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30 Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2014
Technologynews
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from Schlatter
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New industrial mesh-welding machine
THE new MG950 system is a
mesh-welding machine developed by
Schlatter Industries AG, which is
designed primarily for the production
of industrial mesh. The aim was to
broaden the product portfolio with a
welding machine that is flexible in
relation to various mesh geometries,
achieves high production speeds and
exhibits the highest quality right from
the first mesh.
More and more additional functions,
for example plug-in connectors for the
connection of meshes, are integrated
into the welded mesh during the
production of wire meshes. As a result,
the manufacture of such meshes also
becomes increasingly complex and
there are growing demands on
accuracy. The graduation tolerances of
the functional wires, in particular, are
very demanding. The newly developed
industrial mesh-welding machine
MG950 provides line wire feeds for this
purpose, which are rigid and quickly
adjustable.
Two different power levels are available
on the new MG950 at the same time,
which facilitates the economical
production of complex meshes. This
means that different wire diameters
can be welded at once. Even if
differences in the narrowness of
gradations mean that varying numbers
of line wires must be welded per
welding press, these can be welded at
the same time.
Lot sizes continue to shrink and
manufacturers of wire products can no
longer afford to generate waste. This
occurs during the production of the
first few meshes – caused only by the
need to optimise the settings. The
measuring system of the new MG950
remedies this situation.
When using this measuring system, the
line wire feeds can be precisely
positioned according to the mesh that
has been programmed. It is therefore
possible to produce the desired quality
right from the first mesh, by using the
built-in welding assistant. As a result,
productivity is significantly higher for
small lot sizes when using the newly
developed welding machine MG950
compared to traditional industrial mesh
welding machines.
For recurring products, a new
computer system is available for the
line wire feeds. This offers the
advantage that only those line wire
magazines that are in a different
position must be moved in case of
similar products.
Many products are trimmed along the
cross wire, for example oven racks,
cable trays, meshes used in shop
fitting and so on. For the first time, the
trimming heads can be mounted
directly behind the welding machine.
This means that an additional trimming
station with integrated linear pull-out is
no longer required.
Schlatter Industries AG – Switzerland
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