578 BCS

Machine with tilting working table on which, in completely automatic mode, various operations of loading, squaring, incision and transport of the glass can be carried out.

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

The innovative concept in the 578 is the grouping together of all these automatic functions within a single machine.

Possibility of excluding the unused vacuum cups, according to the type of glass to be loaded.

- Loading from pack (maximum depth 1200mm.)

- Hydraulic-type detachment.

Glass holding vacuum cups installed on arms activated by a hydraulic cylinder.

- Electronic squaring of the glass, which permits the elimination of the traditional mechanical squaring lugs and is carried out directly from the same cutting head. This avoids the spoiling of the cutting precision, which is otherwise conditioned by the wear of the lugs

- cut

- transport (in case of coupling with another machine).

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.

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. The use of this system brings two great advantages:

- on loaded glass (in manual mode), the operator must only press the tilting button and the machine, at the end of the descent operation, will automatically start the cutting cycle (traditionally the operator must: start the air cushion, hand square, stop the cushion, disengage the safety barriers and finally start the cycle)

- a second advantage is that the glass is no longer squared on the loading lugs, thus avoiding, with the wear of the latter, the influence on the cutting precision

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.

Special solenoid valve for lubrication control, allocated close to the cutting wheel, proper for high evaporating oils use.

Equipment’s for cutting head safety:

Linear encoder for glass delection.

Collapsile cutting head element, easy to change, that in case of accidental impact avoids to stress the carriage an the bridge.

Control panel inclusive of machine calculator (Personal Computer and C.P.U. with remote machine control cards on digital BUS) power logic with relative controls and safety logic.

Tilting working table controlled by two hydraulic cylinders that permit the sub-vertical (80°) position to ease manual loading of the glass or the automatic glass loading position (95°).

Pneumatically activated glass sheet loading lugs with “dead centre” cam wheels and pneumatic solenoid valve with bistable logic (if there is no consent it cannot move).

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 (3+1) inserted in the working table with their pedal commands located close to their respective bar.

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 errors.