John P
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 07:21 PM |
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Idiots Guide to Press Brake and Turret Punch Required
I've been offered a new job with a company who use press brakes and a turret punch to produce sheet metal parts for steel doors.
Although I've bought in parts from these machines in the past and I do have a very basic understanding of their operating principles, I could do
with gaining a bit more knowledge.
I don't mean enough to use a machine but enough to be able to understand roughly how to make a part and also understand any problems the skilled
operators have.
Does anyone know of a good website where I could get this info? I guess what I really need is something like a basic tutorial or even the operator
instructions for a machine.
Many thanks,
John.
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bonzoronnie
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 07:42 PM |
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CNC Machinery
Hi ,
I ran an Armada Turret Punch for several years.
Relatively easy to pick up. Most are CNC controlled by a central programe database. You mainly end up as a button pusher. Bar tool changing, material
handling & general maintainance, that is.
I did however,take time to read the machine manuals and learnt how to program the machine. Very handy for "Homers".
You will almost certainly need training to opperate a press brake. Although many are CNC controlled. There is a lot of method to be learnt.
My advice to you is this : Try to find out what machines the company use. Dont forget to find out what CNC controll systems they use also.
With a little luck you may find the machine manuals online.
Failing that. Go to an interview and demonstrate a real desire to learn. Employers ofte respect that atribute.
Good luck.
Ronnie 
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Moorron
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 09:56 PM |
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alltho i am one of the office staff the guy opposite me use to work on these type of machines and still makes me parts on the amada 130hfe press. it
looks easy to pick up to use, the hard pit is all the skills to estimate the overbends on types of material ~90degrees on the program rearly produces
a 90 degrees bend~
We have just installed an amada turret punch and have been running it for a few months. It down at the moment as we are having the extra auto racking
and part picker installed (a masive rack for all the material that feeds the machine and also the other end that picks the parts and stacks them on
palets so you can run the machine over night unmanned.
We do the programming for this in the office and is easy to do as long as the system has had the parameters set (which tools are loaded in the turret
ect). We use Radan, we load a DXF (exported from solidworks/autocad) and then pretty much tel it to auto tool. Some tweeks are needed but its pretty
easy. some machines have their own programs and these know what tools are loaded in the machine. ares isnt but if you can use autocad you can do the
office side of things.
good luck
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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John P
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 10:10 PM |
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Thanks for the help.
I'm going there tomorrow morning and hopefully your input will help.
John.
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