Bottero S.p.a. - Flat Glass Division

Machine for the cutting, handling, breakout and loading of sheets of flat glass.

Structure made up of electro-welded steel tubular pipes, protected by two layers of paint: rust-prevention and coloured enamel.

Accurately flat and wool felt padded wooden table surface to ensure maximum air cushion performance.

Powerful air cushion system with a blower to create the “air cushion” between the table and the glass.

This permits a drastic reduction of the friction and it eases all handling operations of the glass itself.

Loading arms controlled by an electrocylinder that allows reaching the sub-vertical position (80°) suitable for the manual loading of the glass plate.

Possibility of producing any complex cutting scheme including straight cuts and outline cuts.

Cutting bridge made up of steel and placed transversally to the machine fitted with state-of-the-art motoring.

Electronic search glass squaring.

Cutting parameters adjustment directly from keyboard with possibility to memorise parameters linking them to the type of glass making the use of the machine simple and intuitive.

The electronic control of all the parameters (pressure, speed, cutting acceleration, quantity of oil on cut, head descent time, beginning of cut head pressure delta) is constantly ensured by the machine control program. In this way there is an excellent and constant cutting quality which permits a good glass breakout.

Lubrication system for cutting with flow concentrated on the incision.

Double oil tank in order to use different types of lubricants (option) during cut.

Glass detection sensor to avoid damages to the head.

Plate loading arms with pneumatically driven telescopic element (option) by means of pneumatic solenoid valve .

The edges of the working table are made of solid wood to enable the manual breakout of the glass.

Series of pneumatically activated breakout bars inserted in the working table with their pedal commands located close to their respective bar.

Bridge movement carried out by means of motors gripping on racks. Gripping gear facing downwards and round guides to avoid the deposit of impurities.

Head holder carriage activated by direct drive engine on precision racks.

System of carriage guides on stiff and reliable bridge.

Man-machine dialogue simple and intuitive owing to a software interface which takes into account all the glassmaker’s requirements.

The operator is guided step-by-step, during the introduction of the cutting data and in all operative functions of the machine by the software that helps him and highlights any possible error.