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            <p><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 0); font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Shearing using an ironworker is simple, with the right setup</strong></span></p>
            <p><font color="#003366">By Don Letourneau</font><br />
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            <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">To gain the most benefit from an ironworker's cutting stations, fabricators should select one with the right tonnage and blade characteristics for their applications.</span></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Much has changed in the fabrication shop over the years, but not the need for ironworkers. With little fuss or fanfare, these industry workhorses have punched, notched, sheared, and croped metal for decades.</span></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Although mechanical versions still exist, hydraulic ironworkers make up the brunt of sales for these multipurpose machines, which come in single- and dual-cylinder versions. Single-cylinder machines typically have three or four workstations, dual-cylinder models usually have five: one for punching, another for shearing flat bar and plate, one for notching and coping, another for cutting angle iron, and still another for cutting channel and beams. On dual-cylinder machines, the punch and shear stations operate independently, so two operators can use the machine at the same time.</span></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Specialty tools allow ironworkers to perform more than they used to. It's not uncommon, for instance, to see an ironworker with a brake punch for bending flat sheet. But most of the work and the majority of workstations still are devoted to cutting metal. To gain the most benefit from an ironworker's cutting stations, fabricators should select one with the right tonnage and blade characteristics for their applications.</span></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" alt="" src="/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/imagenes3247a.jpg" /></span></b></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;">Figure 1</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;"><br />
            This high-rake-angle plate shear pivots down and slices through metal like scissors. </span></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">Raking in Productivity</span></b></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Every ironworker has a plate shearing station in which the top blade descends to the workpiece at a certain rake angle. An ironworker with a high rake angle has a smaller space between the blade edges on one side, close to the blade pivot point, usually on the left side if facing the machine (see<b> Figure 1</b>). The space becomes wider when moving toward the end of the shear blade on the right. The blade pivots down and slices into the metal like scissors (why high-rake-angle shears often are called scissor shears). A plate shear with a low rake angle descends toward the workpiece in guillotine fashion (see <b>Figure 2</b>).</span></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Ironworkers have plate cutting stations that come with either fixed or variable rake angles. With a fixed-rake-angle machine, the operator never needs to change the rake of the blade. Distortion problems can emerge, though, particularly if the operator is cutting both light- and heavy-gauge material. If the rake angle is set for heavy material, the operator will see a fair amount of distortion in the falloff piece if he switches to lighter material. Variable-rake-angle systems allow operators to change the rake angle from low (for thick material) to high (for thin material).</span></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 226px;" alt="" src="/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/imagenes3248a.jpg" /></span></b></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;">Figure 2</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;"><br />
            A low-rake-angle plate shear descends toward the workpiece in guillotine fashion, cutting more metal at one time. The center of the blade bows downward to reduce distortion during the cut. </span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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            The blade's rake angle affects how much material the blade actually cuts at once. A low-rake-angle blade usually is closer to horizontal. The closer to horizontal it is, the more it descends like a guillotine shear, and the more material it contacts and cuts at once. The low rake angle does have a significant downside: It takes more tonnage to make the cut. However, that cut can be made quickly and accurately, giving the falloff piece a square, flat edge.