Corner formers oust welding and finishing

Sheet metal working corner forming machines produce quality precision aluminium, mild steel and stainless corners eliminating welding and finishing.

Shear-Form Machine Tools, based in Coventry, UK, supplies sheet metal and plate working machinery.

The company is sole UK representative for ACF Engineering and Automation, Austria, and has received an order for a 3-phase 415V 50Hz Multiflex MF100 Cornerformer from A J Wells and Son, Newport, Isle of Wight.

ACF is one of the UK's leading manufacturers and specialises in vitreous enamel signage and graphics, sheet steel and cast iron and architectural panels.

The Multiflex MF100 produces quality precision aluminium, mild steel and stainless corners eliminating welding and finishing.

The tooling supplied with the machine enables the user to fabricate individual panels regardless of the material type, thickness and bend height.

The minimum panel size in 150mm x 150mm and the maximum size is unlimited.

The maximum outer radius that the machine can handle is 100mm.

It can form a corner in approximately 13s, allowing 9s for forming and 4s for handling a panel.

A panel 500mm x 500mm would take approximately 52s to produce four corners The order also includes two special tooling sets for outer corner radii of 6.0mm and 65mm plus a pneumatically operated oil spraying unit with an adjustable spraying time from 0.1 - 3.0s.

The machine is compact being 1573mm deep x 1260mm wide and weighs 1,160kg.

Alistair Wells, chairman, A J Wells and Sons said: "We read an article about a Cornerformer being used to produce corners on bathroom fittings and the application was very similar to our requirements.

We sent some vitreous enamel sheets to Shear-Form and they produced some sample corners for us.

They were just what we required with no cracking or deforming of the enamel coating.

Initially the machine will be used to make station signs for London Underground and Network Rail.".

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