Shamic Sheetmetal, which manufactures various identifiable national brands including HeatCharm, Coonara and Arrow for household use, identified the need to invest in sheetmetal automation to put distance between itself and competitors.
Managing Director of the company, Mr Eric Woodgate, says extensive consultation with sheetmetal machinery specialist Maxitec ensured the ideal solution was sourced for minimal cost.
Mr Woodgate said that the new bending technology enables the company to produce heaters faster, providing them with a competitive edge and enabling them to cater for seasonal needs.
The technology applied was the FINN-POWER Ebe Express Bender, which Shamic uses for sheetmetal bending and shaping applications.
Ebe hails a new era in bending technology as it uses servo controllers instead of commonplace hydraulic controllers. The result for Shamic is completely accurate automation of complex tasks, better bending quality, increased flexibility, environmentally friendly operation, reduction in tedious and costly stoppages, less vibration and noise, and much less use of electricity and oil.
FINN-POWER’s Ebe almost fully automates the bending cycle from the initial stage when a blank sheet is loaded right to the point of finalising the bent part, and the entire sequence can be achieved in a continuous automated process.
The Ebe bender is a high performance, in-line express bender that enhances productivity by bending extremely high quality parts in an unmanned environment, in any quantity.
Servo controlled operation offers many advantages to manufacturers bending sensitive materials or those with high quality surfaces.
The Ebe technology is ideal for benders of polished materials, stainless steel, catering and food processing machinery, whitegoods panels, air conditioning units, and any other application where the protection of surface integrity is essential.
The Ebe bender has the ability to bend the most imaginative profiles, giving the user unprecedented opportunity and flexibility with its product design and allows full integration with other processes such as engraving, embossing, cutting and forming.