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">A high rake angle on a blade exerts a scissor action that places a lot of force in a very small area, &quot;biting&quot; away at the metal from left to right. Because the cutting power is concentrated on a single area, the high-rake shear cuts more using less tonnage. From a pure power standpoint, it's a more efficient way to cut metal, which is why it's often preferred, particularly if precision cuts aren't absolutely necessary.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">To understand why this happens, think about cutting through a thin bar of clay. A sharp knife, positioned parallel to the clay bar, slices through and makes a clean break&mdash;but it takes a lot of force to make it happen. Scissors, on the other hand, do not take so much force to initiate the cut, but the scissor blades tend to &quot;pinch&quot; the clay as they make their way through.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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            The same happens with the ironworker's shear. A low-rake-angle, guillotine shear makes a clean break but requires high tonnage; a scissor shear can cut more with less tonnage but, in doing so, distorts the falloff piece. So much force is concentrated in a small area during the cut that, upon contact of the shear, portions of surrounding metal (like the pinched clay) are actually pulled into the cut. The part of the workpiece held in place on the gauge table usually has less distortion. But the falloff piece&mdash;the one that usually ends up being used&mdash;has nothing to stop the shearing action from pulling metal into the cut, creating a small roll indentation at the top shear edge.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
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            Many ironworker applications involve cutting base plates or gusset plates, foundational components that need to be virtually free of distortion. Because of this, ironworker applications, more often than not, call for precision cuts.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">As with many machines, there's a trade-off to consider. A higher-tonnage ironworker costs more and takes more energy to run, but it gives enough power to push a low-rake-angle shear through thick metal. A lower-tonnage ironworker costs less and can cut through less, although it can expand its cutting capability slightly with a higher rake angle. Distortion in the cut, however, can create quality problems.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Advances in machine design have made it possible for low-rake-angle shears to cut through thick metal with less tonnage. For instance, certain systems offer an upper shear blade in which the center of the blade bows downward, toward the workpiece (see<b> Figure 2</b>). This causes the blade to contact the workpiece in the center first. Not only does this improve efficiency, it also reduces distortion, meaning there's a better chance the falloff piece will remain perfectly flat.</span></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">Blade Gap: Finding a Happy Medium</span></b></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">The blade gap is defined as the space between the blades at the end of the shear stroke. (Think of the space between scissor blades when the scissors are closed.) Some space between the blades is necessary to allow room for the small pieces of fractured metal during the cut. </span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">If the gap is too narrow, that fractured metal has no place to go, placing tremendous pressure on the blade itself; in fact, the shears most likely won't be able to cut the material at all. For instance, if an ironworker with a 0,25mm (0.010-in). blade gap were to cut </span>18mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">&frac34;-in.) material, the hydraulics would most likely shut down, because the machine just couldn't handle it. A blade gap that is too wide will produce a tremendous burr on the part, as metal is pulled into the blade gap when the shears approach the end of their stroke.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">This brings up a key difference between an ironworker and standard guillotine shear. A </span>250 mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">10-foot) guillotine shear might be rated for </span>6mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">&frac14;-in.) material, using a very narrow blade gap of about 0.008 in., and </span>6mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">&frac14; in.) is just about all the guillotine shear will cut. With an ironworker, a machine might be rated to cut material </span>610mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">24 in.) long by </span>16mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">5/8 in.) thick, but if the material is shortened, the ironworker's plate shear can cut through greater thicknesses. To keep this flexibility requires, among other things, a blade gap able to handle varying demands.