Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing takes delivery of a new conventional feed line
Dallas Industries, a leading manufacturer of coil handling, press feeding equipment and controls for the stamping industry has announced that Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing has taken delivery on another new conventional feed line.
The line is a fully automated 48 in.wide conventional line featuring a model DRFH-530 servo feed, a threading table over the loop, a peeler/theader/coil restrictor, a model DPS-3.5-7-30 powered straightener, and a 20,000 lb. load capacity reel with load car.
To enhance setup, the unit incorporates the feeder passline height, edge guides, coil guide rolls for auto coil centering of the coil on the uncoiler all which are automatically adjusted to position. The settings for these axes are stored in the job recipe—a Dallas feature termed AutoSet.
The line is built on an Allen-Bradley, ethernet-based control architecture and feature SyncLoop and ProfileSelect™. The SyncLoop control synchronizes the feeder and straightener speeds to dramatically enhance the loop’s stability and control.
ProfileSelect™ is a unique feed control system that is exclusively available through Dallas Industries. It uses a cam-motion (sinusoidal) profile. This smooth profile results in a feed motion that utilizes 100 percent of the press feed window, reducing stress on the material and the feed’s mechanical components.
