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process, allowing for early detection of potential problems, and their modular design reportedly enables easy retrofits to almost any type of press and die.
“Many press operators are excited about the potential of digitizing and net- working their systems with little effort,” says Andreas Reich, Roemheld product manager for die and mold clamping.
In addition to their monitoring capabilities, Flexline I 4.0-ready clamps offer numerous configuration options to suit a range of applications. Other characteristics include a double-piston 19-mm clamping stroke, and a maximum travel speed of 150 mm/sec.
“We believe that Industry 4.0-compat- ible clamping systems such as Flexline I 4.0-ready will be the future,” adds Reich. “In addition to positioning and clamping, these clamps can control additional func- tions in the die and supply condition mon- itoring while providing actual data.” Roemheld North America: www.roemheld-usa.com
Automated Orbital Wrapper
Eliminates Pallet-Wrapping Bottleneck
Metal fabricator Penn Sheet Metal, Allentown, PA, a provider of precision cutting and fabrication services of perime- ter, interior and miscellaneous parts for gutter, roof and wall-panel systems used in construction, has reduced the time required to stretch-wrap its pallet loads from an average of 15 min. per load to 1 min. or less by replacing manual stretch wrapping with an automated orbital-wrap- ping machine from Tab Industries. Releas- ing a bottleneck in the packaging depart- ment that threatened the company's stellar lead times, the Tab Wrapper Tornado automatically wraps stretch wrap 360 deg. around and under the pallet and load while it is raised on a forklift, creating a secure, unitized load without banding or boxes.
The orbital wrapper safely encases
the full length of the fabricator’s custom 10- and 16-ft.-long pallets required for many of the elongated metal parts it fab- ricates.
Speeding production while reducing the number of workers involved in the wrapping process from two or three to just one worker, the orbital wrapper saves an average of 2.5 hr./day, or more than 78 full, 8-hr. workday/yr., according to Mike Roeder, president of Penn Sheet Metal.
“We were wasting so much time wrap- ping pallets by hand until I’d finally had enough,” says Roeder. “Now we’re getting a much better, more secure wrap every time, even on our longest skids, and it wouldn’t even be possible to wrap them by hand.”
Tab Industries: www.tabwrapper.com
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