WCA November 2014

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Leading the way in automotive industry

when compared with a traditional system of the same capacity. To further enhance the system the XMH can make the two parts in the same cycle time required for the main part, and separates the two parts along the way through the cell. That means that the second part comes out in no additional time. Basically the two parts are processed together from a single blank and separated in a special forming unit developed by OMCG. Change-over of the production from one part to the other is as simple as in a traditional CNC bending machine and can be virtually zero if the wire/tube material doesn’t change. Where a complete new setting is required – for example when changing material diameter – skilled operators can alter the set-up in less than two hours. Consistency and reliability are key points for the automotive industry and extensive tests have been carried out on the work-cell. The cell can be easily integrated with robot or secondary operation units from third parties. OMCG – Italy Website : www.omcg.com

OMCG presented a world premier at wire 2014 with the XMH, after having developed the new work-cell concept for muffler hangers. This is to provide customers in the automotive industry with flexible, efficient solutions to make hangers in wire and tube from carbon steel or stainless steel. The core of the system is based on the eccentric bending head that provides outstanding bending capabilities, and on the M140 end forming unit that has been appreciated through the years for its highest quality forming. This has been re-engineered and integrated in a 12-axis system with additional bending heads and forming units which reduce cost and cycle time with concurrent operations and overtake the bottleneck of sequential operations with traditional CNC bending machines. With the XMH system customers can make the majority of muffler hanger shapes in less than eight or nine seconds (depending on the cell configuration), even in the case of double head. Compared to the traditional sequential solution the system is, on average, 50 per cent faster. The cell also optimises energy and space occupation, saving about 30 per cent

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