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News Release from: Shear-Form Machine Tools | Subject: Haeger 824 WindowTouch press
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 November 2002
Press proves straightforward to set up
and use
Ritherdon and Co has found its Haeger 824 WindowTouch press so straightforward to set up and use, there is very little need for training
Founded in 1895, Ritherdon and Co Ltd is a family business specialising in the manufacture of sheet metal enclosures For over 50 years the Company has been located in Darwen, Lancashire
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ritherdon and Co is one of the UK's largest suppliers of steel meter boxes to the regional power supply companies, as well as supplying enclosures for the computer and other industries.
Ritherdon and Co has comprehensive in-house facilities, which include powder coating facilities with on line pre-treatment plant, and only specialised work such as screen printing being outsourced.
Although most of the company's work is predominantly in stainless steel and zintec materials, they also manufacture products using a wider range of materials, including mild steel and aluminium.
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The demand for more insertions in enclosures was increasing, and although Ritherdon and Co had an insertion press, it was old and aligning the inserts correctly was becoming more difficult and the tooling was quite often marking the material surface, especially aluminium.
Ritherdon and Co had to look for a better solution.
John Wright, Works Director at Ritherdon, was given task of finding a solution and when he visited MACH 2000 at the NEC, Birmingham, he saw a couple of insertion presses that interested him.
0ne of these was the Haeger 824 WindowTouch, a brand new press being demonstrated on the stand of Shear-Form Machine Tools Ltd, the Coventry based sheet metal and plate working machinery supplier, and sole agent for Haeger in the United Kingdom.
John Wright said: "We looked at other presses and eventually reduced our choice to two.
There was not a lot to choose between them, however the Haeger machine was fully hydraulic and price was also a factor.
We went through a very long and comprehensive programme to make sure we bought the right machine, and it was not until 2001 that we decided to opt for the Haeger 824 WindowTouch." The '824 Window Touch' features a PC based touch screen control with Haeger's Insertion Logic Software to make set up and operation of the press very fast and simple.
The InsertionLogic software, with on board program storage, built in menu structure and help functions allows the operator, via the touch screen, to select the fastener he/she requires by type, manufacturer and size, as well as the material being used.
With this information the software sets the ram force automatically.
Ram force, dwell time, up travel and other parameters on a specific job can be set using the touch screen interface, and then saved and recalled for future use.
The set up screen automatically takes the operator through the set process.
All parameters are controlled through the single screen, reducing operator errors and making production easier.
Help screens provide the operator with diagnostics on all the systems functions and an operator's manual built into the software makes problem and fault solving easy.
Other features include an electronic pressure transducer instead of a pressure switch.
It has a force range adjustable up to 72KN (16,000lbs) and a throat depth of 610mm (24").
John Wright continued: "We decided on the Haeger machine and have been very pleased with it.
The service from Shear-Form has been good, which is very important.
We were given training by the Shear-Form Engineers, but to be perfectly honest, it is so straightforward to set up and use, there is very little need for training.
In fact it is so quick and easy to set up; we tend not to store too many programs in its memory, even though we use a wide range of inserts.
It is a significant improvement from how we used to fit insertions, particularly the speed in which we put them in.
We don't mark the material surface any more, so the quality of the work we produce has improved tremendously, with very few rejects.".
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