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| Last March, SIMEC S.p.A. completed the installation of two new gangsaws for granite, mod. Record Due/600/36/200, with a usable working width of 6,000 mm and 210 blades. The machines were installed on the premises of Boschetto Graniti in Chiampo (VI, Italy), causing enormous interest among the stone-working operators of the area for their imposing size. In the last three years, SIMEC has invested heavily in the development and design of an undisputed leading product in the world of gangsaws, and the results are fully validating the achievement of that goal by obtaining a high rate of production. In addition, it has to be noted that no attempt has thus far been made to exploit the machine at its fullest potential. It has only been observed under conditions of normal use, to verify its performance. Currently, just one of these new gangsaws is able to do all the work of the entire old stone-cutting plant it replaces, with a considerable overall reduction of overhead costs. The advantages of this type of machine, which can house three standard sized blocks of granite (or four slightly smaller ones) under its blade-holding frame, are not limited to mere production increase, but make it possible to save on personnel and reduce the consumption of blades, metal grains and power, thanks to the entire redesign of the masses and dynamics of the gangsaw. Record Due gangsaws are the only machines in the world equipped with curved columns and a double connecting rod transmission system. The curved geometry of the columns adopted by SIMEC on the entire line of granite gangsaws has the advantage of accompanying the blade-holder frame on its cutting run in a perfectly natural manner with respect to the length of the connecting rods. With masses of this size, the smallest displacement of movement of the two connecting rods would cause dangerous vibrations of the blade-holder frame and tremendous stress on the entire structure of the machine. In view of the results obtained with the new machines, which will certainly mark an epochal change in gangsaws history, SIMEC is already thinking of future models with cutting width up to 10,000 mm.[Simec, S.p.A] |
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