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">The blade gap should be set at a happy medium for the range of cutting thicknesses your applications will require. A 120-ton ironworker, rated to cut mild steel from 3/16 to 1 in. thick, normally has a factory-set blade gap of about 0.022 in.; an 88-ton machine rated to cut up to 18mm (&frac34; in.) thick might have a </span>0,5mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">0.018-in). blade gap. </span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">These settings by no means fit every application; the appropriate gap depends on the material and thicknesses the ironworker will be cutting. A lighter-tonnage machine might have a blade gap set at </span>0,5mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">0.018 in.) But if the shear will be cutting material between </span>3mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">1/8 in.) and 12mm (&frac12; in.), the blade gap may need to be reset to about </span> 0,3mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">0.012 in.) This happy-medium setting will allow the machine to cut between </span>3mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">1/8-in.) and </span>16mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">5/8-in).-thick material. However, if the ironworker then needs to cut </span>16mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">5/8 in.) and up, the blade gap will need to be opened up slightly to handle the increased thicknesses.</span></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">Cutting Angles and Shapes</span></b></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" alt="" src="/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/imagenes3249a.jpg" /></span></b></p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;">Figure 3</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8.5pt;"><br />
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            This angle blade is positioned such that it cuts both legs of the angle iron simultaneously.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">The market offers varying blade styles to cut through angle iron and similar angled parts. Some systems cut through each leg one after the other, while others offer a blade that can cut both legs simultaneously (see <b>Figure 3</b>). This allows fabricators&mdash;particularly structural shops that often process uneven angle iron such as </span>127x75mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">5- by 3-in.) or </span>150x50mm (<span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">6- by 4-in.) material&mdash;to cut angles without distortion. The blade turns on a cam within the machine. During the shear cycle, the blade descends until the tip seats into the V of the angle; as it does this, both the horizontal and vertical legs are cut at the same time.</span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Ironworkers also offer other stations that can cut specialty shapes, such as C channels, T bar, and H beams.<br />
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            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">Still a Workhorse</span></b></p>
            <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">Ironworkers have advanced significantly through the years. Today indexing tables and CNCs are automating one of the last bastions of manual operations on the floor. But be they automated or manual, ironworkers are still some of the most straightforward machines to operate. They are indispensable tools for structural and plate fabricators, truck body builders, ornamental fabricators, small welding shops, and any other business needing a quick way to shear, notch, and punch metal. </span>             <span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt;">If a shop has invested in the tonnage and tools it needs&mdash;including the correct shear setups&mdash;the multipurpose ironworker will likely remain the industry's workhorse for decades to come.</span></p>
            <p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Don Letourneau </strong></span><strong><br />
            product manager, <br />
            Comeq</strong></p>
            <p>Don Letourneau is product manager at Comeq, P.O. Box 207, White Marsh, MD 21162, 410-933-8500, fax 410-933-1600, www.comeq.com.</p>
            <p>donl@comeq.com</p>
            <p>TAGS: angle iron, angle shear, base plates, blade gap, c  channel, channel bar, guillotine shear, gusset plates, h beam, hydraulic  ironworker, ironworker, plate cutting, rake angle, scissor shear, t bar</p>
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            <p><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 0); font-size: 10pt;"><strong>El corte de llantas con una cizalla-punzonadora universal es f&aacute;cil, utiliz&aacute;ndola correctamente. </strong></span></p>
            <font color="#003366">Por Don Letourneau</font><br />
            <p>Para obtener el m&aacute;ximo beneficio de las estaciones de corte de una cizalla-punzonadora universal hay que escoger el modelo con la potencia y caracter&iacute;sticas de las cuchillas adecuadas para sus trabajos.</p>
