FACE TO FACE
The FlatMaster ® 55 levelling machine demonstration at EuroBLECH 2022 . A workpiece on the ARKU FlatMaster ® 55 .
ARKU and TRUMPF are collaborating on coil processing developments .
accurate . Whether it is welding , folding or bending , both man and machine are able to process flat and stress-free parts , sheet and plate without any rework . The levelling process only takes a few seconds and achieves consistent high-quality results . The FlatMaster ® series offers servo-hydraulic levelling gap control and is equipped with hydraulic overload protection to protect the drive and levelling unit ,” added the levelling specialist .
Integrated production chain
Across their two booths at EuroBLECH in Hanover , TRUMPF and ARKU demonstrated how levelling and deburring can be integrated into the entire sheet-metal processing production chain . On the software side , ARKU ’ s deburring machine was integrated into the systems at TRUMPF ’ s neighbouring booth . The two manufacturers jointly presented a complete sheetmetal processing chain for Industry 4.0 in the form of a sheet-metal bird feeder which has been developed by TRUMPF and deburred by ARKU .
A joint project to process a bird feeder by ARKU and TRUMPF .
Coil-fed laser blanking
ARKU and TRUMPF also showcased their latest innovations in coil-processing at EuroBLECH 2022 .
“ With this joint development , sheet-metal workers can work from the coil instead of flat metal sheets . This can save up to 30 per cent of material costs and eliminate tooling costs completely ,” ARKU explained .
The trend towards even smaller and more flexible batch sizes also makes laser processing from coil attractive for companies who previously worked with presses . Lower
investment costs and high flexibility have led to the combination of coil and laser . Coil-fed laser blanking can close the application gap between flexible laser processing and productive coil processing with presses .
In 2021 , a coil-fed laser line incorporating an ARKU precision leveller coil line and TruLaser 8000 Coil Edition from TRUMPF was developed in Neukirch ( Germany ) and has been running under real production conditions in two- and three-shift operation since January 2022 . n
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Laser sheet-metal processing from coil is made possible by ARKU and TRUMPF using coil-fed laser blanking . Image source : TRUMPF Group .