Plasma beveling system
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products introduces the DMX Automated Plasma Beveller, a next-generation beveling system which is described as delivering significant performance improvement through a simple, compact design.
The DMX Beveller is said to provide high reliability, enhanced safety and ease-of-use. It cuts the full range of weld preparations, including V, Y, X, and K bevels, with cut angles up to 45° on materials up to 50 mm.
The DMX Beveller is complemented by the release of ESAB’s new SmartBevel Technology, for easier programming and accurate bevel cutting with minimal operator intervention. SmartBevel includes beveling data and geometric compensations necessary to cut V, X, Y, and K bevels on mild steel from 6- to 50-mm thick. Unlike competitive systems, SmartBevel integrates all bevel compensations into the CNC, so bevel programming is simplified, and any fine tuning of the cut is done quickly and easily at the machine.
ESAB uses a new approach to providing 5-Axis motion, utilising direct drive motors to radically reduce complexity, eliminate the need for breakaway crash protection, and deliver responsive, accurate positioning. The direct drive design eliminates gearboxes, belts, pulleys, limit switches and exposed cables. The resulting “compliant motion” lets the DMX Beveller absorb and detect a torch crash without any added components, as well as automatically reset after a collision without the operator touching the torch or climbing on the cutting table to do so. Faster resets result in higher productivity and eliminate dangerous operator tasks from the beveling process.
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