The BM 306A bending and edging machine works fully-automatically
with panels between 3 and 30 mm thickness. The bending
line correction as well as the linear correction needed for the
fully automated production of channels are set at the control
terminal, as are the bending angle and relevant gap between the
bending lines. The material is transported by an electric motor so
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that the machine, if programmed accordingly, automatically
produces a channel with up to 12 bends after the material has
been inserted. Even the basic model of the BM 306A bending
and edging machine has a modern and innovative Siemens
control system from the S7 1500 series with a 10" industrial
touch screen as a user interface and the latest generation of
valve cluster technology. The 10" industrial touch screen offers
great luminance, outstanding colours and a high brilliancy, thus
making it unbelievably easy to read and operate. The control
system allows the free definition of specific customer bending
parameters. The basic model also comes with the patented
hydro-pneumatic bending beam drive that moves the bending
beam uniformly, even with altered bending loads. Another new
feature is the clamping beam that can be unlocked on one side
to greatly facilitate the removal of the closed channels from the
machine. An optional automated and integral milling fixture is
available for the BM 306A automatic bending maschine. The
milling process is fully integrated in the overall process in this
version. The milling process reduces both the bending cycle time
and the heat introduced into the panel to be bent, thus
minimising the distortion or torsion of the bent parts.