The twin head makes this system well suited for bending medium to long parts with many bends, particularly when high planarity is required.
The two bending heads can work independently to make asymmetric parts. They have been redesigned, building on the experience gained with the E-Flex bending systems. Each head is provided with a twin bending turret that increases system flexibility as regards the achievable bend types.
The DH4010VGP can apply flexion bending on each of the two turrets, pressure die bending for minimum radii, edge bending, variable radius bending and strike bending on the same part. Various technical solutions provide answers to an ever-increasing number of needs.
The extra flexibility is demonstrated by the possibility of making parts that were once thought to be geometrically impossible. The reworking potentials, previously experimented on the E-Flex, are used to manage bending sequences very dynamically and avoid impossible geometries. Some parts deemed not feasible because of the collisions generated during machining can be made with the DH4010VGP if the order of various steps in the bending sequence are altered.
Part feasibility also allows the possibility of minimising the length of straight parts and the DH4010VGP has answers for this issue as well. The handler that turns the wire length being processed can retract and clear the working field. This allows the bending heads to move very near each other and make very close bends.
Higher system productivity is also guaranteed by optimised dynamics and cycles. For instance, the wire cutting and end-forming unit is fitted on a carriage having linear movement independent from the heads. This additional innovation contributes to increasing the productivity of the DH4010VGP by approximately 30% versus older systems.
VGP3D programming and control software, with its three-dimensional graphic interface and easy programmed collision simulation and control system, is used to program the machine.
