Cutting & Drilling

Kaltenbach Drill and Cut Line (Drill KDE 603 - Saw KBS 750 DG CNC)

Our Kaltenbach Drill and Cut Line was installed in May 2003 and plays an important role in the primary stages of approximately 90% of all our fabricated jobs as it is extremely fast and accurate, making it a very competitive option.

It is used to drill a wide variety of steel sections, from small to medium to heavy-sized columns and beams, using up to three individual axis drilling heads simultaneously. The machine has a fully automated material storage and handling facility both pre and post machine. This helps eliminate the need to double hand the material. The stock material is loaded onto the machine´s bed in the steel stock yard and is then removed from the machine´s transfer table after the material has been processed.

The Kaltenbach Drill and Cut Line machine also incorporates a CNC Hard Stamping facility which can be used to mark individual steel sections with their specific code/identification number.

The Kaltenbach can be programmed in a number of ways:

By using the machine´s own PC (situated in front of machine)
From DSTV files created by 3D steel modelling software packages (ie. Strucad, Advanced Steel)
Via a separate PC situated in the office, which has a direct computer link to the machine.

General Specifications

Max Material Length: 15300mm

Drill KDE 603

Angle steel max: 250 x 250 x 35mm
Channel (PFC) max: 400 x 110 x 14mm
Flat Bar: 500 x 80mm
Hollow Sections max: 300 x 300mm
H-Beams max: 600 x 330mm
Hole Size Range: 8mm to 32mm - Centre marking (Cleat positions etc.)

CNC Hard Stamping Unit:

0-9 and A-Z characters

Saw KBS 750 DG CNC
Double Mitre Bandsaw

Speed Range: 15 - 90 m/min
Mitre cutting capacity: - 45o left, + 30o right

Maximum material size for saw is restricted to those sizes specified above.

Cook Fabrications also uses this machine to provide a drill and cut service to other steel stock holders and fabricators.

Other Cutting Equipment includes:

MEBA medium duty bandsaw with NC back stop measuring and mitre cutting facility.
Trennjaeger LTS 400 cold saw for heavy solid steel sections up to 300mm x 250mm.

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