            <p>Los talleres han cambiado mucho con los a&ntilde;os pero no la necesidad de cizallas-punzonadoras universales. Haciendo poco ruido estas m&aacute;quinas han punzonado, entallado, cortado llantas y barras durante d&eacute;cadas.</p>
            <p>Aunque todav&iacute;a se comercializan algunas m&aacute;quinas mec&aacute;nicas, las cizallas-punzonadoras hidr&aacute;ulicas acaparan las ventas de estas m&aacute;quinas universales que pueden ser de uno o dos cilindros. Las m&aacute;quinas de un cilindro habitualmente tienen tres o cuatro estaciones de trabajo, los modelos de dos cilindros normalmente tienen cinco: una para el punzonado, otra para cortar llantas y planchas, otra para entallar y recortar, otra para &aacute;ngulos y una m&aacute;s para el corte de perfiles. En estas m&aacute;quinas de dos cilindros las estaciones de punzonado y cizallado act&uacute;an de manera independiente por lo que dos operarios pueden trabajar al mismo tiempo.</p>
            <p>Las herramientas especializadas permiten a estas cizallas-punzonadoras universales hacer m&aacute;s de lo que sol&iacute;an hacer en el pasado. Por ejemplo no es nada raro ver una de estas m&aacute;quinas con una plegadora para doblar pletinas en la zona de punzonado. Pero la mayor parte del trabajo que hacen y la mayor&iacute;a de las estaciones de trabajado est&aacute;n destinadas a cortar material. Para obtener el m&aacute;ximo beneficio de las estaciones de corte de una cizalla-punzonadora universal hay que escoger el modelo con la potencia y caracter&iacute;sticas de las cuchillas adecuadas para sus trabajos.</p>
            <p><img alt="" src="/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/imagenes3247a.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" />&nbsp;<br />
            Esta cuchilla superior con &aacute;ngulo pivota respecto a punto fijo y corta el material como las tijeras.</p>
            <p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mejorando la Productividad<br />
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            Toda cizalla-punzonadora universal tiene una estaci&oacute;n de corte de llantas cuya cuchilla superior desciende hacia la pieza a cortar con un cierto &aacute;ngulo de ataque. Una cizalla-punzonadora universal con un &aacute;ngulo de ataque alto tiene una apertura menor en un lado entre las dos cuchillas, en la zona cercana al punto de rotaci&oacute;n, normalmente en el lado izquierdo de la estaci&oacute;n si se est&aacute; frente a la m&aacute;quina (ver Figura 1). Esta apertura va aumentando a medida que nos vamos hacia la derecha de las cuchillas de corte de llantas. La cuchilla gira y pivota hacia abajo y corta el material como si fueran tijeras (es por ello que las cizallas de gran &aacute;ngulo de ataque con frecuencia se denominan cizallas de tijera). Una estaci&oacute;n de corte de llantas con un &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo desciende hacia la pieza como si fuera una guillotina (ver Figura 2).</p>
            <p>Las cizallas-punzonadoras universales tienen una estaci&oacute;n de corte de llanta que vienen tanto con &aacute;ngulo de ataque fijo como variable. Con un &aacute;ngulo de ataque fijo el operario nunca tiene que cambiar el &aacute;ngulo de la cuchilla. Sin embargo pude haber problemas de deformaci&oacute;n especialmente si el operario est&aacute; cortando material tanto delgado como grueso. Si el &aacute;ngulo de corte est&aacute; preparado para material grueso, el operario tendr&aacute; una deformaci&oacute;n alta en la pieza saliente si cambia a material delgado. El sistema de &aacute;ngulo de ataque variable permite al operario cambiar de &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo (para material grueso) a alto (para material delgado).</p>
            <p><img alt="" src="/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/imagenes3248a.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" /></p>
            <p>Una cuchilla con &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo desciende sobre la pieza a cortar en modo guillotina, cortando m&aacute;s material de una vez. El centro de la cuchilla en forma de arco invertido reduce la deformaci&oacute;n durante el corte.</p>
            <p>El &aacute;ngulo de ataque de la cuchilla afecta a la cantidad de material que se puede cortar cada vez. Una cuchilla con &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo normalmente es m&aacute;s horizontal. Cuanto m&aacute;s horizontal sea, m&aacute;s descender&aacute; como una guillotina y m&aacute;s material toca y corta a la vez. El &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo tiene un inconveniente: requiere de un mayor tonelaje para realizar el corte. Sin embargo, el corte se hace de forma r&aacute;pida y precisa, obteniendo un buen escuadrado y borde plano.</p>
