In a bid to meet the demands for high-performance aluminium profile processing, Elumatec has enhanced its top-of-the-range SBZ 630 unit as a processing alternative to the standard automatic saw.

“The aluminium processing industry is keenly seeking fully automised processing of large profiles, in order to ensure maximum daily production capacity,” explains Andreas Hettler, design engineer at Elumatec, a leading international manufacturer of machines for processing aluminium and PVC profiles.
The system is offered in the region through Elumatec’s UAE branch office in the Jebel Ali Free Zone.
“With the SBZ 630, Elumatec has, for some time, offered an automatic saw to suit the high performance demands of aluminium profile processing,” he says. “Now the application possibilities have been extended with optional processing stations now being available to complement the sawing station.”
With this development, Elumatec transforms its proven system of modular customised equipment into a high-performance aluminium processing model. Customers who require a purely an automatic saw can select the classic version, while others who want to combine further processing steps can select between two versions of processing stations.
The first version makes it possible to install up to 30 fixed processing units, offering the advantages of fast cycle times, especially when processing large quantities within a fixed product range.
Alternatively, Elumatec has developed a rotating station with eight angle-independent processing stations. Each tool can be turned at an angle of between 0 and 360 degrees, so that a multitude of demands can be fulfilled with a minimal number of tool changes.
“The advantages of the rotating station are evident when processing large or atypical profiles, as efficiently as possible, in a variety of different ways”, says Hettler.
The drive system and mechanical components are designed to provide the utmost precision, even when heavy demand is made on the equipment. The pivoting and tilting axes are equipped with precise cross roller bearings and during the sawing operation, depending on the tilting or pivoting angle, the saw is positioned as close as possible to the clamp by means of the movable machine table. Thus, profile vibration is reduced to an absolute minimum, ensuring greater accuracy, he points out. 
To ensure the SBZ 630 can withstand the increased cutting force and high feed speeds required in the processing of aluminium profiles with large cross-sections and dense walls, its robust body incorporates a strong, vibration-absorbing machine table, thus reducing vibration and its effect on accuracy.
Elumatec has used the feedback received from customers throughout the world – where more than 100 Elumatec profile-machining centres are in operation – to further optimise the control software, thus increasing speed, thanks to the fastest possible data processing on the digital interfaces.
“The design of the SBZ 630 sets trends in safety and environment-friendliness. The saw and the profile machining centre are housed within a sound-insulating cabinet and thanks to the design of the saw, an extraction system is not necessary as virtually no coolant mist spray escapes from the cabinet,” Hettler concludes.