Revitalize Your Shearing Line: Practical Tips for Extending Its Lifespan
Shearing lines are vital assets for metal processing businesses, and their consistent operation directly impacts production efficiency and profitability. However, prolonged, heavy-duty operation inevitably leads to equipment aging and performance decline. As experts in metal sheet cutting and forming automation equipment, Hengli understands the importance of extending the lifespan of your shearing line. This article shares practical techniques to help you maximize your equipment's value, reduce maintenance costs, and ensure the long-term stability of your production line.
Routine Maintenance: Prevention is Key
Regular upkeep is the foundation for prolonging the life of your metal cutting line. Here are some crucial daily maintenance points:
1. Regular Cleaning:
Remove Dust and Debris: Regularly clean the equipment's surface of dust, metal shavings, and other debris to prevent them from entering the equipment and affecting the normal operation of components.
Lubricate Components: Follow the equipment manual's instructions to regularly lubricate the equipment's lubrication points, reducing friction and wear. Hengli recommends using high-quality lubricants to ensure optimal lubrication.
2. Fastener Inspection:
Check Bolts and Nuts: Regularly inspect the equipment's bolts and nuts for looseness, tightening them promptly to prevent equipment vibration or component damage due to loosening.
3. Hydraulic System Inspection:
Check Oil Level: Regularly check the hydraulic oil level to ensure it is within the normal range.
Check Oil Quality: Regularly check the hydraulic oil's quality. If the oil quality deteriorates or contains impurities, replace it promptly.
Inspect Hoses and Fittings: Regularly inspect hydraulic hoses and fittings for leaks, replacing or repairing them promptly.
4. Electrical System Inspection:
Check Wires and Cables: Regularly inspect wires and cables for aging, damage, or looseness, replacing or repairing them promptly.
Check Electrical Components: Regularly check that electrical components are working correctly, replacing them promptly if any abnormalities are found.
5. Tooling Maintenance:
Regular Sharpening: The sharpness of the tooling directly affects cutting quality and equipment load. Sharpen the tooling regularly to maintain its sharpness.
Timely Replacement: Replace the tooling promptly when it is severely worn or damaged. Hengli provides a variety of high-quality tooling to ensure your shearing line always performs at its best.
Periodic Inspections: Early Detection of Potential Problems
In addition to routine maintenance, periodic inspections are also an important means of extending the life of your metal processing line. Here are some recommended periodic inspection items:
1. Equipment Accuracy Inspection: Regularly inspect the equipment's accuracy indicators, such as straightness, parallelism, perpendicularity, etc., to ensure that the equipment can meet production requirements.
2. Hydraulic System Pressure Testing: Regularly test the hydraulic system's pressure to check that the hydraulic system is working correctly.
3. Electrical System Insulation Testing: Regularly perform insulation testing on the electrical system to ensure the electrical system's safety and reliability.
4. Safety Device Inspection: Regularly check that the equipment's safety devices are working correctly, such as safety guards, emergency stop buttons, etc., to ensure the safety of operators.
Correct Operation: Avoiding Improper Use
Correct operation is key to extending the life of your metal fabrication line. Here are some operating precautions:
1. Strictly Follow Operating Procedures: Operators should undergo professional training, be familiar with the equipment's operating procedures, and operate strictly according to the procedures.
2. Avoid Overload Operation: Avoid prolonged overload operation of the equipment to prevent equipment damage.
3. Avoid Processing Non-Conforming Materials: Avoid using non-conforming materials for processing to prevent damage to the tooling and equipment.
4. Pay Attention to Safety: Operators should pay attention to safety, wear necessary protective equipment, and prevent accidents.
Upgrades and Retrofits: Improving Equipment Performance
With the continuous development of technology, upgrading and retrofitting old shearing lines can improve equipment performance and extend its service life. Hengli offers a variety of upgrade and retrofit services, including:
1. CNC System Upgrade: Upgrade the traditional CNC system to a more advanced CNC system to improve the equipment's automation level and control accuracy.
2. Hydraulic System Upgrade: Upgrade the traditional hydraulic system to a more efficient and energy-saving hydraulic system to reduce equipment energy consumption.
3. Tooling System Upgrade: Replace with a more advanced tooling system to improve cutting quality and efficiency.
4. Safety Device Upgrade: Upgrade safety devices to improve the equipment's safety performance.
Selecting the Right Spare Parts: Ensuring Stable Equipment Operation
Selecting the right spare parts is an important guarantee for ensuring the stable operation of the shearing line. Hengli provides a variety of high-quality spare parts, including:
1. Tooling: Tooling of various specifications and materials to meet different cutting needs.
2. Hydraulic Components: Various hydraulic pumps, hydraulic valves, hydraulic cylinders, etc., to ensure the normal operation of the hydraulic system.
3. Electrical Components: Various sensors, switches, relays, etc., to ensure the safety and reliability of the electrical system.
4. Wearing Parts: Various wearing parts, such as bearings, seals, etc., to ensure the equipment's long-term stable operation.
Hengli: Your Trusted Partner
Hengli not only provides high-quality shearing lines but also provides comprehensive after-sales service and technical support. We are committed to helping customers extend the life of their equipment, reduce maintenance costs, and improve production efficiency. By choosing Hengli, you will receive:
Professional maintenance advice: Our technical experts will provide professional maintenance advice based on your equipment's condition.
Timely technical support: Our technical support team is always ready to provide you with timely technical support to solve any problems you encounter during use.
Comprehensive after-sales service: We provide comprehensive after-sales service, including equipment installation, commissioning, training, maintenance, etc.
Contact Hengli today to learn more about shearing lines.
Material: Silicon-steel, tinplate, strip steel and aluminum strip, etc
Slitting thickness: 0.2-1.5mm
Slitting width: ≥30mm
1. Material: tinplate/aluminium
2.material thickness:0.125~0.525mm
3.sheet width:500~1200mm
4.line speed: 56SPM
Coil width: 40-440mm
Shearing length: 400-2500mm
Shearing thickness: 0.23-0.35mm
Line speed: 150m/min
