Tipo B plate punching and plasma cutting

Steel plate processing CNC machines carry out automated, precision drilling, punching, cutting and milling of steel plates – fabricating finished plates for a whole range of applications. The latest plate processing machines combine the ability to create holes by punching and drilling plates (up to 125mm thick) in a single machine.

Model Tipo B

  • Side address material positioning system for reduced footprint and increased accuracy.
  • Rack and pinion positioning of material clamps maximises the utilisation of the material.
  • Side address clamps permit the processing of irregular shaped drops.
  • Handles plates up to 100mm in thickness.
  • 110 ton of punchpower.
  • Up to 4 different punch tools available.
  • 100m diameter maximum hole size.
  • High performance spindles with a ball screw feed and fixed spindle design to fully utilise carbide tools for drilling rates up to 1500mm per minute.
  • Spindle speeds up to 4,000 RPM is provided with a 26 HP drive.
  • Oxy-fuel and plasma cutting systems.
  • Guaranteed accuracy with rack and pinion positioning and measuring systems on stock material regardless of the edge condition of the stock plate.
  • The datum line carriage system eliminates the potential of horizontal clamps collapsing the skeleton.
  • Irregular stock plates or drops can be returned to stock and later utilised without having to make a square cut to start the CNC process.
  • The datum carriage system permits virtually the entire stock length to be used to minimise scrap.
  • Guaranteed accuracy regardless of rust and mill scale.
  • Guaranteed accuracy on large and small parts.
  • Maximum accuracy is assured regardless of where they are nested in the stock plate

Processes

Drilling

Drilling

Tapping

Tapping

Countersinking

Countersinking

Scribing

Scribing

Marking

Marking

Oxy- Cutting

Oxy- Cutting

Plasma Cutting

Plasma Cutting

Punching

Punching

Drill Spindles

  • The Ficep drill spindle design features a ball screw feed that is consistent with today's machining center designs.
  • This design permits the tool to advance through the material at a uniformfeed rate that is coordinated and maintained by the CNC control.
  • Eliminates the tendency for the drill bit to rapidly accelerate and actually punch through the material upon breakthrough.
  • This is the same system that is used in all CNC machining centers today to achieve maximum metal removal and to be able to fully utilise today's high performance insert tooling to its maximum efficiency.
  • The spindle speed range of the Ficep drilling spindle is also designed to accommodate the RPM (up to 3,000 RPM) requirement of today's high performance insert tools.
  • The entire drill head and spindle are advanced to the material as a single unit rather than just extending the spindle while the gearbox remains stationary to eliminate spindle wobble.
  • Internal and external coolant selected by program command.
  • Full spindle speed range available for all tools; maximum hole size of up to 100mm.
  • Punching is always located directly in the middle of the hydraulic punching ram to eliminate any sideloading positions.

Tech Specs

AUTOMATIC CNC PUNCHING AND THERMAL CUTTING SYSTEM FOR PLATES – TIPO B TIPO B164 TIPO B254
Plate size [max mm] 1600x3000 2540x6000
Punching force [kN] 1000 1000
Punching tools [no] 4 4
Punching diameter [max mm] 32 32
Punching thickness [max mm] 25 25
Drilling heads [max no.] 1 1
Drilling tools per head [max no.] 4 4
Drilling diameter [max mm] 40 40
Drilling thickness [max mm] 100 100
Spindle power [kW] 20,1 20,1
Max. spindle RPM 4000 4000
Plasma torches [max no.] 2 2
Oxy-fuel torches [max no.] 2 2
Machine weight [kg] 8000 24000

CNC Control

  • Quick operator familiarity due to the utilisation of a standard PC platform
  • The Ficep eliminates the requirement for additional hardware such as third party axis controlboards, PLC hardware and encoder switching boards
  • The Ficep Windows-based Control is provided with the proprietary Ficep for remote diagnostics through an internet connection.

Part Marking

  • 38 position fully programmable turret marking system
  • Fully programmable scribing system for part marking and the generation of scribing lines.

Tipo B Brochure

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