TPT November 2022

T E CHNOLOG Y

Nor th American furniture company chooses Thermatool HF welder for production line A MAJOR North American furniture manufacturer has invested in Thermatool’s advanced compact Thermatool Compact HF Welder was a good solution for a cost-effective machine upgrade that will maximise its return on investment.

and success,” said Kris Livermore, director of business for Thermatool Corp. “Thermatool’s advanced technologies across high frequency welding and high-speed flying shears gives our customer the ability to grow and remain competitive in the global marketplace.” Thermatool’s compact welder is ideal for the company’s existing mill given its smaller size. The replacement of the obsolete vacuum tube technology with the Thermatool Compact HF Welder took less than a week to install and has delivered in performance, efficiency, and ease of operation. Since the installation, the company recognised

150kW HF Welder – transforming its production line with high-efficiency, green HF welding technology. With the worldwide rise in energy costs, the company replaced its older welding technology with safer and greener HF welding technology. “Our North American customer has chosen Thermatool to meet its high quality specifications and continued product development and growth. With over thirty years working together, we value being a part of its continued growth

A company executive commented: “As our business continues to grow – we wanted versatile tools that would ensure our mills could continue to fabricate millions of pounds of tubular steel every year. With more than six decades and thousands of product configurations, we trusted that Thermatool’s HF welders and alpha cutoffs would be able to meet each and every design and specification.” Thermatool now offers online training to help operators run their equipment at peak performance with enhanced digital support tools. Thermatool has also released its Thermatool+ Customer Portal that offers quick and effective online service and support for customers where they can now have 24-hour access to their specific Thermatool product information, learn from video guides and purchase tooling and consumables. cycle to be completed automatically and makes use of the machine intuitive. In addition, the space-saving design enables easy accessibility for servicing purposes. This tube and profile bending machine is also extremely robust and designed for a very long service life. “We aim to make production processes considerably easier for customers who use our Ondomat 2.0,” added Mr Brunner. In this context, Lang Tube Tec’s team paid particular attention during the machine’s design process to keeping the noise level of the Ondomat 2.0 as low as possible. The machine also cuts energy consumption by 65 per cent and ensures a clean work environment without any oil leakage.

the immediate increase in productivity and reduced electrical demand as well as continuous process control that they needed to continue to meet customer requirements and business goals. The

Thermatool Corp www.thermatool.com Thermatool’s advanced Compact 150 kW HF Welder can transform a production line with high-efficiency, green HF welding technology Electric mandrel-less tube and profile bending

up to three bends in a single step and process several different components at the same time. The bending angle is freely programmable. Björn Brunner, project manager at Lang Tube Tec, said: “The nice thing about our Ondomat 2.0 is that the machine is highly customisable: it can be operated manually, subject to the necessary safety arrangements, but it also features an interface that enables it to be operated together with a cobot or as an entirely unmanned production cell. What is more, thanks to an extensive selection of modules we can precisely adapt the machine to the customer’s individual needs and thus directly meet their requirements.” Apart from its flexibility, the Ondomat 2.0 is also easy to use especially the integrated Siemens Simatic S7-1500 controller enables the entire set-up

LANG Tube Tec has introduced the Ondomat 2.0 to the market. The fully electric tube and profile bending machine for mandrel-less bends is the company’s first machine in its vertical bending direction series. Lang Tube Tec also offer a fully electric Ondomat. Together with Dengler Tube Tec, Lang Tube Tec is one of two brands operating under the umbrella of DenglerLang Tube Tec GmbH, a global developer and manufacturer of CNC controlled bending machines for the car and vehicle industry, aviation and space technology, shipbuilding, the offshore industry, the furniture industry and other industry sectors. The Ondomat 2.0 also features a CNC controlled axis and is therefore suitable for a broad range of usage purposes. As well as individual bends, this tube and profile bending machine can also perform

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