AST
The great advantage of this vertical bandsaw with cross-cut head is its wide throat that allows cross
cutting of large plates by means of a smaller blade than the one used by traditional horizontal
bandsaws. The blade is cutting across the height of material and not the width. The working table
comprises sturdy rollers supporting the material and facilitating material positioning to where the cut
is required. Indispensable equipment for steel service centers.
The AST is available in Semiautomatic and fully Automatic with shuttle.
TRADITIONAL HORIZONTAL CUT
OUR SOLUTION: vertical cut
Blade guides too far apart causing bowing of the blade
that produces bad cuts
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To avoid bowing:
Blade guides less distant:
Lower blade speed
Blade engaged in the larger material side
Bigger blade
More expensive blade
Lower cutting rate
Faster blade speed
Blade engaged in the smallest material section
Smaller blade
Cheaper blade
Higher cutting rate
AST
Main features
- Electro welded steel structure extremely rigid and sturdy
- Pre-configured to use carbide blades
- All axes controlled by brushless servo drives
- Precision linear way guides
- Material feeding by movable vice (automatic version)
- Blade tension control with automatic recovery
- Drag type chip conveyor
- Automatic survey of cutting force
- Software to program, automatically, different groups of work
- Multifunction display with integrated operator guide
- Internal diagnostic of all functions
- Adjustable pressure vice clamping
- Blade deviation automatic control
- Anti sliding blade control
- Blade breakage switch
- Automatic blade guide approach related to piece dimensions
- Material detach at cut completion
- First cut zero point reference
AST
1200 x 400
1500 x 600
2000 x 600
Cut capacity
square mm 1200 x 400
square mm 1500 x 600
square mm 2000 x 600
Blade dimensions
mm 6890 x 34 x 1.1
mm 9370 x 54 x 1.6
mm 10600 x 54 x 1.6
Shuttle vise stroke
mm -
mm 500 (repeatable)
mm 500 (repeatable)
Blade speed
m/min 20 ÷ 70
m/min 15 ÷ 120
m/min 15 ÷ 120
Drive motor power
KW 4
KW 18.5
KW 18.5
Table load
Kg -
Kg 12000
Kg 12000
Weight
Kg 5500
Kg 22300
Kg 22950
Overall dimensions (W x L x H)
mm 2360 x 5610 x 2505
mm 4140 x 8225 x 3660
mm 4140 x 9060 x 3660
Working table height
mm 1070
mm 1390
mm 1530
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