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Cutting with sheet metal cutters, slitting shears, and nibblers

To cut sheet metal, we can offer you sheet metal cutters, slitting shears, and nibblers.

Shear cutting process

The shear principle allows deformation of the material, but no material is lost in the form of scrap chips. When cutting with the sheet metal cutters ,the upper moving cutter blade moves against the fixed lower cutting table blade. This puts high tension on the material to be machined and creates what is known as a lead crack. With sheet metal cutters, the material is sheared off at a high cutting speed and the cutting table blade absorbs the entire shear force of the moving cutter blade.

Advantages

Excellent performance on curves
Quick, precise cutting
Long tool life
Chip-free cutting
Great cut quality

Slitting shears process

Deformation in the sheet is completely avoided with slitting shears. This is because slitting shears have two cutting inserts next to each other, unlike conventional shears. The blade makes a swivel movement in the shearing gap and cuts during the upward movement. The resulting sheared off chip rolls up in a spiral. We have developed a variety of slitting shear blades for different applications. A delicate, slim blade shape improves the performance on curves. A robust blade, on the other hand, is very suitable for straight coil cutting.

Advantages

Deformation-free cutting
Great cut quality
Quick working speed

Nibbling process

Nibbling is a cold process without heat influence. Unlike thermal and other mechanical processes, nibbling produces no dust emissions, gas emissions or smoke. The punched material comes out in the form of chips. The tools used are a punch and a die.

Nibbling is based on the principle of separating plate-shaped parts with punching strokes in quick succession. The punch nibbles a cutting track into the sheet with upward and downward movements. The die holder absorbs the entire punching force of the punch. They are therefore extremely robust and made of highly durable steels.

Different punches

Up to 3.5 mm, hollow round punches are used. This allows you to turn the machines in place.
For 3.5 mm and above, rectangular punches are used. The narrow punch shape provides a high degree of manoeuvrability.

Advantages

Distortion-free and emission-free cutting
High cutting speed
Clear view of the work surface
Low feed force regardless of sheet thickness

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Slitting shears

With the TRUMPF slitting shears you can cut quickly and accurately, even in curves, without the need for time-consuming adjustments.

Nibblers

Whether you're performing coil cutting or working on containers or tanks, with the TRUMPF nibblers you always work without feed force, distortion or sparks.

Shears

TRUMPF shears enable sheet metal to be cut safely, economically and accurately in any situation.

Contact

TRUMPF Group

Telephone +49 7156 3030

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