Background of This Blog on Plate Edge Milling Machine:
1. Wide Application: Edge Milling Machine (Plate Beveling Machine) grows more and more popular in recent years;
2. Applied Industries: It is applied in many industries, from Vehicle/ Construction Machinery/ Engineering Machinery, to Power Plant/ Petrochemical, to Port Machinery/ Bridge Project, Etc.;
3. Topics in This Short Blog on Plate End Milling Machine:
Gives introduction on below topics, for customers getting familiar with XBJ and SXBJ series plate Edge Beveling Machine with quick browse:
Usage/ Background of Plate Edge Milling Machine;
The Factors Determining Difference of Models of Plate End Milling Machine;
How to Select the Most Appropriate Model of Plate Edge Milling Machine in Each Business Case
A. Usage of Plate Edge Milling Machine:
1. Main Function of Sheet Metal Steel Plate Edge Milling Machine:
1) Delivery: XBJ and SXBJ series Edge Milling Machine is for the purpose of welding groove making on metal plates, especially carbon steel plates before welding;
Making welding groove on edges of steel plate with Wuxi JACK SXBJ-18 Plate Edge Beveling Machine: (Fig.1)
2. Importance of Plate End Milling Machine:
1) In different models and configurations, Edge Milling Machine can produce U/V/X bevels on edges of workpiece of various size and thickness. The most common seen bevels/ chamfers made with Edge Milling Machine see below sketch:
2) List on common seen chamfers made from plate Edge Milling Machine: (Fig.2)
3. Related Equipment: Edge Milling Machine can be either used as in individual welding groove making equipment, or worked together with other equipment, such as CNC Strip Plate Cutting Machine, to be applied in H Beam Production Line.
B. Working Principle of Plate Edge Milling Machine:
1. Origin of Plate Edge Beveling Machine:
1) Edge Milling Machine was developed in the concept of “Edge milling substituting planning for welding groove making machine”, and gained wide acceptance and welcome ever since put into market;
2) Today, Edge Milling Machine has become general purpose equipment, which is applied at nearly all manufacturing industries worked as welding groove making equipment on sheet metals;
2. Main Technical Features of Plate Edge Milling Machine:
1) The core working unit of Edge Milling Machine is high speed milling head fit with facing cutter, which gives machining on edge of workpiece under spindle rotatio;
The 7.5kW milling head and its motorized moving carriage, installed in main body of Wuxi JACK plate Edge Milling Machine: (Fig.3)
2) In Wuxi JACK End Milling Machine, the Spindle rpm of Edge Milling Head is usually within the range of 75~ 420 r/min.;
3) This welding groove making equipment has lists of alternative names, including Plate Beveling Machine/ Edge Beveling Machine/ End Milling Machine/ Edge Chamfering Machine/ End Beveling Machine/ End Chamfering Machine, etc.
C. Model Selection on Plate End Milling Machine:
1) There are series of models for standard Plate Beveling Machine to select, and tailor made ones for special application;
2) The difference among model selection of Edge Milling Machine usually arisen from below factors:
Specifications of Plate Beveling Machine for Model Selection:
1. The Max. Edge Milling Stroke in the Welding Groove Making Equipment End Milling Machine:
1) This refers to the max. beveling length of Plate Beveling Machine in one time stroke of edge milling operation, which is determined by max. length of workpiece to be machined in the Edge Milling Machine;
2) The common seen specifications in Edge Milling Machine are 3,000mm/ 4,000mm/ 6,000mm/ 9,000mm/ 12,000mm/ 15,000mm/ 18,000mm;
Wuxi JACK 12,000mm stroke Plate Edge Milling Machine: (Fig.4)
2. Milling Head Quantity in the Welding Groove Making Equipment Edge Milling Machine:
1) Main Stream: Most majority of Plate Beveling Machine is either single head (XBJ series) or double heads (SXBJ series) Edge Milling Machine. This specification is determined by type of bevels/ chamfers which need to be machined on workpieces, as well as expected productivity of welding groove making;
2) XBJ Series Single Head: To be specific, in single head Edge Milling Machine, only top (Or upper) bevels can be processed on edges of workpiece;
Wuxi JACK XBJ-4 Single Head 4,000mm stroke Plate End Milling Machine: (Fig.5)
3) SXBJ Series Double Heads: While in double heads Plate Beveling Machine, the two sets of milling heads work in cooperation, one piece of the milling head is responsible for welding groove making of upper bevels, and the other one responsible for welding groove making of lower bevels;
Wuxi JACK SXBJ-4 Double Heads 4,000mm stroke Plate End Milling Machine: (Fig.6)
3) Productivity Comparison between Single Head and Double Heads Plate Edge Beveling Machine:
a) In Single Head XBJ Models Plate Edge Milling Machine:
i. If it is necessary to have welding groove making of both upper and lower bevels in single head Edge Milling Machine,
ii. The workpiece need to be taken off this welding groove making equipment, and flipped 180°, making its original bottom surface turned into top surface, and loaded into the Edge Beveling Machine the second time;
b) Double Heads End Milling Machine: In this sense, double heads Edge Milling Machine (SXBJ series) has twofold manufacturing efficiency compared with that of single head Plate Beveling Machine (XBJ series);
3. Special Request on the Sheet Metal Plate Edge Beveling Machine:
1) Max. Edge Milling Stroke and Quantity of Milling Head in Plate Edge Milling Machine:
a) The first and second factors mentioned above determine over 90% scenario of Plate Edge Milling Machine model selection;
b) For example, XBJ-6 Plate Beveling Machine implicates this welding groove making equipment has working capability of up to 6,000mm length welding groove making, with function of processing upper bevels only;
c) While SXBJ-16 model plate Edge Beveling Machine denotes this welding groove making equipment can process workpiece of max. 16,000mm long, with ability of delivering upper and lower bevels at the same time;
2) Special Demand on Plate End Milling Machine Welding Groove Making Equipment:
Meanwhile, sometimes customers have special demand on operation of welding groove making equipment, including but not limited to:
a) Supplementary workpieces loading and unloading unit in plate Edge Milling Machine: (Fig.7)
b) Workpiece and Working Tables Double Sides Machining in Plate End Milling Machine: (Fig.8)
Welding groove making equipment performance on both sides of workpiece simultaneously;
c) State-of-art HMI (Human Machine Interface) Controlling Beveling Angle in Plate Edge Milling Machine: (Fig.9)
By this time, optional function units in Edge Milling Machine, or tailor made Plate Beveling Machine is a good choice for customer;
4. Rich Choice on Models, Structures and Configurations of Wuxi JACK Plate Edge Milling Machine:
There are several types of well made special designed Edge Beveling Machine delivered by Wuxi JACK for customers. For example:
1) Wall board frame Edge Milling Machine;
2) Gantry beam moving type End Milling Machine;
3) Edge Milling Machine equipped with hydraulic driving pushing pulling unit;
4) Four milling heads large scale plate Edge Milling Machine, etc.
Summary on Plate Edge Milling Machine:
1) With powerful function and comprehensive configuration, Edge Beveling Machine (Plate Beveling Machine) has become “Sharp Tool” for customer in the field of welding groove making equipment;
2) Proper selection on models of Edge Milling Machine will yield twice the result with half the effort.
