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Combo FMS

Combo FMSTM- a New Flexible Manufacturing System by Prima Power

Combo FMSTM is an intermediate-level system between Prima Power’s Flexible Manufacturing Cells and Night Train FMS®

Combo FMSTM is a compact solution for automating the manufacturing of high-quality sheet metal components. Its capacity for unmanned operation brings the break-even point of your investment much closer than one or two shift operation of manufacturing technology does.

Combo FMSTM is a perfect tool for order based, small lot manufacturing using a range of different materials, or different sizes of blank sheets for optimum economy in material consumption.

Due to versatile material handling capabilities, Combo FMSTM can operate as an automatic

  • raw sheet storage
  • buffer storage between two fabrication processes
  • skeleton handling system, including even a possibility or sorting according to material type

Flexible, automatic material flow

Three types of cassettes can be handled:

  • raw material cassettes
  • cassettes for EUR pallets (components can be removed from the storage stacked on EUR pallets)
  • cassettes for skeletons, which can be empied using a forklift or a crane

FMS and storage control

Prima Power’s FMS control solution is essentially non-centralized, with independent operation of separate functions.

Prima Power’s new PowerPlan software is used for production planning as well as for programming punching, shearing and laser cutting operations.

PowerLink, LaserLink and BendLink are cell control solutions allowing automatic running of programs as required by the work queue. Programs can be unique nests or standard programs for repeated batch manufacturing. Cell controls take care of manufacturing data collection and feature a sophisticated diagnostics function.

Multi-function performance to meet your manufacturing targets

Combo FMSTM is a modular solution, which allows simple custom engineering for meeting given targets. You can choose machines and cells from the wide Prima Power range and integrate them within a Combo FMSTM:

  • Shear Genius® punching / shearing cell
  • Shear Brilliance® punching / shearing cell
  • FINN-POWER Express
  • L6 laser cutting machine
  • LPe punching / laser cutting cell
  • LB 6 punching / laser cutting

Combo FMS in integrated bending

Integrated bending of sheet metal components is possible due to Prima Power’s automatic stacking solutions. Either Prima Power’s robot operated hydraulic press brake or an automatic EB bending cell can be integrated. BendLink cell control is used for calling components from the storage and generating the work queues.