Smart Lubrication System Drives Deep-Draw Success

After receiving its first Dietronic Sagoma-series lubrication system in 2019 and a second in 2021, U.K.-based stainless-steel sink producer AGA Rangemaster recently installed its third system, this one for a deep-drawing process. The firm finds that the investments have increased yield and led to a significant reduction in lubricant consumption.

The firm’s first Sagoma lube-spraying system features inlet/outlet conveyors with a lateral centering unit, a feature that proves particularly useful during the sink-manufacturing process, according to Jason Allaway, group manufacturing director at Aga Rangemaster. 

“We saw how the spray patterns could easily be programmed for the variety of different blanks used to produce the sinks,” Allaway says. “A very smart feature of Sagoma is the ‘teach-itself’ function of the blank shape with a quick pass through the sensor bank. After this, the operator can program exactly where the lubricant is needed and the quantity to apply, working in 50 by 50-mm sections easily selectable from the touchscreen control panel.”

 The recipe system then stores each program for rapid startup after changeovers. “This was exactly what we needed,” continues Allaway.