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News Release from: Shear-Form Machine Tools | Subject: Dimeco Ecodrive-2 roll feeder
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 May 2008
Low-cost roll feeder automates power
presses
A low-cost roll rollfeeder is designed for automating existing press equipment, providing the advantages of a servo-roll feeder for the cost of an air feed drive.
Shear-Form Machine Tools has introduced a Dimeco Ecodrive-2 roll feeder The Ecodrive-2 is part of Dimeco's new servo drive package for roll feeders
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ecodrive-2 roll feeders operate at a maximum press stroke rate of 300 strokes/min for coil strips ranging from 0.1mm - 6mm thick and in widths up to 1020mm wide.
Features of this new roll feeder include the following.
* 0-99999.99mm feed length.
* 1-100% (maximum 100m/min) speed.
* 1-100% (maximum 25m/s2) acceleration.
* Pitch micro-adjustment in 0.01mm increments.
* An eight line monochrome terminal provides easy access to the press feeding parameters.
* Straightforward programming through intuitive menus.
The Ecodrive-2 mechanical head is robust in construction having a solid cast iron housing fitted with two sand blasted, HCR60 hard chromed steel rolls.
The AC brushless servomotor has a maximum speed of 100m/min with the drive through the exist roll using a precision gear box.
The top roll is fitted in an articulated cradle with pneumatic pressure and the clamping force is adjustable using an air regulator.
Other features include the following.
* Back up of machine parameters using a MMC memory card.
* Automatic single stroke or continuous operation.
* Priority feeder or priority press selection.
* Manual jog programmed feed length.
Shear-Form Machine Tools is based in Coventry, UK, and supplies sheet metal and plate working machinery and is Dimeco Alipresse's sole UK representative.
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