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US 2014/0209574 A1Published application
System and Method for Plasma Cutting Sheet Metal in an Automated Coil-Line Machine
AssigneePlasma Automation Inc.
InventorMatthew Walsh
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Abstract
A fully automated plasma sheet metal cutter that can be integrated into a HVAC coil-line and which increases the precision of cutting, decreases the time it takes to cut a particular component sheet metal part, and offers flexibility in cutting different sized and shaped holes or openings. Further, since the system is fully automated, it eliminates the error or cost attributed to a portion of the cutting process that heretofore has been associated with a manual laborer.
Claims7
A coil line for the cutting of ductwork in an automated fashion, the coil line comprising:
- a frame;
- drive rolls mounted to said frame and configured to unroll a material from a coil;
- and
- a cutting assembly mounted to said frame, the cutting assembly including;
- a gantry arranged across said material in said coil line after it is unrolled from said coil;
- a table, said table arranged below said material in said coil line after it is unrolled from said coil;
- a carriage, said carriage configured to move along said gantry only in a direction generally perpendicular to the motion of said material;
- and
- a cutter, said cutter located on said carriage and configured to cut said material on said table;
- wherein, when said cutter cuts said material after it is unrolled from said coil, said cut formed by the combination of:
- motion of said carriage along said gantry;
- and
- motion of said material across said table.
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