Cut-To-Length Lines
A cut-to-length (CTL) or a blanking line unrolls and flattens a coil of material, cuts it into sheets of precise lengths and stacks those sheets into a bundle. Functions can include, but not be limited to, coil stocking and coil loading, uncoiling and coil opening, straightening of the leading edge of the coil, edge trimming, scrap balling, scrap cutting, and sheet stacking. In-line equipment used in a system can vary according to the width, thickness and incoming coil weight and may include coil storage, uncoiler and coil loading, leveler, flattener, dust collector, grip, roll feeds, shears, laser cutting system, sheet stacker and related tooling and accessories.
Leveling the Playing Field
This custom-built aluminum cut-to-length line from Burghardt+Schmidt guarantees leveling quality for evenness, narrow tolerances, high surface quality and fewer rejects so that Martinrea Honsel Germany can optimize their light metal plate and strip production.
This custom-built aluminum cut-to-length line from Burghardt+Schmidt guarantees leveling quality for evenness, narrow tolerances, high surface quality and fewer rejects so that Martinrea Honsel Germany can optimize their light metal plate and strip production.
Take a closer look at how extremely thin strips of anodized aluminum are slit and processed for electronics applications.
To fully grasp the cutting edge technology used in the slitting/shearing process is to understand the fracture mechanics of material.
BLM GROUP’s new LS7 can cut steel, stainless steel, iron, copper, brass, and aluminum in thicknesses from 0.20” to 1.57”, or even double sheets.
HGG’s RoboRail incorporates advanced robotic tech to process a vast range of materials quickly and accurately to length.
b+s group combines cut-to-length and slitting lines at a speed of up to 100 m/min. The time-saving process also incorporates inspection measures that make this sheet metal processing suitable for sensitive surfaces like stainless steel and aluminum strips.
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