When you are choosing an oscillating knife cutter? You must be thinking about one question: should I choose one tool or multiple tools? Today, Jeff, an aftermarket engineer from AMOR, answers that question for you.
If you want to answer this question, first of all, customers should know which tools they should choose. About how to choose the right tools according to the processing materials and needs, we have already answered them in detail in the previous article(Why AMOR Digital Cutting Machine Has So Many Kinds of Cutting Tools). In this article, we mainly explain various How the tools are used in combination.
Before answering this question, we must also understand a concept – tool seat. The so-called tool seat is the system used by the oscillating knife cutting machine to install the tool. Each tool seat system will be controlled by two servo motors to realize the lifting and rotation of the tool, so as to realize the processing of various graphics. Some tools can share one tool holder, and only need to change the tool according to the change of the cutting material; some tools must be installed on two tool holders respectively to realize combined processing; while some tools do not need a tool holder.
When you are choosing an oscillating knife cutter
I will answer you one by one according to the combination of the single tool holder, double tool holder, three tool holder, and many types of tools.
1. Single tool seat system:
Customers who choose a single-knife seat system can also choose a variety of cutting tools, because some cutting tools can share a knife seat, such as electric oscillating knives, pneumatic oscillating knives, driving wheel knives, kiss knives, and drag knives are all used to meet the cutting needs. The material can be changed to different knives according to the material being cut. For example, if a customer wants to cut both textile fabrics and some foam sponge materials, the customer can choose a driving wheel cutter and a pneumatic oscillating cutting tool, and then the two tools share a cutter seat; another example is a customer who has both To cut carbon fiber prepreg fabric and cut glass limit fabric, then he can choose a drag knife and a driving wheel knife…
This is a knife holder, a combination of multiple cutting tools to help customers use one cutting machine to meet the cutting of more materials.
2. Double tool holder system:
The common dual-tool holder system is divided into two cases, one is when the two cutting tools selected by the customer cannot share a tool holder, the dual-tool holder system can be used, such as a milling cutter and an oscillating cutter tool, if the customer wants When cutting high-density materials such as MDF and high-density rubber sheets, it is necessary to configure a milling cutter, and the milling cutter cannot share a tool holder with other tools, so two different tool holders are installed.
Another situation is that when the customer needs to meet two cutting processes at the same time, such as cutting, grooving, or creasing, it is necessary to choose two different cutting tools. One for mounting cutting tools and one for mounting beveling tools or creasing tools.
Double-tool-holder-system
3. Three-tool seat system:
A common three-tool holder system is a milling tool holder, a cutting tool holder, and an auxiliary tool holder. Among them, the milling cutter holder can be used to install milling cutter tools to complete the cutting of various high-density plates; the cutter holder can be used to install cutting tools such as vibrating knives, driving wheel cutters, drag knives, etc.; auxiliary cutter holders can be used to install beveling tools and Indentation tool, so the three-blade system can meet the installation and upgrade of all cutting tools, and maximize the function of the oscillating knife cutting machine.
Of course, some customers take into account the diversity of cutting materials, in order to avoid the trouble of changing cutting tools, they will directly install a three-tool seat system for installing milling cutters, oscillating cutters, and driving wheel cutters respectively to meet the needs of high-density plates, MDF and cutting of various fabrics.
The above are three common tool combinations. Customers can inform us of their processing materials and processes. We can provide customers with reasonable tool combinations according to their needs to help customers achieve the maximum production value of the machine.
In addition to the above three cases, we can also add some cutting tools that do not need a knife holder. For example, brushes, inkjet and punching systems can be used in combination with the above three tools to meet the processing needs of customers with multiple processes.
What Tool Combinations do CNC Oscillating Knife Cutting Machines Have
There are also two tool combinations – dual tool simultaneous cutting and dual tool independent cutting systems to help customers maximize the efficiency of a single machine.
The dual-tool synchronous cutting system is to install two independent cutting units on a beam. The two cutting systems can cut the same graphics at the same time, or one of them can work independently, as shown below:
dual-tool synchronous cutting system
Each independent unit of the dual-tool synchronous cutting system cannot be installed with more than or equal to two tool holders, only one cutting tool holder can be installed, and milling cutter holders, punching, or brush tools can be added on this basis.
The dual-tool independent cutting system refers to installing two beams on one machine. The two beams can cut different graphics at the same time, and can also run a beam independently, as shown below:
Double beam oscillating knife cutting machine
Each independent unit of the dual-tool independent cutting system can choose to install a single-blade, double-blade, or three-blade system without any installation restrictions.
The above are all types of tool combinations, the content is relatively professional, and some content may not be fully understood by you, then you can tell us your needs, and we will provide you with a suitable cutting plan for you to maximize the production value of the machine. I hope this is helpful to you.
