HYPERTHERM ASSOCIATES, manufacturers of industrial cutting products and software, offers a robotic application for trimming large metalcastings, especially for aluminum, while achieving superior cut quality and lowering production costs, leveraging its Powermax SYNCÒ and XPRÒ plasma cutting systems.
The trend of selecting high-pressure die casting (HPDC) larger aluminum parts and multi-cavity molds is evident across various industries. For example, the need to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency in electric, hybrid, and internal combustion engine vehicles has accelerated HPDC adoption in automotive design.
And recent developments in HPDC allow manufacturers to make parts that weigh up to 220 lbs. (100 kg) with mega or giga castings – making the process of trimming or degating these parts more complex.
Robotic plasma-cutting technology, based on the Powermax single-piece cartridge technology, is a proven method for removing gates, runners, overflow, and biscuits in place of less efficient or ineffective traditional degating methods.
Hypertherm is a U.S. based manufacturer of industrial cutting products and software. The Powermax SYNC is well-suited to HPDC cutting and trimming applications and easily integrates into robotic cells for cutting cast metal parts. It is available in three industrial-grade power models – 65 A, 85 A or 105 A – for different metal thickness applications and single-piece cutting cartridges for different cast cutting requirements: standard mechanized cartridges, and HyAccessÔ cartridges for hard-to-reach locations that allow degating as close to the part surface as possible.
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