Last April Finn-Power received an Award for Technical Achievement at the Techni-Show Exhibition in Utrecht, Netherlands. The award was presented for technical achievement of the LPE 5 Flexible Manufacturing Cell. Finn-Power won the award over 26 other company entries in the competition.

     The LPE is a high-precision Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC) that combines a 6-axes, servo-motor driven E5 turret punch press, the latest generation of CO2 laser, and an automatic loading, stacking, and unloading robot. The LPE provides punching, marking, tapping, nibbling, upforming, bending, and laser cutting all in one machine. The E5 turret punch press is not only highly accurate, but consumes less than 1/3 the amount of electrical power of a comparable hydraulic turret punch press.

The LPE is designed for high-precision applications. Using just one setup, the raw material can be processed into finished parts without extra material handling or releasing the material.

     The LPE is designed for high-precision applications. Using just one setup, the raw material can be processed into finished parts without any extra material handling, or releasing of the material. Optimum use of the Finn-Power LPE allows a choice of using the turret punch press where it is easier or faster, and the laser where it is most effective. Users have the option to look at the parts, the materials, the intricacies, and the time and the overall cost of the parts, to determine the best production process for every project.

    Once the raw material goes in, the fabrication processes in the LPE can produce a completely finished part. The LPE is revolutionizing the fabrication industry, by providing a bending tool and a laser cutting head in the turret punch press - opening more flexibility and creativity for manufacturing of parts. Upforming is a Finn-Power LPE feature that provides a precise process for knock-outs, louvers and other forming. Finn-Power resolved the conventional problem of the die height impeding free sheet movement. Finn-Power's design allows forming heights up to 0.62" (16 mm) with the forms made by the die moving upwards and then retracting, allowing completely free sheet movement, eliminating scratched or jammed sheets.

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