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News Release from: Trumpf | Subject: L2510 2D laser cutting machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2006
'Lights out' laser cell increases
volumes
Subcontractor/OEM company has taken its first step into automation having purchased a flexible automated laser cutting/profiling cell to reduce manning and give 'lights-out' operation.
The automated system gives Texol the opportunity to automatically run batch sizes from 'one-offs' to thousands off as Ray Miller of Texol explained "We have to invest to improve business performance, reduce costs, increase capacity and expand what we have to offer to the marketplace." Texol is an interesting company, owned by its employees, that is both a subcontractor and a developer and manufacturer of its own products
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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These both go through the same production facilities and to ramp up capacity Texol has invested in a fully automated Trumpf L2510 2D laser cutting machine to complement its three existing Trumpf flat-bed lasers, four TC600L combination machines and six TrumaBend CNC press brakes.
"This is our first step into automation and will be part of a flexible automated cell that we are developing.
It will reduce manning and give us a 'lights-out' operation that will allow us to get into volume production," said Miller.
The automated system gives Texol the opportunity to automatically run batch sizes from 'one-offs' to 'thousands-off' in unmanned shifts as Miller explained.
"It will certainly give us the opportunity to do a variety of different production runs when the lights are out.
Not just different materials and thicknesses of material, but also different types of product.
We are fundamentally working in mild steel, but we work on a huge variety of stainless steels, mild steels, aluminium and coated materials for products such as petrol delivery systems, automatic cash dispensers and paper handling systems such as money counters and envelope wrapping machines for mail shots.
As well as being a subcontractor, Texol also has its own products.
These include equipment for catching and killing insects such as mosquitoes, which has tremendous global potential, and gas generating equipment.
In fact, Texol will be running the new laser on homemade nitrogen.
"The company is moving into higher volumes - that's both on subcontracting and our own products, so we are looking at automated systems that will let us compete.
Trumpf's L2510 gives us a lot more working time without someone having to watch over it," said Miller. Request a free brochure from Trumpf ...
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