Electric bending machine AFC 3Dx

for wiresfor wire4 drive rollers

The AFC in the model number stands for “AccuForm Compact” meaning the machine configuration is compact. The basic version of the AFC-x line has a feeder module and a bender module. Each module provides its own operation, yet all modules are controlled and synchronized from the same computer system. On the AFC-x line, the computer system mounts with the bender module. The feeder module feeds the wire through a straightener to the bender module. The bender mechanism bends the wire according to pre-programmed data and “shears” it with an integral pneumatic cutter. As AIM is on the cutting edge of wire shop work-cell design, AIM Engineering is always developing new methods to increase the production floor flexibility. To get familiarized with the AIM wire bending concept and to better understand the principals used, following is brief description of a simple step by step right angle, 90-degree wire bend operation: 1) Feeder module feeds the first length of the wire sample 2) Bender positions at –30 degrees position, ready for bending operation 3) Turret positions to the pre-selected tool position 4) Bending pin engages 5) Bender moves to the required 90-degree position bending the wire in the process 6) Feeder feeds the second length of the sample part 7) Cutter cuts the wire The above steps are simple and very familiar to anyone that has worked with wire bending. In conventional programming, a user would have to enter all of the above steps individually into the CNC controller unit. How about speeding up the above production? It would be preferred to perform the first four steps at the same time and not have to worry where to position the bender.