Trimming & Beading
With suitable working units and dies, the Lucas trimming and forming machines can perform a wide range of machining on circular and polygonal flat or drawn sheet metal parts, in particular: trimming, flanging, turning, curling, beading, threading for deformation and seaming of covers. The main strong points of LUCAS trimming machines are:
- Fast and simple to use, such as for example the quick tool change feature and its user-friendly machine programming
- Long tool life due to a sturdy construction of the working units with a particular attention to the sliding both for “hydraulic” or “electronic” control of stroke by “brushless” motor and guiding by recirculating balls screws
- Ability to find and develop solutions with a high degree of customization
Lucas trimming–beading machines are equipped with:
Lower spindle motorized by gear motor and inverter
Idle top spindle firmly connected to a boom structure
Working units: with hydraulic or electronic control of the stroke by “brushless” motor
Expansion/ejection system with hydraulic control coaxial to the lower spindle
Electrical panel complete with PLC and “touch screen” service panel for work sequence management
Safety devices: two-handed control button on swiveling console, safety guards at the side and at the rear of the machine; Safety light curtains in front of the machine (vertical and horizontal protection system)
LUCAS also produces:
Automatic scrap ejection
Automatic piece loading/unloading
Interfacing with external automations
Completes lines