            <p>Un &aacute;ngulo de ataque alto en la cuchilla realiza un corte de tijera que pone mucha fuerza en un &aacute;rea muy peque&ntilde;a, cortando el material &ldquo;a mordiscos&rdquo; de izquierda a derecha. Debido a que la potencia de corte se concentra en un &aacute;rea muy peque&ntilde;a, el cizallado de &aacute;ngulo puede cortar material mayor utilizando un menor tonelaje. Desde un punto de vista puramente de potencia, es una forma m&aacute;s eficiente de cortar material por lo que frecuentemente se suele optar por este tipo de m&aacute;quinas a no ser que se requiera una calidad de corte de precisi&oacute;n.</p>
            <p>Para entender por qu&eacute; pasa esto, piense en una barra delgada de arcilla. Una cuchilla afilada, colocada paralela a la barra de arcilla, penetra y hace un corte limpio pero requiere de mucha potencia. Por otro lado las tijeras no requieren de mucha potencia para empezar el corte pero las cuchillas de las tijeras tienden a &ldquo;pellizcar&rdquo; la arcilla seg&uacute;n van avanzando.</p>
            <p>Ocurre lo mismo en la zona de corte de llantas de una cizalla-punzonadora. Una guillotina con &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo hace un corte limpio pero requiere de una potencia alta; una cizalla-punzonadora universal con corte por tijera puede cortar m&aacute;s con menos tonelaje pero deforma la pieza cortada. Se concentra tanta potencia en un &aacute;rea tan peque&ntilde;a durante el corte que al contacto con la cizalla, el corte se lleva cachos del metal circundante (como la arcilla pellizcada). La parte de la pieza que se ha colocado sobre la mesa (parte entrante) normalmente tiene menos deformaci&oacute;n. Pero, la parte cortada saliente &ndash; la que normalmente termina siendo usada &ndash; no tiene nada que evite la acci&oacute;n de empuje durante el corte, lo cual crea una peque&ntilde;a hendidura en el borde superior del corte.</p>
            <p>Muchas aplicaciones de las cizallas-punzonadoras universales incluyen cortar placas base o placas de uni&oacute;n, componentes de fundaci&oacute;n que necesitan en teor&iacute;a estar libre de deformaciones. Es por esto que las aplicaciones de estas m&aacute;quinas m&aacute;s de la mitad de las veces requieren de cortes de precisi&oacute;n.</p>
            <p>Como con otras muchas m&aacute;quinas, hay que buscar el equilibrio. Una cizalla-punzonadora universal de mayor tonelaje cuesta m&aacute;s y necesita de m&aacute;s energ&iacute;a para funcionar pero da la potencia suficiente para hacer funcionar una cizalla de &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo y cortar as&iacute; material grueso. Una cizalla-punzonadora universal de menor tonelaje cuesta menos y en consecuencia puede cortar menos aunque siempre puede aumentar su capacidad de corte ligeramente utilizando un &aacute;ngulo de ataque mayor. Sin embargo la deformaci&oacute;n en el corte puede crear problemas de calidad.</p>
            <p>Los avances en el dise&ntilde;o de las m&aacute;quinas hicieron posible que las cizallas de &aacute;ngulo de ataque bajo cortaran material grueso con menos potencia. Por ejemplo, ciertos sistemas ofrecen una cuchilla de cizalla superior en la cual en centro de la cuchilla se pandea hacia abajo, hacia la pieza de trabajo (ver Figura 2). Esto hace que la cuchilla haga contacto con la pieza a cortar primero en el centro. Esto no solo mejora la eficiencia sino que tambi&eacute;n reduce la deformaci&oacute;n lo que significa que hay una mayor posibilidad de que la pieza cortada permanezca perfectamente plana.&nbsp;</p>
            <p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Juego entre Cuchillas: Buscando el Punto Medio </strong></span></p>
            <p>El juego entre cuchillas se define como el espacio existente entre ambas cuchillas al final de la carrera de la cizallas. (Piense en el juego &ndash; espacio - entre las cuchillas de las tijeras cuando las tijeras est&aacute;n cerradas). Es necesario tener un juego entre las cuchillas para permitir un alojamiento para los recortes de metal creadas durante el corte.</p>
            <p>Si este juego es demasiado peque&ntilde;o, estos recortes no tienen donde ir, creando una presi&oacute;n tremenda sobre la propia cuchillas, de hecho, probablemente la cizalla ni siquiera podr&aacute; cortar el material. Por ejemplo, una cizalla-punzonadora universal con un juego entre cuchillas de 0,25 mm (0.010&rdquo;) que fuera a cortar un material de 18mm (&frac34;&rdquo;) es muy probable que la hidr&aacute;ulica se bloqueara porque la m&aacute;quina simplemente no podr&iacute;a con ello. Un juego entre cuchillas demasiado grande producir&aacute; una gran rebaba en la pieza, ya que el material ser&iacute;a empujado hacia esta apertura entre cuchillas seg&uacute;n la cuchilla va avanzando en su carrera.</p>
