FINN Power has written on how it helped a client company emboss entire stainless steel sheets with symmetrical rows of patterns.
Todrin Laser needed to find the right process for embossing stainless steel exterior wall panels. Its project for a new residence required irregularly punched panels. However, the 91cm by 152cm sheets had to stay flat for appearance and structural integrity requirements.
The flatness requirement was problematic because more than 50% of the sheet surface needed to be embossed, with potential for major sheet distortion. Todrin’s existing press was also too small to handle the panels.
Finn Power suggested doing a test run of parts on its C5 Compact Express turret press. The diamond pattern required a custom tool, which was designed by the Mate’s custom engineering manager.
The test resulted in 12 full-sized sample sheets of the same steel grade and size as the material required for the final product.
Todrin bought the press and a suite of Mate tooling. The tooling package included three additional special Ultra Tec tools for embossing the diamond shapes needed in the project.
The C5 Compact Express machine has automated load and unload, handling, positioning and sheet stacking. These features allowed for the high volume fabrication requirements of 2000 embossed panels.
The machine is a 20-turret unit which can be expanded to 100 tool stations by using Mate Multi Tool holders and tooling system punches, strippers and slug-free dies.
Finn Power’s equipment is distributed in Australia by Advanced Sheetmetal Technologies.

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