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Automation announces a new Lift Degater as part of
their continuing efforts to provide injection molders
with additional downstream automation.This new Lift Degater
was designed for large plastics parts. A robot
transports the part to the SAS Lift Degater and sets
the part into the “part conforming nests”, located
at the top of the degater. The part is then trimmed by
several precisely positioning cutting tools that match
to the nests. Precision and speed are coupled with
several simultaneous cutting actions.
The waste trim is
dropped directly into a container and the finished
molded part is lowered on the lift table to be removed
by a packer. The packer is protected from the lift by
a safety light curtain.
SAS produces custom
degaters using lift tables, rotary tables and
stationary cutting presses depending on the specific
application. Most systems, similar to the lift table
described above, are operated pneumatically.
Secondary automation
equipment is important to any robotic cell. As a
specialist in robotic end-of-arm tooling, SAS has the
automation expertise to take the part from the mold,
and continue its movement until its final destination.
SAS is experienced in both automatic insert-molding
applications, runner separation and automatic
post-mold degating equipment for a wide variety of
part shapes and weights.
SAS
Automation – Introduces New Rail Degater
 SAS
introduces a compact, modular degating system for fan
gates that will greatly enable companies to reduce
their finishing labor costs, and more importantly,
provide consistent clean cuts for fan gates. Mounted
on a rigid frame, this degating unit can be designed
to trim either straight or curved fan gates. Radiuses
as small as one inch (25.4 mm) can be achieved for
curved fan gates.
If and when necessary,
the cutting blade can be heated using solid state
controls thus requiring less force to make the cut.
The cutter blade driving mechanism can be selected
from either a pneumatic cylinder or belt driven from a
motor drive. In addition to a floor mount, this
degating unit can also be easily mounted to a gantry
robot beam for more complex degating.
According to SAS
Automation, General Manager, Richard Petz, “The SAS
Rail Degater incorporates innovative modular systems
that provide precision cutting for either straight or
curved fan gates. Processors will appreciate reducing
finishing costs, and the user friendliness of this
degater. Increasing speed to market with better
cutting -- is a driving force behind the many degaters
designed by SAS. We are proud to present such a labor
efficient degater.”
New
Guillotine Gate Trimmer
 SAS
Automation introduces a new gate trimmer for plastics
parts called: Guillotine Gate Trimmer.
This tool is designed
with a razor sharp blade positioned at a 45 degree
angle to precisely shear a sprue gate in hard to reach
narrow places.
The equipment was
designed to hold the blade on a special cylinder to
precisely actuate the gate cutting process. The
cylinder can be mounted in many angles to access hard
to reach sprue gates. This style of gate cutting
uniquely allows for a very hard to reach areas to
become accessed with this actuated guillotine motion
from the cylinder.
This results in an
easy-to-use, compact, affordable degater, designed to
greatly improve production efficiencies and product
quality.
According to Richard
Petz, General Manager for SAS Automation “This
degater will be appreciated by anyone needing
precision cutting from awkward locations. Taking up
small production floor space is another feature of
this degater.”
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