According to a new report by Persistence Market Research, the global coil-fed punching and cutting machine market is projected to witness significant growth owing to modular automation solutions.

In addition, coil-fed punching and cutting machines answer the rising need for the reduction of scrap and high productivity, and notable opportunities in electronics and consumer goods applications.
The global coil-fed punching and cutting machine market was pegged at US$ 66.1m in the year 2018, but is expected to expand at a CAGR of 8.5% during the period of 2019 to 2029.
Demand for coil-fed punching and cutting machines has been driven by swelling investments in sectors such as automotive, consumer goods and electronics. Further, the replacement of punching and cutting machines with coil-fed equivalents for reducing material loss is expected to drive growth of the latter. The market is significantly led by a few multinational players, with the top seven players accounting for more than 80% of global market share. Manufacturers of
coil-fed punching and cutting machines are mostly based in Italy, the US, China, Japan and Germany.
The global coil-fed punching and cutting machine arena is a low-volume, high-value market and, due to its high capital investment, has not grown as per its industrial potential. In the past three to five years, end users in developing economies have depended mostly on standard sheet metal punching and cutting machines. During the forecast period, it is expected that the global coil-fed punching and cutting machine market will experience significant growth in installation in developing economies, due to factors such as reducing labour and raw material costs.
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Coil processing line requirements are ever more demanding on account of the increasing use of modern materials. High-strength aluminium – highly resilient and flexible – is opening up entirely new possibilities in industries like automotive and aerospace, but it is extremely hard to process.

Especially in sheet processing and assembly, precision and cut quality matter if manufacturers want to avoid failed batches. However, much of the machinery introduced over the years lacks the capability to cut modern materials with enough precision due to customer requirements for thickness and width in the geometrics of the slit strip. This factor is why Bremen, Germany-based Manfred JC Niemann Zentrale KG has added a new Burghardt + Schmidt wide-material slitting line to its machine fleet. The new line is designed to process particularly wide aluminium coils of 800 to 2100 mm. And thanks to high-precision shears and a circumferential setting mechanism on the coiler, the line can also set an outer diameter of 1850 mm efficiently and accurately.
“Depending on the thickness of the material, the yield strength is 20 to 580 N/mm², while tensile strength is 65 to 600 N/mm², so it’s especially demanding having to cut them to custom sizes,” says managing director Jörn Niemann. “Hence, the company went looking for a machine designed for wide coils, opting for a wide-material slitting line from Burghardt + Schmidt.”
At the heart of the new line is the Twin CNC slitting shear, with a pre-tensioned precision roller bearing and zero backlash linear guide designed for accurate and, above all, stable positioning. The installed blades are 400 mm in diameter and are assembled together with rubber-bonded spacers. Slitting shears feature a push-off plate to guarantee rapid retooling with the four-arm tool change system outside the line.
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The Schuler MC 125 stamping press has been completely redesigned to offer smart functions. A debut appearance for the fully networked machine is planned to take place at the Blechexpo trade fair (5-8 November, Stuttgart) on stand 8511 (hall 8).

As a result of additional integrated sensors, the status of MC 125 can be monitored at all times. This capability ensures the productivity of the machine and prevents unplanned shutdowns. Visitors to the Schuler stand at Blechexpo can experience these functionalities for themselves using their mobile devices.
The mechanics of the stamping machine have also been updated. For instance, Schuler has now implemented pre-stressed, play-free roller guides. The guides not only guarantee the necessary precision, but are low maintenance. A rigid welded construction ensures long service life of the die thanks to its low bed deflection, while the transverse shafts turning in opposite directions compensate for lateral rotation forces.
Presses of the MC series (with a press force of up to 500 tonnes) are suitable for the production of formed sheet-metal parts, not only for the automotive, commercial vehicle and supplier industries, but for the construction ancillary sector, the household appliance industry, and the electrical and electronics sector. Short changeover times can be achieved by fully automatic and programmable stroke and slide adjustment. Bed size ranges
from 1400 x 1000 mm for the MC 125, up to 3000 x 1400 mm for the MC 500.
For further information www.schulergroup.com

Metal-stamping specialist Brandauer has spent £600,000 on a Yamada Dobby NXT 80XL as part of a three-year plan to boost its capacity and provide additional production flexibility at its Birmingham facility. The technology gives the company a 100% reduction in press setting time that releases manufacturing capacity to take on new contract wins in the plumbing, automotive motor lamination and fuel cell segments.

Thanks to the arrival of the Yamada Dobby NXT 80XL, Brandauer has topped off the £2 million modernisation of its facility, a spend which has also included a new GF wire-cut EDM machine, two Andmar surface grinders and an OGP Smartscope Vantage 250 to help with inspection.
Operations manager at Brandauer, Don Walters, says: “We first came across the press at Blechexpo and were impressed with what we saw in terms of its speed, repeatable quality and usability. Our subsequent visit to their showroom in Italy gave us the chance to see the Yamada in all its glory, and we worked with their experts to configure the machine so it delivers the accuracy and performance required.”
It took just nine months from the order being placed for the Yamada NXT 80XL press to be installed and commissioned, with the machine now working on components that use material ranging in thickness from 0.2 to 0.8 mm. The 1.5 m bed is the largest the company currently has available, and it can operate at speeds of between 100 and 800 strokes per minute.
Press shop team leader Karl Jeavons says: “The quality is second to none and we run off thousands and thousands of components every day,
thanks in part to the double link motion mechanism that delivers Yamada’s repeatability, while helping to prolong the life of the tool.
For further information www.brandauer.co.uk

A Redex Tension multi-roll leveller has been used on a tinning line (electrolytic tin plate – ETP) for the first time in China, a move that will help Baosteel (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) to expand its share of the export market.

The Redex PMR 1300 Tension eliminates the flatness defects of strip steel and improves its shape. It can apply force on both tensile and bending deformation of the strip at the same time to achieve precise elongation control. Thus, all fibres in the strip are stretched to the same length to obtain high flatness and effectively eliminate internal stress.
Since the tinning lines are required to run around the clock, the time for equipment delivery, installation and commissioning had to be minimised. However, it took only eight days to complete the entire process, nearly half a month ahead of schedule. It was the first time that Redex had worked with Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a Japanese-funded company, to complete the modification of Baosteel 1420 cold rolling No. 2 tin-plating units, and ultimately realise full automation of the operation.
With growing domestic demand for high-end packaging from the food, beverage, medical and chemical industries, the tin-plating production line is expected to gradually take the place of traditional aluminium lines. When the time comes, suppliers able to offer advanced tin-plating units and supporting equipment, such as the Redex Tension multi-roll leveller, will be one step ahead in the international market, and in a position to pursue further growth.
For further information www.redex-group.com