KPS 2000/25-12 SKT
Larger – faster – KPS 2000/25-12 SKT
A look behind the automotive scenery: some of the thin-walled cast parts are produced on die-casting machines with closing forces of up to 4,400 t. An essential part of the system in fully automated die-casting cells is, alongside the die-casting machine and the automation components, the trimming press, on which complete door segments or the right or left parts of the chassis are processed after casting – the tool clamped onto the clamping surface removes bulky sprue, overflow and vacuum channels. With the new KPS 2000/25-12 SKT in push-and-tilt finish, Kurtz has developed a trimming press which is the new standard in size and speeds for all movements. Characteristics: 200 t pressing force and a clamping surface of 2,500 x 1,800 mm, with which deburring tools weighing up to 16 t can be clamped and cast parts can be deburred process-safely. Careful cleaning of the underpart of the tool is ensured by the finish of the clamping table as a push-and-tilt table. With the enlarged clamping table, deburring tools which even debur large body parts or multiple occupancies can now be clamped. Increasingly faster process times are being demanded in casting, the consequence: multiple occupancies in casting and in trimming. All this is fulfilled by the new Kurtz KPS 2000/25-12 SKT trimming press – with completely new hydraulics, new drive engineering when turning the push-and-tilt table, large clamping surface, large clear width and the latest PLC controls from Siemens. Not only the mechanics, but also the hardware and software have been revamped: new features provide operators with new possibilities, simplify the handling and programming and protect the deburring tool. In addition to the 15” touch panel firmly attached to the machine for the input of the machine parameters, the press also has a mobile input appliance with all the programming and input fields. Set-up of the machine and the control of the cut are considerably simplified by the use of the mobile panel, as operation and adaptation of the press can be done directly on site.
The KTC 4.0 press control, which has been further optimised, provides users with new additional functions for faster set-up of the tool and programmable tool and machine functions. A specifically programmable auto-home programme moves the trimming press back to a secure starting position after an unplanned standstill of the system, paying attention to required tool sequences. The worker no longer has to know the complex sequences inside the tool in order to move the press back to the start position manually for the automatic sequence. The function imitates the required sequence of the deburring tool and thus protects it against damage. In this way, the casting cell also starts more quickly after a machine stop in the cell.
The new move-box with touch-up function for the take-over of the cylinder positions and the new add-on override to influence the speeds make it easier for the operator to produce and adapt the tool programmes. Communication within the cell – i.e. to the die casting machine, automation, periphery – is via ProfiNet. It also functions directly between the parts of the system or via a superior control desk. “Safety first” in all cases is guaranteed by a fail-safe control. Standardised or customer-specific interfaces are not a contradiction, but are implemented according to customers’ requirements.
2.000 kN pressing force with 2,500 x 1,800 mm clamping surface and increases of speed in all movements
Equipment for consumption measurement is also a part of the catalogue of options. Fast fitting of deburring tools becomes possible, amongst other things, by the use of multi-couplings – that means: no individual connections for hoses and plugs, but one central coupling for all the connections. This accelerates fitting and avoids connection mistakes. When the machine and deburring programmes have been input, they can be stored and accessed again in the formulation administration – a function which customers with Kurtz low-pressure casting machines have appreciated for a long time. The KPS 2000/25-12 SKT trimming press in the push-and-tilt table finish, with its enlarged clamping surface, revised control engineering and intelligent software functions, provides a strong package of services, ensuring process safety and high system availability in the implementation of die-casting cells for the production of aluminium die-cast parts.
Kurtz Trimming Press KPS 2000/25-12 SKT - Features
Multi-coupling on the tappet in the parking position
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Larger – faster – Kurtz KPS 2000/25-12 SKT provides the following facts: 40% less cycle time, 15% more total admissible weight of the deburring tool (16 t) and 14% more clamping surface. Convince yourselves of the outstanding output data of the new Kurtz trimming press – best of all live in Nuremberg at the Euroguss from 12 to 14 January 2016at the Kurtz Stand 341 in hall 7A!