CNC drilling system

V600 Drilling System The V600 drilling system is suitable for structural steel fabricators with a limited floor space. The operator loads the drilling table with several profiles behind each other, after which the horizontal drilling unit provides one or more profiles with the programmed hole pattern. By drilling holes through both flanges/sides or by rotating a profile it is possible to drill the material on all sides. Besides drilling the machine can also carry out thread tapping. A vertical hydraulic clamp, which clamps the product to the table during drilling, is fixed at the front of the drilling cabin. For tool changing, the drilling unit is provided with an automatic tool changers. After replacing a drill the length of the new tool is automatically measured and before starting the drilling process the web and flange height will be measured automatically. The holes in the flanges can be positioned with regard to the centre of the measured flange height or the actual web height

Drilling center

For the V603M, V613M and V630M drilling system the positioning of a profile is carried out by a machine integrated feeder rolls positioning system. Both, the V603M as well as the V630M, are executed with one vertical and two horizontal servo-controlled drilling units. Therefore profiles can be drilled simultaneously in both flanges and in the web. With the rotating drilling unit of the V613M profiles can be drilled vertically as well as horizontally. This system can operate independently for long periods due to the automatic tool changers. Combine with other systems The drilling systems can be combined with a horizontal bandsawing machine, a hydraulic numbering machine and/or a beam coping system. For further automation of the pre-fabrication a Voortman shot blaster can be added to the production line. Therefore one operator can centrally control all these machines for drilling, sawing and shot blasting. Software Each drilling system is provided with a computer control, which can be integrated in the company’s network, so that DSTV- and DSTV+-data can be directly downloaded, from system files within the company database, to the drilling system. Also software to compose production batches will be installed.

Horizontal band saw

Horizontal band saw < 1 550 mm Voortman has developed five models of band sawing machines especially for sawing structural steel. Four sawing machines are developed for mitre cutting. The fifth is designed for straight cutting of profiles. The sawing machines are equipped with a control system for the selection of the mitre angle and the automatic sawing cycle. The band speed is frequency controlled and the feed rate is automatically controlled to suit the profile type and size. The sawing machines can be combined with a length measuring system with stop truck. The sawing machine can also be combined with a drilling system for sawing and drilling in one continuous process. These sawing machines are available with different cutting capacities. The VB600 for sawing max. 450 x 620 mm, the VB750 for 450 x 750 mm, the VB1050 for 500 x 1.130 mm and the VB1250 for 600 x 1 250 mm.

Punching-shearing machine

The Voortman punching and shearing lines are mainly used by structural steel fabricators producing plates, fittings and angle steel parts. The punching and shearing lines are equipped with as standard a punching unit with four punches and a flat steel shear with +/- 45º mitre cutting. As additional extras the production line can be provided with an angle steel shear, a horizontal punching machine, a numbering unit and a drilling unit coupled with many other optional extras. For the automatic processing of angles used in the manufacture of electrical transmission towers, diagonal trusses and connecting angle braces Voortman developed the angle line. The basic machine consists of two hydraulic punching machines and a hydraulic angle steel shear. Several options, such as a numbering unit can be added to the system.