One of the frustrations that can come up running a sheet metal shop is having a good quality press brake with a worn out controller:
This can happen for a number of reasons including:
old age of the controller
power spikes that blow boards
heavy handed use
or even a supplier who can't or won't back their products.
Traditionally you've been forced to pay high prices for rebuilt old components, or a replacement control - with the same dated technology that the machine came with 10 years ago, and then the question becomes: To Automate or not to Automate.
It is not uncommon to hear somebody say “I can not afford to automate” or “it is too expensive to automate”. On the other hand it is not very common to hear somebody say “Can I afford not to automate?” There is a very good reason for this. It is extremely difficult to calculate the amount of money lost if your machine or process is not automated. There are two ways you can lose money by not automating. One is if you quote on a job and lose it and the other is if you make less profit on a job because it took you longer to complete (Wages, lost material etc). The cost of not automating can be many times the investment of a new control, easily depending on the situation. The other important point to stress is that the cost of automation is a one off cost while the savings by automating is repetitive. If you save $1000 per month you save $120 000 over 10 years...
The FasFold Touch-screen Press Brake control can be fitted to almost any machine up to nine axes and gives you conversational programming at your finger tips, plus the ability to store programs for future use.
Many machines have been saved from being scrapped, and have gone on to give many years of accurate service with these controls fitted.
Fasfold Features:
Can be fitted to most press brakes, pan brakes, tank rollers and slitter folders.
Large 15" Touch screen
Australian made and designed
Easy Job Selection
Select existing jobs from the library
Jobs can be named and saved for future use. A virtually unlimited number of jobs can be saved
Jobs open with all relevant data like bend sequence, material thickness, right Tool, Die & V, angle corrections, which bends were done from front or rear etc. This saves lots of set-up time.
Jobs can be downloaded from the office.
Jobs can be linked to fold boxes easily
Each operator can have his own password with his own job library.
Fasfold – 5 Easy steps to put you in production in no time!
Step 1. QUICKDRAW: How easy is this!.....
Simply touch the 10 corners on the grid to draw the box to the left
Press OK to return to the main screen
Step 2. Simply touch on the dimension or angle of the profile on the right to edit the value on the popup keypad
Step 3. How good is this!........ See the profile on the left for easy editing….. and the folding simulation on the right!
•View the actual folding sequence simulation on the graphic of a Press Brake as you fold in real time or animation mode.
•Change folds from front to rear to optimise production.
•Step through the whole sequence without wasting time or material.
•This can be done on the Press or offline in the office (For quotes on new jobs: This process can be used in minutes to assist in doing new quotes accurately).
•Touch the “Automatic fold sequence” button or set the fold sequence manually simply by entering the sequence (1 2 8 7 6 5 3 4 for the example on the left).
Step 4. Enter material thickness and width.
Step 5. Select the right tool and Die from the library and start production
Want to save money by buying the cheapest equipment available? Not so fast!