How to select the bending robot and Front Sheet Follower Supports System?

All sheet metal forming plants use numerical control bending machines. 

This kind of equipment has a small investment and can be processed for general forming. 

The only disadvantage is that it requires manual operation. 

It is difficult for one person to process workpieces with length and width greater than 500mm, 

and more than two workers are required to cooperate in processing. 

When processing plates with thickness greater than 2mm, the bending efficiency is low and industrial accidents are easy to occur.

Bending work is hard and requires a long time to learn and accumulate experience. 

Bending wages are higher than other types of work. Robot bending and follow-up auxiliary bending are two automation schemes to reduce labor costs at present.

1.Bending robot. 

After the equipment is debugged in this way, the full automatic production without stopping can be realized. 

Long-term processing is more efficient than manual processing. 

One debugging personnel can operate multiple bending machines for processing. 

Its disadvantage is that the commissioning time is too long, the requirements for operators are relatively high, and it is not suitable for multiple varieties and small batch processing. 

Different products need to replace the suction cup holder. Many enterprises have invested in robot bending. 

Due to insufficient orders for fixed products, operators are not familiar with debugging, resulting in idle equipment.

Features of bending robot:

· Labor saving;

· No potential safety hazard;

· Suitable for long-term continuous operation;

· Good consistency of workpiece accuracy;

· Reasonable layout and atmospheric appearance.

(2) Auxiliary bending of the bending follower. 

This method can be used for multiple varieties and large and small batch production. 

The bending advantages of large workpieces and thick plates are obvious, 

reducing the number of bending assistants, reducing the labor intensity, and having strong flexibility. 

One follow-on car can be used with multiple bending machines, and the investment cost is relatively low. 

The disadvantage is that it requires manual cooperation with loading and unloading operations, and can not fully realize automatic production.

Features of bending follower:

· Labor saving;

· Improve the machining efficiency of the machine tool;

· Follow-up device and sheet bending action are fully synchronized;

· Suitable for matching with bending machines of various brands and models;

· Independent control system, no need to modify the bending machine;

· It can be moved to match the bending machine at any time

We can make a plan according to your needs or the scale of the factory. We have more advantages in debugging the bending robot. The bending follower is applicable to many kinds of bending sheet metal.