the Veltins Arena is most well-known for its pipeline. Why? Because, unlike most pipelines, this one transports beer.

A massive undertaking of over 5 km in length, the Veltins Arena beer pipeline was constructed to ensure that its fan base would never “run dry”. All 100 bars and restaurants in the Veltins Arena are connected by this beer pipeline to a central tank, which ensures that large differences between between demands during various stages of a match are more easily overcome. This feature of the arena is so important that the German brewery which supplies the beer also obtained the stadium’s naming rights. The brewery’s name? You guessed it: Veltins.

At the end of a football match in the stadium, two key statistics pop up on the arena’s scoreboard: the number of people in attendance, followed by the number of liters of beer consumed. This so impressed a Russian politician by the name of Alexander Vakhmistrov that he decided the city of St. Petersburg absolutely HAD to have a beer pipeline in their stadium as well. The only hitch in his plan was the law in Russia that forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages at sporting events.

I am bringing this up because beer pipelines might be the answer to a serious problem facing the oil industry right now. Reports of major oil pipeline gluts are rampant. There are more pipelines than there is oil to fill them, and many are operating well below capacity. Add to that of course the general public’s love-hate relationship with the oil industry, the recent oil rig disaster in the Gulf, and you have a financial and PR situation of considerable magnitude.

So here’s my foolproof, 3-day PR strategy and financial recovery plan for the oil industry: start using your untapped oil pipelines for the transport of beer into households, immediately. This would not only make people love you but you’d finally have a revolutionary new income-producing opportunity in keeping with the times that would allow you, and your stockholders, to make a full financial recovery. After all, it’s getting to a point where no one can afford gas anymore anyways, which may soon lead to a total change in lifestyle, characterized mainly by people staying at home more. And what at-home activity isn’t made just a little more pleasant when it’s accompanied by a few glasses of beer? I can’t think of a better way to re-instill consumer confidence in the oil industry, literally overnight.

There have been a few recent examples of beer or wine “flowing like water” directly into private residences. In 2006, a Norwegian woman turned on her faucet, only to find that instead of water, beer was flowing out of it. This turned out to be the fault of the bar on the lower floor of her apartment building, which had literally gotten the plumbing lines of their beer delivery system crossed.

Then, in October 2008, residents of Marino, Italy were only too tickled to find out that they had apparently turned water into wine – on the same day as their annual Grape Festival, no less. 10 to 12 households found that when they turned on their faucets, wine poured out – if only for 3 minutes or so. Although they initially assumed it to be a gift from the City Council, it turned out this was due to a mistake in plumbing once again. Apparently, every year during the Grape Festival, the water supplies to the main fountains in the town center are turned off and wine is channeled into them instead. Only in this case, the wine was mistakenly channeled into a few private nearby homes.

Both of the above were clearly mistakes, but look how happy it made people.

I can imagine a day in the not-too-distant future, where I go to my local BP station and purchase several gallons of – beer. Think about it: I can buy a pint of beer for as much as what gas stations charge for a gallon – and buying a pint of beer makes me a lot happier than buying a gallon of gas. It also makes good economic sense for the oil giants to simply replace gasoline with beer. Not only would they be able to charge for a pint what they’re currently charging for a gallon, but they would finally win back the hearts of the people. “Fill ‘er up” might take on a completely different meaning one day.

If any of you pipeline manufacturers decide to take me up on this idea, all I ask is that you furnish my personal residence with a tap.

-Anja Wulf

Introducing ERMAKSAN

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As of March 1, 2011 we became an authorized ERMAKSAN dealer on their full line of press brakes, shears, laser cutting and plasma burning machines, iron workers and corner notchers in California and Arizona. ERMAKSAN has been manufacturing metal working machinery since 1965; they make annually approximately 3000 machines in their fully modernized and equipped 861000 ft2 factory. ERMAKSAN is today the largest sheet metal working machinery factory under one roof in Europe.

Especially, we are excited to introduce the EVOLUTION Hybrid Press Brake that is environmentally friendly with its minimum 60% average energy savings compared to conventional press brakes. It is also the most silent press brake in the market (63dB).

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ERMAKSAN has been manufacturing metal working machinery since 1965; they make annually approximately 3000 machines in their fully modernized and equipped 861000 ft2 factory. ERMAKSAN is today the largest sheet metal working machinery factory under one roof in Europe.

EKN-6 Ermak Hydraulic Corner Notcher

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EKN-6 Ermak Hydraulic Corner NotcherErmak EKN variable rake hydraulic corner notchers have a strong frame with its statically and dynamically rigid steel table and top beam material. T-slot top table allows precise cuttings and there is no need for alignment for different sheet thicknesses for automatic blade gap adjustment. EKN series perform frequent cutting via 4 hydraulic hold-down cylinders.

