The part in this document was cut by numerous companies trying to bid on the job. Many of the companies sent us their pictures asking for our help with the job. What impressed us was how crummy the finished parts were when compared to PEP’s results. The company that got the contract purchased the PEP’s Bevel software and agreed to share the photos below as part of a success story.
Army Project
Original Method:
Laser Cut Blanks: 1.5 hrs
Robotic Bevel edges: 2 hrs
Hand Grind: 6 hrs
Total time for 30 parts: 9.5hrs
PEP Bevel Approach:
Plasma Bevel 30 part: 1.6 hrs
The Details of the Old Method: Project 901-46-0547
½” plate, 45 degree Y-bevel with 1/16″ Land.
The sharp bevel corners are critical
Original processes before PEP:
New Process with PEP Bevel
Laser Cut Blanks
Robotic Bevel edges
Hand Grind sharp corners
Plasma Bevel (w/Minimal clean up)
Laser Cut – Part blanks are laser cut with extra stock added on sharp corners for gridding to bevel points.
3 min each to Laser Cut
90 min. to cut a set of 30 parts
Robotic Beveller – Adds 45 bevel to laser cut part blanks.
Parts are put in a fixture and then the 45 degree bevel is added leaving the 1/16th land.
Setup and Bevel cutting 4 min. per part.
Robotic Beveller – adds bevels to the side outlined in red by skipping the sharp corners to be ground down.
2 hours to process 30 parts
Hand Grinder – Sharp corners are ground down to the desired beveled points
12 min each to Grind to a point
6 hours to grid the set of 30 parts
PEP Bevel Process
Plasma Beveller using PEP Bevel application’s special single pass technique to cut a 45Y cut with a 1/16″ land
3.3 minutes per part or
30 part run in 1 hour 40 minutes
PEP Plasma Bevel cut part 1/2 inch plate
PEP Bevel processes run less than 20% of the original process time.