PRODUCT REVIEWS
By
Antonella Galuppini ,
Senior Technical Sales Manager , Faccin Group .
Faccin HAV Bending Roll .
Antonella Galuppini is a highly skilled professional with more than 20 years ’ experience in metalforming . She has been involved in very challenging projects , helping users around the globe by identifying the product features that are most relevant to them .
A shipbuilding company differentiates itself when it can build all types of vessels , whatever their complexity , from cruise liners to mega yachts and military ships to hightech offshore vessels . In addition to the very competitive market , another huge challenge for shipbuilding companies is that ship design is constantly changing to become increasingly highly efficient and sustainable .
For these reasons , highly adaptable production with technologically advanced machines becomes the key to successful operation . Faccin Group supplies Italian custom-made solutions that are engineered , produced , delivered and serviced worldwide to meet the production needs of shipbuilding companies .
Automated metalforming machines for shipbuilding
Solutions for shipbuilding
Nowadays , some companies use production techniques that have become obsolete . They may be time-consuming ; inaccurate ; unsafe and require highly skilled operators ( especially when producing very complex shapes such as hull panels ).
Over the years , Faccin Group has developed a wide range of dedicated solutions for the shipbuilding industry which include :
■ 3D forming portal presses ( PPS ) for the cold forming of double curved panels . Depending upon the tools available , they are used for stretching , bending , stamping and rolling . One machine is designed to economically form all types of ship shapes .
■ Ship frame bending machines ( FB ) for forming all types of stiffeners . These machines enable high productivity as they allow rolling of hollow profiles in two directions , without having to remove the profile from the machine .
■ Roll presses ( RP ) for long conical and asymmetrical plates . This is a very versatile machine due to its antideflection system and long plates with small radius that can be bent easily . They effectively combine the production speed of a bending roll and the versatility of a press brake .
Faccin PPS for 3D forming .
■ Straightening machines ( R ) to straighten heavy-duty plates delivered from steel mills , where plate quality may have deteriorated .
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