STANDARD FEATURES

  • Cutting angle adjustment from 30 degrees to 140 degrees by hand wheel
  • Statically and dynamically rigid T-slot table and top beam material
  • Automatic blade gap adjustment
  • Long life-time and easy operation
  • Removable foot pedal
  • Adjustable stroke
  • Plexiglas protections
  • Fast adjustable cutting angles by rulers and set squares
  • 4 piece hold-down cylinders to fix the sheet during cutting
  • Scrap box
  • Maintenance free Hoerbiger hydraulic system

Cutting capacity

Mild steel ST 37: 0.24″ (from 60 degrees to 140 degrees)
Mild steel ST37: 0.16″ (from 30 degrees to 59 degrees)
Stainless steel: 0.118″ (from 60 degrees to 140 degrees)
Stainless steel: 0.1″ (from 30 degrees to 59 degrees)

Technical information

Main motor: 5.4 HP
Working pressure: 200 bar
Oil capacity: 12.7 gallons
Table dimension: 45.3” x 24″
Cutting angle: 30 degree – 140 degree
Blade length: 7.88” x 7.88”
Max. stroke: 30/min.

Dimensions

Length: 45.2”
Width: 45.5”
Height: 56.7”
Weight: 41.3”

CPP CNC Punch Press / Plasma Punch

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CPP CNC Punch Press / Plasma PunchStrong mono block rigid C type body built up by stress relieved welded steel construction has high acceleration axes and designed to allow sheet loading from 3 sides ergonomically and the operation to be watched easily.

The combination of HiFocus sensitive plasma cutting and hydraulic punching on a very strong system gives a giant leap in production. Moving the sheet on X, Y axes on a stainless table with roller balls and clamps. Sheet can be cut as sensitive as required. Contour by servo motorized automatic height adjusted torch at plasma unit. After performing perforations or forming operations at the punch unit. It is capable of cutting and perforating processes at high speed and accuracy. It also has the capacity of high production and an alternative cutting process in comparison to other high cost cutting methods. Furthermore the production period will be shortened on these kinds of workstations because the material will not have to be transfer from one work station to another.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

  • X, Y, C HiFocus Plasma Generator + Automatic Servo Motorized Height Control (Z)
  • Bosch Rexroth VSP 16 CNC controller Industrial PC
  • 12″ TFT Colored High Resolution Touch Screen
  • Windows XP operating system
  • USB entrance at panel
  • Protective USB (Power Supply) for electricity cut off and voltage undulation
  • ETHERNET Interface for Communication and Network Connection between the office and machine
  • The operator panel activates easily the velocity of axes, clamp functions, reference positions, trap and tool and punch functions.
  • 2 pieces ERMAK sheet holder clamps
  • Mobil Command Foot Pedal
  • Automatic Repositioning (for sheets wider than 79” and for zones under clamps.
  • Check of work zone by CAD/CAM)
  • Warning Lamp
  • Brushed Type Table
  • Cooler
  • Automatic CNC controlled trap (Scrap / Part discrimination)
  • Wheeled Scrap Box
  • ERMAK-BIEMMETI Sextet Multi TOOL “D Station ” ( Punch, Die, Stripper) A station round .312”, .375”, .750”, rectangular .157” x .750” (2 nos.), square .67” x 0.67”
    or
  • ERMAK Biemetti Thick Turret adaptor from D station to A station round .312″, .375″, .750″, rectangular .159″ x .708″ (2 nos.), square .55” x  .55
  • CAD/CAM Software LANTEK EXPERT COMBINATION**
  • Machine Instruction and Maintenance Manual
  • ERMAK Lantek CAD/CAM training CD for easy usage
  • KJELLBERG HiFocus 100 Plasma Generator Torch Unit with rustproof option
  • IHT PCS1200 Automatic CNC Controlled Motorized Height Control Unit

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

  • ERMAK Biemetti octet Multi Tool D Station
  • Round .197″, .230″, .5″
  • Rectangular .375′ x .197″
  • Rectangular .120″ x .551″
  • Triangle 584″, 30 degree
  • Square .375″
  • Wilson tool Octet Thick Turret D Station
  • Round .157″, .276″, .413″
  • Oval .472″, .197″
  • Rectangular .375″ x .098″
  • Rectangular .375″ x .197″
  • Square .312″
  • Triangle 584″, 30 degree
  • Adaptor for B, C stations
  • 3 x B Multi Tool Station, 1 x Single Tool Station, 10 stationed multi tool
  • Tools for different punching shapes and forming applications
  • Adaptor for Trumph system
  • Additional clamps
  • Coated tools for stainless steel punching
  • Mechanic safety for security
  • Infrared Cat. 4 Light Guard Body Protection confirms to CE
  • Second user dongle for LANTEK CAD/CAM
  • Plasma application with Rotative Head Punch Press Absolute Servo Synchronic Zero Gap T1, T2 axes
  • Special sheet holder clamps for different capacities ad thicknesses (larger than 6 mm)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (click link below)

