TPT January 2022

T E CHNOLOG Y

Efficiently cutting heavy ID scarf on flying cut-off units for tubes and profiles

Successful trials and on-going production usage, together with target customers and machine manufacturers, have shown that the ECOmax – Scarf HP1 blades achieve around 8-10 times more material removal than conventional specialised scarf blades, on welded tubes with wall thickness up to 14mm. Further wear life tests and enhancements are planned to improve the blades performance even more. Using the ECOmax – Scarf HP1 blade is an enormous advantage for every application with heavy ID Scarf. This applies to single or twin-head tube cutting machines.

This new design works successfully on single head machines as well as twin saws with the simultaneous operation of two saw blades, to decrease the cost per cut.

LENNARTZ, a producer of saw blades, has released the ECOmax – Scarf HP1 circular saw blade, which is a further development of the scarf blade and customised for cutting tubes and profiles with heavy ID scarf on flying cut-off units. Previously, conventional blades were heavily damaged after only a few cuts because they cut the high strength weld bead inside the bottom of the tube. The service life of the blades was poor and the cost per cut extremely high resulting in a cutting application that is not economical. Because of its newly developed tooth form and cutting geometry, and in combination with a new proprietary coating, the ECOmax – Scarf HP1 saw blade is suitable for this application.

The ECOmax – Scarf HP1 circular saw blade

Lennartz www.lennartz.de

Make UK collaborates with FloWide on innovative new product tracking system

you can search for items on the shop floor and display their real-time location on a map; automatic reporting: easily collate metrics (heatmaps, bottlenecks, spaghetti diagram and utilisation rate etc) to provide real-time insight; and supporting workers: the system interacts with workers, guiding them through their work and alerting them before mistakes (misplacements) happen. Vincent Borgraeve, co-founder of FloWide, added: “We strongly believe that today’s apprentices are digital natives who will accelerate the adoption of digital manufacturing.”

Stephen of apprentices and technical training at Make UK, said: “FloWide approached us two years ago as a start-up business trying to establish itself in the UK. While other similar tracking systems exist, the appeal was the ease of simplicity of installation. “We were looking at opportunities to showcase and use data-rich applications as part of our apprenticeship delivery, so it became clear we could help each other. The pandemic delayed implementation, but I am excited to now have this added capability in our training facility.” FloWide system delivers value to manufacturers through three main types of applications: tool finder where Mitchell, director

MAKE UK has collaborated with Malvern, UK-based technology start-up FloWide, on a new tracking system for the CNC area of its technology hub in Aston, Birmingham. Thesystemprovidesa ‘GPS-like’ indoor tracking solution for the manufacturing shop floor. It is composed of electronic tags and anchors on the hardware, coupled with a highly customisable software interface. Tags are fixed on mobile items within the manufacturing shop floor: forklifts, trolleys, boxes or directly on the parts. The anchors are placed in key locations around the shop floor. This means that a digital version of the shopfloor is accessible online with the real-time location of every tracked item.

FloWide www.flowide.net

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