Trafileria Piazza embraces precision with new bar-cutting machine (Ø 12 to Ø 60 mm)

Trafileria Piazza Guido & Figlio, an Italian leader in wire processing, has chosen to embrace innovation by installing the brand-new FRANGAR 60/M/BU shearing machine. This precision mechanical cutting unit is designed for cutting metal bars with unparalleled accuracy. Let's delve deeper into this innovative machine and its capabilities.

Machine cycle: precision cutting
One of the FRANGAR 60/M/BU key features is its highly automated and precise cutting cycle. The process starts when the workpiece bar is positioned under the shear. A magnetic sensor located on the tilting gauge detects the arrival of the material and activates the cutting process.

Once activated, the sensor triggers a solenoid valve that activates the insertion cylinder. This cylinder, along with the insertion stop lever, allows the slide to descend in a controlled manner, thus performing bar cutting with extreme precision.

After cutting, the bar (blank) is released and falls into place as the bar pushed by the roller track hits the gauge button, thus starting the cutting cycle again. This sequence continues to repeat with precision and efficiency, ensuring uninterrupted production.

Technical features
The FRANGAR 60/M/BU cutting machine boasts several technical features that make it a powerful and reliable machine for cutting bars ranging from Ø 12 to Ø 60, including:

- Cutting force: 1,450 kN (equivalent to 145 tons), enabling processing of metal bars in various sizes and strengths.
- Slide stroke: 60 mm, meaning the shear can perform cuts with a significant stroke to adapt to production process specifics.
- Strokes per minute: 50 min-1, indicating efficient and rapid cutting speed.
- Power of the shear motor: 10 kW, ensuring the required power for precise and efficient cuts.
- Weight: approximately 3,110 kg, providing stability and readiness for continuous use.

Trafileria Piazza's new mechanical cutting machine FRANGAR 60/M/BU represents a leap in quality, allowing for full-scale operations in the high-strength fasteners sector with class 8.8 - 10.9 - 9.8 - 12.9. Here it is in action:

Trafileria Piazza Guido & Figlio provides tailored services, including straightening and cutting wires with diameters ranging from 1.5 mm to 16 mm. The company also offers a wide range of drawn bars and wires, with a primary focus on low-carbon steel but extending to other materials as well. Trafileria Piazza also manufactures partially threaded bars from M5 to M42 and fully threaded bars from M6 to M42. Additionally, it custom-produces bars from special and non-special steel wire and markets copper-plated, zinc-plated, and polished wire coils.

To explore the range of wire and metal bars that Trafileria Piazza Guido & Figli produces and distributes, please check the Products section on their expometals.net online stand and get in touch with their specialists using the green buttons on the side.