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EuroWire – March 2008 64
english technology news
Danish-based Enkotec A/S will officially
release its latest technological innovation,
the thread rolling machine type TA01, at
wire Düsseldorf.
The TA01 has been designed for making
screw shank or annular nail profiles with a
working area of Ø1.8-4.2 x 32-105 mm nail
length and a profile height of 27-75 mm.
At the end of 2007, Enkotec’s long-
standing Italian customer, Trafileria-
Punteria Ghezzi SNC, finished field-testing
the TA01 and, totally satisfied with its
performance, decided to buy the machine.
The idea behind the Enkotec thread
rolling machine was to develop an
efficient machine offering real competitive
advantages, just like the high-speed
Enkotec rotary nail machine, and capable
of running in-line in a nail manufacturing
line or as a standalone machine.
One of the innovative features of the
new TA01 is the very accurate insertion
principle. A specially designed nail
injector, located in the transition between
the feeding screw and the tooling, allows
straightening up and guiding the nails into
the profiling tooling in an upright position.
The constant quantity of nails engaged
and the precise insertion of the nails into
the tooling make it possible to obtain a
very high and uniform profiling quality.
The new nail insertion principle
contributes to making it possible to profile
the nails at a speed of up to 2,500 nails per
minute, without affecting the production
stability, no matter whether the profile
chosen is screw shank or annular. The
actual production speed is dependant
on the nail type, the profile type, and the
feeding rate from the vibratory parts-
feeder bowl, which is supplied as standard
with the machine.
In order to ensure high production
efficiency, the TA01 has been designed to
allow quick and easy tooling changeovers,
so that it only takes approx. 30 minutes to
change tooling.
The TA01 is controlled from a user friendly
touch screen on the control panel, where
it is possible to choose the nail type
(screw shank or annular), and from which
the machine can be started and stopped,
initialised, adjusted and monitored.
The machine includes covers over the
process zone and around the circular
feeder, which protects the user and
reduces the noise level to approx. 87 dBA.
The TA01 is equipped with a connection
to exhaust ventilation, which makes it
possible to exhaust dust from the process
zone of from the ejection area.
Enkotec A/S – Denmark
Fax: +45 86 52 4199
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New thread rolling machine
The new TA01 from Enkotec ▲