The FP series of electro-mechanical folders from FASTI
The FP series of electro-mechanical folders from FASTI
Remember the famous slogan, “It takes a licking, but keeps on ticking?” Well, when the rugged challenges of metal forming put your shop under the pressure to perform 24/7, it’s comforting to know that FASTI builds a machine that can take “any blank your holding, and just keeps on folding!”
Not everyone bends plate, conversely, not everyone bends sheet metal. The FASTI FP Series was designed to hit that "middle ground" where a shop's forming requirements range from 4 mm to 6 mm (.1575" to 1/4"), faces the rigors of round the clock production, but also requires a machine with all the "luxury" extras.
Built like a tank, this is the folding system that dares you to punish it with all you’ve got: good blanks, bad blanks; run it all day, all night. Beat it up. It is a workhorse! However, just because it’s rugged on the outside, doesn’t mean it’s like a tank on the inside. The FP has the interior of the finest luxury car. Take a look:
SOPHISTICATED GAUGING SYSTEMS
Gauging is one of the key elements required for accuracy in finished parts no matter what the thickness of material being formed. Weak, flimsy gauging renders any fabricating system unacceptable, and always results in poor part quality, which costs you hard, bottom line dollars. FASTI has built the FP Series with the finest gauging in the industry, including twin ball-screw drives, steel or nylon ball transfers, solid gauging rails, pop-up stops, and options that you would never expect on a workhorse like this one.
Four standard shapes with depths starting at 1000 mm (39”) and options up to 6 m (19’) are available. We even provide feed systems which automatically feed the material through the forming operation.
And, as with all FASTI folding systems, if you want something you don’t see here, let us know. With our ability to custom-design machines for application specific jobs, we can provide almost any gauge, to fit almost any application.
YOUR CHOICE OF CONTROLS
When it comes to forming virtually any thickness of part material, FASTI’s expertise and market leadership have anticipated your every need. That is why we offer three unique CNC systems from which to select, depending on your specific operation and your needs:
The simple to use, CFP120 is a breeze to program and offers a very friendly interface.
The Cybelec 1200 gives operators an engineer’s view at forming requirements, providing 2D graphics and an enormous amount of programming power and data.
The POS2000 is a dream machine, with touch-screen interface, and the easiest 2D programming on the market.
With FASTI, the control, and choice, is yours.
TWIN DRIVE SYSTEMS
The FASTI FP is outfitted with a massive set of twin side drives that bring a positioning tolerance of 1/10th of a degree resulting in unparalled repeatability of all of your bends. This powerful, yet highly accurate electro-mechanical system delivers the goods 24/7, because it is engineered to be all business.
In addition, automatic BMP (Bending Middle Point) adjustment capability provides an incredibly stiff 'H' frame between the side frames and the bottom beam, resulting in continued bend accuracies and tolerances that are virtually impossible to achieve on any other system.
THE ULTIMATE IN TOOLING FLEXIBILITY
As the world's leader in standard and specialty tooling, FASTI offers you dozens of profiles so that you are in control. With total flexibility in tooling choice, we can help you develop a solution best suited to your part geometries and manufacturing lifestyle.
Numerous clamping options are also available, thus providing you with yet another unexpected luxury option on your FP workhorse.
8 Different Sizes
(3240mm x 3mm) to (4040mm x 5mm) / (127” x .157”) to (159” x .196”)