Cutting hoses with fabric reinforcement
A company that develops and produces demanding products and solutions for the automotive industry, includes in its product range vulcanised and partially vulcanised tubes of different diameters. These products serve as connections between vehicle tanks and tank supports and have to be precisely cut to length and sorted during manufacture. Metzner Maschinenbau GmbH developed an innovative solution for this automotive sub-supplier in the form of a special cutting line that carried out several working stages and - thanks to a new cutting process – saves costs. In addition, the company profits from shorter cycle times, so that now larger quantities can be manufactured.
For feeding the over 3 metre long vulcanised and partially vulcanised tubes, which consist of multi-layer elastomers with or without fabric reinforcement and an internal foil, to the cut-to length station, there is a circular plate transport belt with 28 compartments that can be quickly filled by an operator.
When the transport belt is filled, the production line can work autonomously for a long time. Two cutting modules work in parallel to cut the material to length, so that two parts can be made at the same time. The second circumferentially circulating cutting module and the take-off belt are both moveable, so that parts of different lengths can be simply produced alternately and then transported out of the machine.
High-precision cutting to length and sorting
The special development by Metzner cuts vulcanised and partially vulcanised tubes precisely to length and transports the finish-processed materials either into a collecting container or into other special storage facilities.
Special features
Cost saving when cutting
A new cutting process with two circumferentially rotating cutting units that cut to length in parallel make two parts at the same time.
Shorter cycle times
By using two cutting modules, cycle times are shortened and increased production achieved.
Constant high product quality and increased productivity
The automatic cut-to-length and sorting of the material guarantees high product quality and increases productivity.
Lower personnel costs by automatic processing
The automatic processing of the tubes band semi-finished parts mean that fewer personnel are required, so that lower costs result.
Simple production an sorting of different lengths
The line offers the possibility to produce and sort relatively uncomplicated parts alternately.
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