            <p>Esto saca a relucir una diferencia clave entre una cizalla-punzonadora universal y una guillotina est&aacute;ndar. Una guillotina est&aacute;ndar de 250 mm (10)&rsquo; podr&iacute;a ajustarse para un material de 6mm (&frac14;&rdquo;) usando un juego entre cuchillas muy peque&ntilde;o de alrededor 0,2mm (0.008&rdquo;), y 6mm (&frac14;&rdquo;) es todo lo que cortar&aacute; la guillotina. Con una cizalla-punzonadora universal, una m&aacute;quina podr&iacute;a tener capacidad para cortar material de 610mm (24&rdquo;) de largo por 16mm (5/8&rdquo;) de espesor, pero si el material se acorta, la m&aacute;quina podr&iacute;a cortar espesores mayores. El mantener esta flexibilidad requiere, entre otras cosas, un juego entre cuchillas que sea capaz de albergar diferentes requisitos.</p>
            <p>El juego entre cuchillas debe establecerse en un punto medio para el rango de espesores de corte que requerir&aacute;n sus trabajos. Una cizalla-punzonadora universal de 120Tn con capacidad para cortar acero normal desde 5mm (3/16&rdquo;) hasta 25mm (1&rdquo;) de espesor, normalmente tiene un juego entre cuchillas ajustado desde f&aacute;brica de alrededor 0,5mm (0.022&rdquo;); en una m&aacute;quina de 80 toneladas con capacidad de corta hasta 18mm (&frac34;&rdquo;) de espesor podr&iacute;a tener un juego de 0,5mm (0.018&rdquo;).</p>
            <p>Estos valores no quieren decir que se ajusten a todas las necesidades, el juego adecuado depende del material y espesores que la m&aacute;quina va a cortar. Una m&aacute;quina de menor tonelaje podr&iacute;a tener un juego entre cuchillas ajustado a 0,5mm (0.018&rdquo;). Pero si la m&aacute;quina estuviera cortando material de entre 3mm (1/8&rdquo;) y 13mm (&frac12;&rdquo;) es posible que el juego entre cuchillas tenga que reajustarse a alrededor de 0,3mm (0.012&rdquo;). Este ajuste a un punto medio permitir&aacute; a la m&aacute;quina cortar material de entre 3mm (1/8&rdquo;) y 16mm (5/8&rdquo;) de espesor. Sin embargo, si luego esta cizalla-punzonadora universal necesitara cortar m&aacute;s de 16mm (5/8&rdquo;) de espesor, el juego entre cuchillas deber&iacute;a incrementarse ligeramente para albergar este incremento en espesores a cortar.</p>
            <p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Cortando &Aacute;ngulos y Formas</strong></span></p>
            <p><img alt="" src="/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/imagenes3249a.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" />&nbsp;<br />
            Esta cuchilla de corte de &aacute;ngulos est&aacute; posicionada de tal forma que corta ambas alas del &aacute;ngulo a la vez.</p>
            <p>El mercado ofrece diferentes tipos de cuchillas para cortar &aacute;ngulos y similares piezas de &aacute;ngulos. Algunos sistemas cortan primero un ala y despu&eacute;s la otra mientras que con otros sistemas se cortan ambas alas a la vez (ver Figura 3). Esto permite a las empresas &ndash; en concreto a los talleres de estructuras met&aacute;licas que con frecuencia cortan &aacute;ngulos de lados desiguales como material de 127x75mm (5&rdquo;x3&rdquo;), 150x50mm (6&rdquo;x4&rdquo;) &ndash; cortar &aacute;ngulos sin deformaci&oacute;n. La cuchilla se desliza sobre unas gu&iacute;as junto con la m&aacute;quina. Durante el ciclo de corte, la cuchilla desciende hasta que se asienta en la V del &aacute;ngulo y conforme hace esto tanto el ala vertical como horizontal son cortados al mismo tiempo. Las cizallas-punzonadoras universales tambi&eacute;n ofrecen otras estaciones en las que se pueden cortar formas especiales tales como canal C, barras en T y vigas en H.</p>
            <p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Todav&iacute;a el caballo de batalla </strong></span></p>
            <p>Las cizallas-punzonadoras universales han avanzado significativamente a trav&eacute;s de los a&ntilde;os. Actualmente las mesas de ejes y los CNC est&eacute;n automatizando unos de los &uacute;ltimos bastiones de operaciones manuales en el taller. Pero tanto autom&aacute;ticas como manuales, las cizallas-punzonadoras universales siguen siendo unas de las m&aacute;quinas m&aacute;s sencillas de utilizar. Son herramientas indispensables para fabricantes de estructuras y placas base, constructores de carrocer&iacute;as de camiones, fabricantes de elementos decorativos, talleres peque&ntilde;os de soldadura y cualquier otro negocio que precise una forma r&aacute;pida de cortar, entallar y punzonar material. Si una empresa ha invertido en el tonelaje y las herramientas que necesita &ndash; incluyendo los correctos ajustes de la cizalla &ndash; contar&aacute; con la tranquilidad de saber que esa cizalla-punzonadora resistir&aacute; el trabajo durante d&eacute;cadas.</p>
            <p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>Don Letourneau </strong></span><strong><br />
            product manager, <br />
            Comeq</strong></p>
            <p>Don Letourneau is product manager at Comeq, P.O. Box 207, White Marsh, MD 21162, 410-933-8500, fax 410-933-1600, www.comeq.com.</p>
            <p>donl@comeq.com</p>
            <p>TAGS: angle iron, angle shear, base plates, blade gap, c channel, channel bar, guillotine shear, gusset plates, h beam, hydraulic ironworker, ironworker, plate cutting, rake angle, scissor shear, t bar</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="color: Red;">New GEKA Bendicrop 85 SD</h3>
