TRUMPF Inc. (Farmington, CT) will introduce its rapid mobile bending cell to the U.S. market at FABTECH 2024 in Orlando, Florida. The new automation solution, TRUMPF’s Flex Cell, offers efficient bending in combination with the TruBend 7050 press brake. In just a few steps, operators can dock the mobile robot cell onto the bending machine and operate it automatically. The machine can run autonomously for several hours. This automation solution helps companies handle order surges and combat labor shortages. The combined footprint of the Flex Cell and the TruBend 7050 is under 107 square feet.
The Flex Cell has a double-sized material buffer that ensures it has enough material to feed the TruBend 7050 throughout a night shift. A vacuum combination gripper on the robot arm enables fast and safe loading and unloading. Using TRUMPF TecZone Bend software, a bending program can be created in just a few seconds. The operator is then able to program the robot by means of an app and the teach panel. This makes the TruBend 7050 quick and easy to set up. Thanks to automatic double-sheet detection, the Flex Cell is also able to recognize if unprocessed material has stuck together during loading and then eject it. This reduces rejects and saves resources.
The Flex Cell is suitable for components up to 23.6 by 15.75 inches in size. It can process sheet metal of between 0.03 and 0.23 inches in thickness. Combined with the TruBend 7050, the Flex Cell is ideal for companies seeking a solution to problems caused by a shortage of labor and that would like to increase productivity through automation. Companies with fluctuating orders of small and simple parts are particularly suited to benefit from this solution.
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More information: https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/products/machines-systems/automation/automation-for-bending-machines/flex-cell/
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