Machine Makers 1270mm x 1.2mm Slitter & Blanking Line Complete with In Feed Rolls, PLC Controlled

Features
❚ PLC programmable controller for cut lengths & quantities
❚ inline straightening rollers
❚ 6 adjustable slitting knives
❚ inline shear
❚ large in-feed table
❚ large run out table

Technical Data Snap-Shot
❚ 1270mm x 1.2mm Mild Steel Capacity
❚ foot print dimensions – 2400mm x 1800mm x 1400mm
❚ power – 415V 3Kw
❚ approx weight: 2200kg

Optional
❚ decoiler available to suit your requirements

The Slitting and Blanking machines really make a big difference with the productivity of a Slitter Folder. A Folder isn’t efficient at slitting sheetmetal; it’s particularly slow when doing big batches of slitting. A folder is making the most money when it’s folding material, which is what its designed to do.

A quick example: 52 pieces of 300mm x 8 meter long material from a 1200mm coil.

Example 1 Manual dragging of the coil onto the runout table and then slitting and folding on a Long Length Slitter Folder.

Loading coil onto decoiler and manual shear 30 seconds

Pulling material out by hand x 13 times 156 seconds (12 seconds per)

Lining up each piece with measurements 39 seconds (3 seconds per)

Walking back 13 times 65 seconds (5 seconds per)

Shearing material by hand 13 times 91 seconds (7 seconds per)

Marking sheets with slitting locations 65 seconds (5 seconds per)

Loading full width piece 13 times 195 seconds (15 seconds per)

Lining up sheet with slit marks 39 seconds (3 seconds per)

Slitting each piece in Slitter Folder 3 times, 39 slits 1170 seconds (30 seconds per)

Total 1850 seconds Total 30.8 minutes

Example 2
Automatic slitting and blanking and then folding on a Long Length Slitter Folder.

Loading coil onto decoiler and into the machine 60 seconds

Setting slit widths 60 seconds

Slitting and blanking material 367 seconds (17 mpm)

Guillotine shear time 26 seconds (2 seconds per)

Total 513 seconds

Total 8.6 minutes 22 minutes saved.

Let’s say that we do this only 5 times a day, that’s 1.85 hours a day or 9.25 hours per week.9.25 hours at $70 per hour (two men, $35 per hour) is $647.50 per week, or $31,080 (48 working weeks) per year in savings during slitting.You could also go as far as to add to that the amount of folding your Slitter Folder can do in that time and the benefit becomes even greater.

Obviously there will be days when you do less, and days when you do more than this, but you can certainly see the potential for saving.