Thin non-magnetic sheet seperation.
Thin non-magnetic sheet seperation.
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Anyone know of a sure way or separating sheets of thin non-magnetic material consistently? Or a machine that can do that. We run through our laser 5 to 6 pallets a day of 20, 18 or 16ga SS. The sheet separator on the loading machine has the conventional pumping actin of the a vacuum cup and air blowing. This is a very poor way of sheet separation and doesn't work reliably enough. What we do now is put in thin sheets separators between every sheet before we load it unto the machine. Any tips or ideas would be helpful. Thanks.





RE: Thin non-magnetic sheet seperation.
Look at how the air jet is aimed - maybe you can adjust its position and/or flow rate to improve performance.
so, how do your people get the sheets apart to put in separators?
Jay Maechtlen
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RE: Thin non-magnetic sheet seperation.
This is a fool proof way of getting it to work, but it takes time and I would imagine there should be a machine out there that can separate this kind of material already. Let me know what you think.
RE: Thin non-magnetic sheet seperation.
But there isn't a way, otherwise, someone would have built one The bottom line is that your individual sheets weigh too much for vacuum to work, but there is no other option.
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RE: Thin non-magnetic sheet seperation.
nice, Rube Goldberg idea:A rotary wire brush on a track - prior to lift, the brush spins up (rotation to lift the top sheet?)
traverses the sheet, with air blowing into the edge behind it
While the lifter is operating only on that edge of the pallet.
Then engage the rest of the lifter.
Jay Maechtlen
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