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News Release from: Shear-Form Machine Tools | Subject: Multiflex panel corner former
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2004
Flexible panel corner former is fast
worker
Flexible corner forming machine for panel work can form four closed corners of a single zinc coated mild steel door in around 60s after which no manual zinc coating in the corner area is needed.
Shear-Form Machine Tools, the Coventry based sheet metal and plate working machinery supplier demonstrated a flexible Cornerformer for panel fabrication at the MACH 2004 show Called Multiflex, it is designed for the forming of corners on electrical cabinet doors, computer casings, trays, lids, oven doors, furniture, suitcase covers, cladding, bottompans for humidifiers as well as traffic and other signs
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Multiflex, through the design of the tooling, gives the operator flexibility in individual door fabrication that is unaffected by the material being used, the thickness of the material or the flange height of the door and there is no panel or door size limitation.
The Multiflex being demonstrated is designed for smaller workshops and produces a high quality and consistent product eliminating the need for welding and finishing work such as grinding.
Multiflex can form four closed corners of a single zinc coated mild steel door in around 60 seconds after which no manual zinc coating in the corner area is required.
Using mild steel with an enamel coating, the coldformed corner is evenly distributed and resistant against temperatures in excess of 960 deg C.
When using stainless steel there is no material colour change and no pickling is required.
Multiflex can handle mild steel and aluminium up to 3mm in thickness and stainless steel up to 2mm.
The minimum panel size that the machine can handle is 150mm x 150mm, whilst there are no limits to the maximum size of panel.
Multiflex controlled by a 'state of the art' Siemens control, is operated by footswitch and is fully enclosed meeting all CE standards.
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