ATOM have huge experience in the automatic cutting industry accumulated over decades through the deployment of hundreds of machines. A commitment to service and regular dialog with our customers has helped us to develop a range of CNC presses which are reliable, safe, user friendly and high performance.
In just a few days an operator can program the machine to generate excellent results, both in terms of productivity and in terms of material savings. Our machines are designed to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the quality of the components found in ATOM machines enables our presses to work reliably, day in and day out under heavy workloads.
Our presses are cutting "robots", granting power, precision and speed. The main technological components are:
• Automatic nesting software, available in several versions optimized for several industries and materials;
• CNC module with an advanced user interface, designed for ergonomics, efficiency and ease of use;
• High performance CNC cutting presses;
• Automatic material feeding.
These cutting systems are extremely efficient. The sturdy framework and the quality of mechanical components allow for cutting speeds beyond 110 punches per minute, with a precision of a few tenths of a millimeter, which enables parts to be cut as closely as possible, thus reducing material wastage.
The cutting power up to 50 tons is kept consistent, even for extremely long production runs and this enables these machines to cut hard materials of high thickness, in single or multiple layers and to use multiple dies or dies with long blade development.
Our software precisely calculates the optimum layout for each job, material usage and time in order to make accurate estimations of the cutting cost, thus enabling better production planning.
Using these cutting systems our customers achieve considerable costs savings in terms of:-
• Material savings : built to extremely fine tolerances, our machines are able to cut extremely precisely, minimizing the material wastage The automatic nesting software can automatically calculate the optimal layouts to take advantage of the machine's operating tolerances.
• Time savings and increased flexibility : the software can prepare the cutting program in a few seconds. Using a die plate it is possible to change the die very quickly. The ability to rapidly change configurations makes it possible to cost effectively cut small batches.
• Labour savings : our solution allows for high quality cutting even with inexperienced operators. A single CNC cutting machine can substitute 3-5 traditional trolley presses and their skilled operators.
• Low operating costs : our unique design, which takes advantage of ATOM patented solutions, grants high cutting power and speed with limited power consumption. This unique design allows the changing of the cutting belts in a few hours without the intervention of specialist external technicians. The high quality of components further reduces the maintenance costs and minimises the maintenance time.
Quick cutting belt substitution
Whilst belt wear is minimized by the unique design of the ATOM press, it is not possible to completely avoid the replacement of the cutting belt.
Most CNC presses on the market uses open-ring belts, which require specialist equipment in order to be installed, the intervention of specialist technicians and on average between 24 to 48 hours machine downtime. For this reason, with traditional presses, belt replacement has to be a carefully planned event and is generally a very expensive and time consuming process.
ATOM CNC presses use closed-ring belts. Their design allows the belt to be slipped off from one side of the machine machine, without the need for specialist equipment. The whole process can be completed in just a few hours and without the intervention of external technicians. The closed-ring design ensures a faultless junction, which is very important because even the smallest imprecision can turn into considerable imprecision in material positioning, compromising the precision of the cutting system.
The feeding systems.
One of the most important components of a CNC press cutting system is the material feeding. The systems commonly used are based upon a polypropylene pad or a high-resistance nylon belt, which transports the material and acts as support for the cutting.
Models which use the cutting belt are the most versatile since they can transport any kind of material, both sheet and roll based, in single or multiple layers. Models using a cutting pad can be used for sheet cutting only. The pad is the cheapest solution, since it does not require high quality dies and the substitution cost is lower than that of the cutting belt.
Automatic cut parts unloading:
When cutting rigid or semi-rigid materials it is possible to use our automatic parts-unloading system. It is based upon a pneumatic ejector mounted inside the trolley and a transport belt mounted on one side of the machine. At regular intervals the cut parts that naturally accumulate inside the forged die are deposited on the belt.
Cut parts unloading from the cutting belt:
The belt sticks out from the cutting area by more than 3 feet. This design ensures that the cut parts are completely outside the cutting area when the operator collects them for a greater degree of safety. Additionally the machine can cut continuously since there is no need to stop it for safe unloading of cut parts. This is true independently from material hardness, thickness, layers and material friction.
The Automatic nesting system
See our ‘Nesting' section to find out how our nesting software perfectly complements our presses, enabling the maximum material yield in the quickest time.