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CUT-TO-LENGTH PRESS FEED
PROVIDES ECONOMY, PRODUCTIVITY

A Monterey, Mexico manufacturing facility has implemented a cost effective and productivity enhancing system for producing its shelving elements used in refrigerated supermarket display cases. The system, a new press feed line for transforming coil stock to cut-to-length blanks is from Dallas Industries, Inc. of Troy, MI. The fully automated line includes a powered, coil handling reel with load car, a servo feed featuring a simple Allen Bradley touch screen control, a pull-thru straightener to remove residual bend from the material, a shear for cutting the stock, an integrated hydraulic press for notching the panels plus a destacking/stacking unit. Prior to the Dallas system's acquisition, the company purchased blanks from an outside source, then fed them into the press for notching. With the Dallas line in place, company personnel anticipate equipment payback, by eliminating the purchase costs and reducing operational costs of handling the blanks, to be as short as two years.

The coil reel provides a load capacity of up to 12,000 lbs. and is for materials to 51" wide. The traveling load car allows for prestaging coils for fast loading and minimum downtime. The reel unit also includes a coil restrictor roller that prevents coils from springing open when shipping bands are cut, and a threading table for easier loading alignment.
The Dallas servo feed incorporates a 15 HP and two 6" diameter, full width (51") feed rolls. Mounted on the entry end of the feed is a pull-thru straightener that, with its 9 rollers of
3-1/2” diameter, removes coil curvature and provides blanks that are flat.
The shear/notcher, integrated with a hydraulic press, notches the blanks utilizing a die. The destacker handles up to 6000lb. at 51” widths and stacks finished pieces for easy removal.

In addition to cut-to-length blanking press lines, Dallas Industries' provides press feed and coil handling systems with precision servo feeds, air feeds, powered straighteners and pull-thru straighteners, a wide selection of coil reels and cradles, plus auxiliary line equipment and control options…up to the Pressmaster CNC. Also available is Dallas' exclusive SpaceSaverTM feed line—saving from 1/3 to 1/2 the floor space required by conventional feed lines.