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January 2014 44 EuroWire – January 2012
High quality welding
Technologynews
ry 2014
The new MG950 system is a
mesh-welding machine developed
by Schlatter Industries AG, 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 using 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.
Market entry is made easy with a low cost,
simple yet expandable plant, based on
the proven modular design principle of
Schlatter plants.
Schlatter Industries AG – Switzerland
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