Compact hybrid press brake

SafanDarley is adding a new machine to its Hybrid brake press range with a working length of 2050 mm. This model is available with a pressing force of 110 or 170 tonnes. According to the company, the machine is compact, fast and suitable for bending small, complex, thick sheet-metal parts.

Compared with traditional hydraulic brake presses, the introduction of the new machine significantly increases the pressing capacity for each available bending length. In turn, a wide range of possibilities are available for this machine concept. This brake press can, in fact, generate a pressing force of 110 and 170 tonnes across a bending length of approximately 2 m, making it suitable for companies with limited space. Furthermore, smaller, thick sheet-metal parts no longer have to be produced on excessively long brake presses, thus improving the efficiency and usability of the machinery.
The H Brake Hybrid is characterised by its novel hybrid concept; a combination of hydraulics and electronics. A servomotor with direct drive provides efficiency and speed, while hydraulics deliver the force and sustainability. The hybrid drive is only activated when the foot pedal is operated (the pump is stationary during the intervening period). Thanks to its dynamic Y axis, with approach and return speeds of 230 mm/sec, cycle times are achieved some 30% shorter than those of traditional hydraulic brake presses, says the company.
For further information www.safandarley.com

OKW is OK with Javelin MRP software

“We don’t do anything, anywhere in the business, without it being on Javelin.” Those are the words of Ian Cox, operations director at electronics housing manufacturer, OKW Enclosures Ltd.

“Javelin has played an absolutely vital role in getting the company to where it is today, and will remain crucial as we grow,” he adds. “As there are between 15,000 and 20,000 parts set up on Javelin across our five brands, we couldn’t run a business of this size without the information and control it gives us.”
The Fareham-based company has used Javelin and its forerunner, Jobshop, for more than 20 years, currently running the 2017 release.
“We updated our entire IT system in 2011, and now that we’ve also made a sea change to meet Javelin’s SQL database requirement, our philosophy is to work with the latest releases,” says Cox.
All shop-floor operations for manufacturing the company’s Metcase-brand enclosures are controlled with Javelin. The blanks are cut on two Murata Wiedermann CNC punch presses and then folded on Amada press brakes. Each part has a Javelin job card detailing every operation and drawing records. But before that stage, the software’s MRP system comes into play, providing precise control of all supply operations, addressing minimum stock levels and showing exactly what components need to be made.
Everything is also costed in Javelin, having been created on the system with a bill of materials and routing, which produces the standard costing.
“Modifications can be built
on to that, giving an accurate price for quotations,” says Cox. “And the standard costing is used in end-of-month stock and work-in-progress valuations.”
For further information www.javelin-mrp.com

CAM suites on show

Vero Software will be demonstrating the 2018 R1 releases of Edgecam, Radan and VISI, on stand G190 at Southern Manufacturing.

The latest Edgecam includes updates to roughing cycles for milling, turning and mill-turn machining. Cited as the most important enhancement is the prevention of unnecessary CAM regeneration. Radan 2018 R1 sheet metal software takes the increasing popularity of automatic bending into consideration, making finger-stops safer by allowing for improved part alignment in the press brake. For the mould and die market, the latest version of VISI provides greater flexibility when constructing supplier and non-standard tool configurations.
For further information www.verosoftware.com

Productive solutions from Gewefa

On stand D210 at Southern Manufacturing, Gewefa will shine the spotlight on a number of innovations introduced over the past year.

These will include the Gewefa HydroPin hydraulic chuck with a fixed stop pin and the new Easy-Fi’ boring bar tool holder. The latter is a hydraulic chuck for holding Sandvik Coromant Easi-Fix boring bars that removes the need for reduction sleeves while eliminating run out and guaranteeing the centre height at the insert tip. Setting time is said to be substantially reduced – by as much as 75% – with the Gewefa design featuring a spring plunger mounted in the tool-holder body.
For further information www.gewefa.co.uk

Tooling innovations in the spotlight

From stand H250 at Southern Manufacturing ITC will debut its diamond coated 2301 and 2302 Cyber series of square and ball nosed end mills. For micro- and small-part machining, ITC has now extended many of its existing product lines, including the 3081, 2161 and 3091 series, which are now available in diameters from 1 mm, in 0.5 mm increments.

Visitors to the ITC stand will also have the opportunity to view the Big Kaiser range of Mega micro-chucks. Continuing the theme of supporting small and micro-part manufacturers, the latest line of Mega micro-chucks incorporates a slim nut and taper design that prevents interference in applications requiring the use of micro-drills and end mills. Furthermore, the chuck design has a notch-free nut that prevents vibration and noise. Alongside the Mega micro-chuck will be the Big Kaiser EWN 04-7 series, which ITC says is the smallest boring head on the market.
For further information www.itc-ltd.co.uk