New Thermal Press Focuses on Easy
Customization and Expandability
A new line of heat inserting and heat staking plastic welders features six
advanced design innovations to overcome the limitations of existing
units. The most serious design flaw in existing thermal presses is
their limited expandability and customization. To install a new
heater in an older press, knockouts have to be removed, the
controller and relays must be
installed, then hand wired to a terminal strip and labeled. Removing
the controller leaves a gaping hole in the panel. A goal of the new
design is to enable rapid field reconfiguration by attaching a new
module and plugging it in to the expansion connectors on the wiring
harness.
 New features designed into the thermal presses are an ultra–rigid H–frame to
eliminate flexing and a pre-wired harness with connectors for both
low–voltage controllers and high–voltage heaters. The low–voltage
harness has six connectors to run six zones. The high–voltage for
the heaters are simply daisy–chained from one module to the next.
The controllers are plug–in modular units with Master/Slave
capability. Each Master controller can power up to three heaters
plus three more Slave modules which can also each power three
heaters. A rugged touchscreen LCD display makes the unit easy to
use. A setup mode jogs the head down for quick probe alignment. The
H–frame is also radially adjustable ± 10°. The presses are
preprogrammed to accept optional slide kits, post cooling, fixture
clamping and optical switches.
The new thermal press design offers features not previously available in a
standard unit. Their modularity and user customization permit them
to be quickly adapted to new requirements. The new thermal presses
feature Dukane's new MATP™ Thermal Probes which have recently been
released. The new presses will also accept conventional thermal
probes and platen–style tooling.
Dukane Corporation is a leading international
supplier of spin, ultrasonic, vibration, hot plate welders and thermal presses for OEM and commercial plastic assembly markets. Dukane is
an ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturer. For more information on the
new Dukane Thermal Presses and their complete line of plastic
assembly solutions, contact Mike Johnston, National Sales and
Marketing Manager, (630) 797–4902 or visit their web site
www.dukane.com/us
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