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STRIEBIG
SAW CUTS THROUGH GPR GRATINGS WITH EASE
A
fully-automatic Striebig Control vertical panel
saw is delivering fast and accurate cutting at
Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) gratings specialist,
Sui Generis International Ltd, of Colchester.
It
was purchased together with an overhead hoist
and special lifting clamp to eliminate manual
handling when placing the gratings on the saw.
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Striebig Control vertical panel saw slices
through a GRP grating at Sui Generis International. |
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Used
in a wide variety of industrial applications,
the gratings are produced at another of the company's
facilities. They come in three sizes; 3.66m x
1.22m, 3m x 1m and 2m x 1m; either 25mm, 38.5mm
or 53mm thick and weighing between 56 and 125
kilo.
After being unloaded on pallets they are fork
lifted into the trim shop where they are hoisted
singly on to the saw.
The
Striebig cuts them into sections as required by
customers. This usually means ensuring they weigh
less than 25 kilos each so as to meet Manual Handling
regulations that allow one man to lift items up
to that weight.
Sui
Generis's Control model 5168 can handle panels
up to a maximum size of 4,300m x 1,680m and has
a depth of cut of 80mm.
It
offers every possible option for automatic sawing
operations. With manual feeding of the saw unit
eliminated, the operator's job is made easier,
giving him ample time to prepare the next cutting
job.
Ease of operation is provided by a PLC control
system, with any operating errors displayed so
that they can be immediately corrected.
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Striebig Control vertical panel saw is programmed
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Numerous
automatic procedures can be carried out by the
press of a button including locking and releasing
the beam saw, setting the horizontal cutting height,
plunging and swivelling the motor, locking the
support rollers during sawing and fine saw blade
adjustment.
It
features the TRK dust and chips extraction system
that ensures dust levels are kept well below permitted
European limits, plus automatic moving backing
support.
The saw has improved cutting performance by ensuring
tighter tolerances - it works to an accuracy of
0.1mm - and reducing cutting times, with the cost
savings passed on to customers.
It has also improved the operators' working life
by eliminating the fatigue previously caused by
using a non-automatic saw.
A diamond-coated blade is used to cut through
the tough GRP. The standard blade supplied with
the saw cuts plastic sheets and Sterling board
needed to produce moulds for GRP products made
at the factory, such as storage tanks and vehicle
body parts.
Before the improved loading system was installed
it was a four-man job to lift the 38.5mm and 53mm
thick gratings on to the saw, and a two-man job
to lift the 25mm thick gratings. It's now an easy,
one-man job to load and operate the Striebig.
Said Sui Generis International's director, Mark
Went: "When investing in a new saw it was essential
that not only would it give improved performance,
reducing working times, but that it improved our
health and safety and the working conditions of
our employees.
"The Control has surpassed all our expectations.
It's rugged, easy-to-use, with excellent inbuilt
extraction."
Striebig saws are available from the Swiss manufacturer's
exclusive U.K. distributor, T.M. Machinery Sales
Ltd of Leicester.
Sales
enquiries to Matt Pearce, T.M. Machinery Sales
T: 0116 271 7155. F: 0116 271 5862
E: sales@tmservices.co.uk
W: www.tmpartnership.co.uk
Editorial enquiries to Stephen Barry Publicity.
Tel: 020 8341 6660. email: stephenbarry@clara.co.uk
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