Optimize and automate trimming and save money: eCAB NC-Cut

The search for appropriate saving potentials has become a compulsory exercise in the European control cabinet industry. Automatic enclosure processing with the Steinhauer machining centers already is a well established solution.
Users summing up: „never again without“.

Modern engineering platforms, like Eplan Cabinet, offer overall planning and work-preparation for switchgear production as a basic functionality. Besides the documentation and layout planning the key benefits are the generation of machine data for production. Standardized interfaces offer output for sheet-metal processing machines, routed cabel data for automatic cable assembly as well as trimming lists for cut-to-measure parts. By exploiting all promising options one gets an optimized workflow:

„Planning – Production – Documentation“

The eCAB NC-Cut is part of the successful STEINHAUER eCAB series for panel builders. It fills one of the three fields capable of being automated: „sheet metal • trimming • cable“ – the NC-based trimming of cable ducts, profile rails and bus bars. Amazingly easy and unproblematic in handling by instructed assistants.

The two-level workspace offers support for two cutters, like one shear for cable ducts and another one for profile rails or bus bars. The tool carriers are adaptable to shears and drop saws of all major manufacturers. Tools already existing can be integrated easily. Alternativly we offer high quality section shears by HÄWA in our accessories program.

Due to the two separate levels, no retooling of the trimming-bench is needed at any time.

A modern PC with Windows® XP Professional is mounted in the control cabinet of the machine. It performs the cut optimization, the positioning of the two driven stops and the user guidance through a high grade TFT-DVI display with well readable lists, large-size operation instructions and graphical presentation of the ongoing processes.

No more measuring, no more measuring errors – and a significant reduction of expensive cutting loss, which, together with the saving of time, leads to a quick pay-off of the machine.

The cut optimization can be performed for a single project or – with even better results – for multiple projects. The zero-cut, needed for automatic machining of mounting plates, is supported as well as the relieve of the stops for an easier removal of the trimmed parts from the shears.

To avoid the searching for the correct mounting position an optional printer creates a label for each trimmed part with
the project reference, assembly diagram reference, fieldnumber, rotation angle and exact mounting coordinates on
the mounting plate. A real time-saver!

The production data comes from the planning office or the work preparation of the STEINHAUER machining centers – easily via the company’s network. Alternativly they can be transfered via WLAN (optional), USB stick or memory card. Even a manual input is supported.