<p><big>Now even more POWERFUL with new and more FEATURES.</big></p>
<p><em>Expect more from an ironworker... THINK GEKA</em></p>
<p>Discover, test &amp; explore the new GEKA Bendicrop 85 SD.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GEKA is proud to announce that will be present in Hannover for Euro Blech 2010 Machine  Tool Exhibition that will be held between the next 26th and 30th of October.<br />
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We will be glad to meet you and show you our latest solutions in the  punching and shearing world in Hannover Messe, at our <strong>booth, H 11, Hall 14<br />
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For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.euroblech.com">www.euroblech.com</a> or <a href="http://www.geka.es/geka/de/contact-us.asp?cod=2693&amp;nombre=2693&amp;sesion=1347">contact us</a></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GEKA attended last 31st to 5th May to Bilbao BIEMH Exhibition. We displayed at a large and new styled booth introducing our new image and CNC solutions catalogue as well as displaying all our range of solutions. We were proud to welcome a big number of visitors as well as most of our distributors nation and worldwide.</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">GEKA asisti&oacute; el pasado 31 de Mayo al 5 de Junio a la Bienal de M&aacute;quina Herramienta en Bilbao. En esta ocasi&oacute;n presentamos la nueva rotulaci&oacute;n de las m&aacute;quinas as&iacute; como el nuevo cat&aacute;logo de soluciones CNC. GEKA estuvo presente con la gama completa de soluciones comprendiendo desde las cizallas punzonadoras de un cilindro hasta las m&aacute;s completas l&iacute;neas CNC. Muchas gracias a todos los visitantes, clientes y distribuidores que se acercaron hasta nuestro stand.</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mecanica 2010 exhibition was held last 11-15 May in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The large number of visitors and clients attending to the booth were  impressed and very satisfied by GEKA solutions as well as they could see  in action the GEKA machines exhbited, C2PL 80 CNC line, Hydracrop 55 and 80 and Bendicrop  models. We were very happy and proud for counting with their  assistance.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>US distributor Comeq has just arrived in Atlanta with GEKA demo truck. This one is equipped with a HYD 55 with SemiPAXY table and everybody's invited to try and test the machine. SemiPAXY table is a very versatile solution for punching plates but also profiles in a very fast and easy way saving a lot of time and with CNC accuracy. </p>
<p>Please do not hesitate to contact Comeq team (www.comeq.com) and they will be glad to arrange a visit.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EXPOMIN 2010 exhibition was held last 12-16 April in Santiago, Chile. The large number of visitors and clients attending to the booth were impressed and very satisfied by GEKA solutions as well as they could see in action the GEKA machines exhbited, Hydracrop 55 and Microcrop models. We were very happy and proud for counting with their assistance.&nbsp;</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:06:53 +0100</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mechanical Engineering 2010 (Metalloobrabotka) exhibition was held last 6-9 April in Minsk, Belarus. This  time, we showed the well known and versatile Semi PAXY CNC positioning  table for punching profiles, attached to the best known and reliable  Puma 110. GEKA assisted supporting our distributor in Belarus. The large  number of visitors and clients attending to the booth were impressed and  very satisfied by this solution as well as they could see in action the  rest of GEKA range exhibited, Hydracrop 80 and Bendicrop models. We were very happy and proud for counting with  their assistance.&nbsp; <br />
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During last 5th March, a show room was organized at Geka for receiving our Finnish distributor, Machinery OY with some of their customers. We were all delighted at Geka with their visit and clients discovered new solutions and applications in the punching and shearing world offered by Geka. We are all looking forwatd to their nex visit. Thank you all for visiting us.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imtex&nbsp;exhibition was held last 20-26 January in&nbsp;Bangalore, India. This time, we showed the well known and versatile Semi PAXY CNC positioning table for punching profiles, attached to the best known and reliable Puma 110. GEKA assisted supporting our distributor in India. The large number of visitors and clients attending to the booth were impressed and very satisfied by this solution as well as they could see in action the rest of GEKA range. We were very happy and proud for counting with their assistance.&nbsp; <br />
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