PRODUCT REVIEWS
Salvagnini at EuroBLECH 2026
At EuroBLECH 2026( stand D94 in Hall 11), sheet metal specialist Salvagnini will be presenting its Flexible Smart Line S4 + P4 and the Flexible Smart Job Shop. These two complementary production architectures coordinate technologies, automation and software according to different logics, and are designed to make production more adaptable, autonomous and predictable.
Flexible Smart Line S4 + P4
By integrating an S4 punching-shearing machine and a P4 panel bender, the Flexible Smart Line automatically produces different parts in sequence without WIP, manual setup or sheet metal handling by operators. The MD single sheet store-tower feeds the S4, while the MCU Cartesian device unloads, stacks and transfers the parts, feeds the P4 and balances various operations, acting as a buffer when necessary.
“ The most relevant new feature is FLOW, the MOM software developed to manage the line. FLOW connects devices, coordinates production behaviour and is used to select the most suitable strategy, job by job( Inline, Stack and Load in the standard Line configuration and Smart Buffering and Smart Reordering in the optional Smartline level). In the office, FLOW-Office makes available a digital twin of the system, used to compare job queues and production scenarios before launching production,” explained Salvagnini.
“ The S4 punching machine maintains the distinctive Salvagnini architecture( multipress head with die-structure and integrated shear). It can house up to 117 thick turret tools, always available across the whole sheet, and is equipped with advanced hybrid actuators that reduce average consumption by up to 20 % compared to electric actuators. The shear, with two independent and orthogonal blades, separates the parts without eroding the material while minimising scrap,” it continued.
The line is completed with a P4-3126 panel bender, with maximum bending height of 260mm. The universal bending tools and ABA automatic blankholder are designed to eliminate manual retooling. The configuration on display at EuroBLECH will further extend the application range with options such as CUT, CLA / SIM, RSU, EPP and DPM-I, as well as a tool magazine with three T tools that can be automatically engaged and disengaged within the same cycle.
Flexible Smart Job Shop
The Flexible Smart Job Shop combines stand-alone technologies that can work independently or collaborate on convergent productions. The system features a L3. G4 laser in fully automated configuration with an LTWS store-tower and MCU automatic sorting device, internal logistics with autonomous mobile robots and P-Robot( integrating a P2-2520HG panel bender, robot and B3. ATA press brake). STREAM, STORE, NEXUS, MOVE and RVS software coordinate programming, nesting, store
Flexible Smart Line S4 + P4.
management, sorting and cell autonomy.
At EuroBLECH, the L3. G4 fibre lasercutting system will be configured with a 10kW high-power density source, LTWS store-tower with ten trays and MCU sorting device. The ACUT option is used to cut sheetmetal of up to 20mm in appropriately treated compressed air, depending upon the source power.
“ For the very first time, at EuroBLECH we will be presenting APVS, our new artificial vision application integrated with an APC2 adaptive sensor. With APVS, a camera detects any cutting losses, even in complex operating conditions, improving process control, preventing waste and increasing the laser’ s autonomy during operation and when restarting after an anomaly,” added Salvagnini.
The MCU automatic sorting device also manages thicknesses from 0.5 to 20mm and weights of up to 90kg for each manipulator, which becomes 180kg when the two gripping devices work together. The multigripping and double-picking modes increase flexibility and reduce picking times by over 25 %, said the manufacturer. The cut parts can be made available immediately on the independent mobile robots and transferred to the technologies downstream.
“ The major new feature of the P-Robot is, for the first time, the downstream integration of the P2-2520HG panel bender, and a 135-ton, 3000mm B3. ATA pressbrake with ATA and ATA. L devices. The P2 implements most of the processing jobs; B3 completes double negative bends, out-of-range bends and secondary forming. The new P2-2520HG also extends compact panel bending to high-thickness machining, while RVS recognizes and independently processes different parts coming from the laser,” concluded Salvagnini. n
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