Roper Whitney’s AUTOKUT 160 Cut to Length Machine

The heavy-duty AutoKut 160 Slit-to-Width and Cut-to-Length Line has been specifically designed customers needing increased slitting & blanking capacity in a compact machine. The AutoKut 160 is capable of slitting material in thicknesses up to 16 gauge mild steel and blanking up to 14 gauge. The AutoKut 160 comes standard with 5 pairs of slitting blades, the slitter blades can be re-positioned quickly and accurately with the simple setup gauge. Shear cycle time is approximately 1 second.

The Autokut 160’s straightening and feed rollers and slitting shaft adjustments are automatically controlled with the touch of a button as opposed to manually adjusted via levers and gauges. It is intelligently engineered and economically priced for all of its users needs, designed for long term serviceability with all mechanisms on the outside of the machine. Slitter and guillotine blade changes are easy to perform and do not require disassembly of machine. The AutoKut 160 comes with either a left or right sided control, and the touchscreen operator interface is easy to use. It has a maximum speed of 115 ft. per minute and can accommodate coils up to 49″ wide.

Description

Autokut Overview

Features

  • Automatic adjustment of the straightening and feeding rolls, slitter shaft
  • Quick change two-piece slitter knife system- full repositioning of knives in less than 3 minutes
  • Adjustable slitting knife depth based of material thickness to eliminate chamber of the work piece
  • Gibb slitter knife engagement which eliminates side movement of the knives helps ensure long blade life
  • Quick release with locks, fully adjustable coil guides prevent material side movement
  • Adjustable deflection rollers to better support the infeed of material from the coil
  • Durable powder coated surface finish
  • Sight-line visibility of feed materials
  • Safety interlock system designed to CE Standards
  • World renowned Schneider electrical components
  • Easy to use Schneider operator interface with light tower prompts
  • Material saving features including auto-clean cut alert at the jobs end to eliminate waste
  • Variable speed drive enabling long lengths to be produced more quickly and more accurately
  • Automatic material length calibration
  • Variable speed acceleration for use with a wide variety of decoiler designs
  • Adiprene coated feed rolls with cam adjustment for raising and lowering prevents marking of materials
  • Two over one straightening rolls with automatic adjustment for accurate repeat setups
  • Integrated electro-mechanical shear design for fast, quiet shear operation
  • Two cutting edge top and bottom shear blades
  • Decoiler options available

A Closer Look at the control

Optional Film Applicator