RPP FPP and CPP CNC Punch Press – Rotative Punch Specs

RPP CNC Punch Press / Rotative Punch

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RPP CNC Punch Press / Rotative PunchStrong mono block rigid C type body built up by stress relieved welded steel construction has high acceleration axes and designed to allow sheet loading from 3 sides ergonomically and the operation to be watched easily. Sheet processing can be done multi-directional and flexible until 6 mm thickness. Hydraulic, electronic, electric and mechanic components that are respected with its high quality worldwide have been used on the machine. In addition to its superior features and strong rigid body, main goal of ERMAK RPP series is high productivity and flexibility by means of angular moving T1, 12 top and bottom tool axes working synchronized with X, Y, C machine axes.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

  • X,Y,C,T1,T2 + Punch Axis
  • Absolute Servo Synchronic Zero Gap T1. T2, C axes
  • Bosch Rexroth VSP 16 CNC controller Industrial PC
  • 12″ TFT Colored High Resolution Touch Panel Screen
  • Windows XP operating system
  • USB entrance at panel
  • Protective USB (Power Supply) for electricity cut off and voltage undulation
  • ETHERNET Interface for Communication and Network Connection between the office and machine
  • The operator panel activates easily the velocity of axes, clamp functions, reference positions, trap and tool and punch functions.
  • 2 pieces ERMAK sheet holder clamps
  • Mobil Command Foot Pedal
  • Automatic Repositioning (for sheets wider than 79” and for zones under clamps. Check of work zone by CAD/CAM)
  • Warning Lamp
  • Brushed Type Table
  • Cooler
  • Automatic CNC controlled trap (Scrap / Part discrimination)
  • Wheeled Scrap Box
  • ERMAK-BIEMMETI Sextet Multi TOOL “D Station ” ( Punch, Die, Stripper) A station round .312”, .375”, .750”, rectangular .157” x .750” (2 nos.), square .67” x 0.67”
    or
  • ERMAK Biemetti Thick Turret adaptor from D station to A station round 8, 10, 20 mm, rectangular 4×18 mm (2 nos.), square .55” x  .55”
    or
  • ERMAK Biemetti Thick Turret adaptor from D station to A station round .312”, .375”, .750”, rectangular .157” x .7’ (2 nos.), square .55” x  .55”
    or
  • ****ERMAK-Biemetti octet Multi Toot (D Station) Round .196”, .250”, .312”, .5”
    Rectangular .375’ x .196”
    Rectangular .120” x .55”
    Triangle 584” 30 degree
    Square .375”
  • CAD/CAM Software LANTEK EXPERT PUNCH
  • Semiautomatic Nesting (1 nos. software, 1 nos. dongle), post-processor
  • Machine Instruction and Maintenance Manual
  • ERMAK Lantek CAD/CAM training CD for easy usage

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

  • Wilson Tool Octet Thick Turret D Station
  • Round .157”, .276”, .413” – Oval .472” x .196” – Rectangular .472” x .98” Rectangular .375” x .196” – Square .312” – Triangle 584” 30 degree
  • Adaptor for B, C stations
  • 3xB MULTI TOOL station, 1 x C SINGLE TOOL station, 10 stationed Multi Tool
  • Tools for different punching shapes and forming applications
  • Adaptor for Trumpf System
  • Additional Clamps
  • Coated tools for stainless steel punching
  • Mechanic safety for security
  • Infrared Cat.4 Light Guard Body Protection confirms CE
  • LANTEK EXPERT II PUNCH for Full Automatic Nesting CAD/CAM
  • Second user dongle for LANTEK CAD/CAM

CONTROLLER

  • Bosch & Rexroth brand VSP 16 type,
  • 12″ TFT with high resolution, colored, touch panel screen is used on the machine. UPS,
  • USB are available for customer use on the panel.
  • The control unit is equipped with 2 Ghz high performance processor,
  • 512MB Ram,
  • 20 GB Hard Disc,
  • VGA Ethernet ( 10/100 Base – T).
  • PS2 Serial Ports, USB,
  • IP65 protection class 0.25g. / 5g. vibration/shock resistance,
  • EMC Test certificated Windows XP operating system has common and easy service.
  • Economically designed control panel can be moved around the machine easily.
  • Protective UPS (Power Source) is included for electricity cut off and voltage undulation.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (click link below)

RPP FPP and CPP CNC Punch Press – Rotative Punch Specifications