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News Release from: Frech | Subject: DAW 20 RC zinc diecasting machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2005
Zinc diecaster guard retracts completely
Latest zinc diecasting machine has features that make life easier, such as guarding that retracts completely to allow die loading and maintenance, and a combined display screen and control desk.
Latest zinc diecasting machine has features that make life easier, such as guarding that retracts completely to allow die loading and maintenance, and a combined display screen and control desk The UK's PMS Diecasting has shown how much it values the self-monitoring repeatability of Frech's Real-Time Control system by investing in its second DAW 20 RC machine
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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One of the new F Series, the zinc diecasting machine has features that make life easier, such as guarding that retracts completely to allow die loading and maintenance, and a combined display screen and control desk.
For maximum space saving at floor level, PMS has opted for the 'hanging'panel' version of the latter, which is mounted on a swivelling overhead arm.
Also included in the standard specification of F machines are proportional valves on the locking unit, shot end and ejector that eliminate manual setting and can cut cycle times; linear transducers programmable from the control desk instead of switches; hydraulic channels in the machine base and frame instead of hoses; and Frech's proven DataDialog control system, which was standard until recently only on cold chamber and all-electric machines.
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The experience of others with the same F machine suggests that PMS can look forward to productivity increases of up to 10%, which sits well with the company's ambition to consolidate its position as a supplier of high volume precision castings at competitive prices.
"Real-Time Control gives our customers the reassurance that their castings will be accurate from shot to shot for many millions of parts," says PMS technical director Gordon Panter.
"One job we've been running on our first DAW 20 that calls for exactly the same dimensions every time is the Lumafix bracket".
"It is used to fix fluorescent light fittings in position in suspended ceilings, and consists of two loosely assembled diecast parts that must stay together during transit and then lock tightly into position when they are used".
"We cast both parts four at a time in a single die, and Real-Time Control ensures that they are all exactly to size - and interchangeable with all the others." As with PMS's first DAW 20, Frech is helping the company to integrate the new machine into a complete cell with an almost identical specification.
In due course the 20F will have zinc supplied on demand to the machine furnace by a pneumatic ingot feeder, and castings handled by a six-axis ABB foundry robot.
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