Dukane, the industry leader in designing and manufacturing state-of-the-art plastic welding technologies, is proud to introduce FOUR patented features for their Vibration Welding systems. Patented Q-Factor, Melt-Match®, Low Amplitude Preheat, and Ultra-High Frequency (260-400 Hz) welding are the Superfecta of technological advantages that give Dukane's vibration welders the leading edge in plastic bonding industry. Further discussed below, these features deliver strong, consistent welds with fewer particulates and improve the customer's bottom line by providing a preventive maintenance tool to reduce capital expenses and downtime costs.
"We have designed and patented Q-Factor as the heartbeat of our Vibration Welders, which customers can use to monitor the health of their machine and tooling. It is a game changer in providing a reliable tool to our customers for the preventive maintenance of vibration welding machines. Timely preventive maintenance for Vibration Welders will save them tens of thousands of dollars in machine repairs and production downtime." said Leo Klinstein, VP of
Engineering and R & D, Dukane.
Advantages of the Patented Features:
- Q-Factor, the HEARTBEAT of Vibration Welders, provides customers with a reliable tool to monitor the proper 'healthy' performance of all system-critical components in the vibration head and upper tooling. This feature allows users to identify a potential failure before it happens. Q-Factor monitoring drastically improves preventive maintenance and reduces downtime.
- Melt-Match® optimizes the welding process by matching the servo motion to the melting rate of plastic, which maximizes the heat-affected zone and penetration of the weld, decreasing weld flash, increasing weld strength, and reducing its standard deviation.
- Low-Amplitude Vibration Preheat process during the Weld Motion Delay reduces particulate in the weld, improving its strength. This technology, used in conjunction with pressure and amplitude profiling, produces results similar in appearance to preheat vibration welding without the added cost and maintenance.
- Ultra-high frequency (260 - 400 Hz) Welding exceeds the 200-240 Hz industry-standard bandwidth, allowing users to impart the same amount of energy into the weld zone while maintaining a lower amplitude. Ultra-high-frequency Welding displaces less material during the weld process, reducing particulate matter and weld flash.
Dukane's innovative Quadra Tech Advantages create the perfect vibration welding process and monitoring solution for any production environment. This cohesive integration of technologies, protected by US Patent No. 8,245,748 and 8,721,817 for Q-Factor and US Patent No. 9,688,017 for Melt-Match®, Ultra-High Frequency, and Low Amplitude Preheat, will offer the users a distinct competitive advantage in the marketplace.