What Types Of Automatic Cutting Machines Are There?
Automation equipment is the equipment that every manufacturer needs to use, because labor costs are getting more and more expensive now, but different production processes require different types of cutting machines, so what types of commonly used automatic cutting machines are there?
The vibrating knife cutting system is a motion controller that is used by the upper computer software and the lower computer control panel, which greatly improves the production efficiency and reduces the production cost. First, import the electronic pattern of the cut piece into the cutting and typesetting system for typesetting, and then optimize the cutting process route, process parameters, tool movement trajectory, displacement and auxiliary functions, etc., and transmit according to the instruction code specified by the cutting system To the control system to cut the material.
Water cutting machine is also called "water knife". As the name suggests, high-pressure water jets are used to cut by adding abrasives (corundum or garnet). Among the many cutting methods, only water cutting belongs to cold cutting, which directly uses the kinetic energy of abrasive water jet to cut metal to achieve the purpose of cutting. There is no chemical change in the cutting process, and it has no effect on the physical and chemical properties of the cutting material and no heat. Deformation, narrow slit, high precision, smooth cutting surface, clean and environmentally friendly, etc., can process materials that cannot be processed or are difficult to process by traditional processing and other processing methods, such as glass, ceramics, composite materials, reflective materials, chemical fibers, heat-sensitive materials, etc. . The range of cutting materials is wide, there is almost nothing that cannot be cut, and the general cutting thickness is less than 20mm.
Flame cutting is a thermal cutting method that cuts metal thicknesses from 1mm to 1.2m, but other cutting methods should be used when the vast majority of mild steel plates you need to cut are under 20mm thick. Flame cutting uses the high temperature generated during the combustion of iron oxide to cut carbon steel. The design of the flame cutting torch provides sufficient oxygen for burning iron oxide to ensure a good cutting effect.
Fiber laser cutting machine has a great advantage in cutting thin plates within 4mm because it can be transmitted through optical fibers, has improved flexibility, fewer failure points, convenient maintenance, and high speed. However, it is affected by the wavelength of solid-state lasers. Poor quality when cutting thick plates. The wavelength of the fiber laser cutting machine is 1.06um, which is not easily absorbed by non-metal, so it cannot cut non-metal materials. The photoelectric conversion rate of fiber laser is as high as more than 1/4, and the advantages of fiber laser are quite obvious in terms of electricity consumption and supporting cooling system. According to international safety standards, laser hazards are classified into 4 levels. Due to the short wavelength of fiber laser, it is harmful to the human body and the eyes. For safety reasons, fiber laser processing requires a fully enclosed environment.
Plasma cutting machine can cut all kinds of metals that are difficult to cut by oxygen cutting with different working gases, especially for non-ferrous metals (stainless steel, aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel) cutting effect is better; its main advantage lies in cutting metals with small thickness When cutting, the plasma cutting speed is fast, especially when cutting ordinary carbon steel sheets, the speed can reach 5-6 times that of the oxygen cutting method, the cutting surface is smooth, the thermal deformation is small, and there is almost no heat-affected zone. Processing materials include iron plate, aluminum plate, galvanized plate, white steel plate, titanium gold plate, etc. Basically, any conductive material can be cut. According to the size of the configured plasma power supply, the cutting thickness range is generally within: 0.5-100mm.
