LaserCoil Technologies has extended its coil-fed laser blanking systems' capability with automated stacking.
LaserCoil Technologies LLC has announced that it has added end-of-line robotic stacking capability to its coil-fed laser blanking. Available in either single or dual stations, the stackers are side-by-side capable and can reach 120 SPM. The stackers can be programmed to handle rectangular, trapezoid, patterned, contoured or irregular shapes in both aluminum and steel.
"The addition of automated stacking capability to the LaserCoil offering can lead to improved blank quality by preventing marring of the surface finish and contaminants that can be introduced via manual operations," said a LaserCoil spokesperson. Additionally, LaserCoil's use of automated vision technology allows for high accuracy stacking without tamping or touching the edges of the blanks.
"By laser cutting direct from coil stock, LaserCoil systems provide a fast and flexible approach to blanking that is well-suited for production environments running multiple blank profiles and mixed material types," the spokesperson added. "The systems can process a wide variety of coil material in aluminum, mild steel, the new high-strength steels, and other materials for surface sensitive panels, as well as structural components in thicknesses from 0.5 to 3.5 mm (0.0197 to 0.1378-in) and up to 2.135 m (84-in) wide coil at any length."
Additionally, laser systems can reduce material scrap given its nesting capabilities. "Not only can components be nested more closely, but lasers allow smaller parts to be co-produced from normally unusable hunks of metal - window cutouts, for example," the spokesperson said. "In a conventional stamping operation, this material would be sent for recycling, or stacked and stored for future re-blanking, both of which are wasteful."
From a capital investment standpoint, LaserCoil systems are flexible and can integrate with any coil processing line or be retrofit into an existing mechanical press blanking line.
To see LaserCoil's automated stacking system in action, visit www.lasercoil.com
For more information contact:
LaserCoil Technologies LLC
476 East Riverview
Napoleon, OH 43545
419-592-0050
www.lasercoil.com