“I’m a fan of Amada machinery and our companies make a perfect fit.” Mike Bonomelli, Managing Director of Melbon Sheetmetal Pty Ltd

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“The FOM2 with Rotary Axis has enhanced our fabrication facility and eliminated hours of manual work.”

Embracing technology and engaging its employees has led Melbon Sheetmetal Pty Ltd through good and bad times to remarkable success in recent years. What started with second-hand machines and three employees in 1986 in Welshpool, Perth, has grown into an innovative fabrication shop with 40 employees and quality plant and equipment. “I have travelled the world looking for the right technology in machinery that would send the company into the 21st century,” says Managing Director Mike Bonomelli. “I had the opportunity to travel to Amada Japan and see first-hand the latest technology that was available.” As a result, the company has installed seven Amada machines since 2004, including a 4-kW FO Laser and three HDS press brakes, a 6kW Laser (4000 mm x 2000 mm table) and a servo-electric turret punch press EMZ with an ASR automated material

load & unload system.When business slowed down a bit in 2013, it was time for Mr Bonomelli to change direction to stay ahead of the game. Once again he turned to Amada and invested in a Rotary Index laser cutting system, focussing on simplifying the switch from flat sheet cutting to tube or pipe cutting. The system, an FOM2 3015 NT RI Laser, includes an innovative Rotary Index with the power and speed to efficiently cut mid to thick materials. The Rotary Index is located on one of three shuttle pallets – making it extremely easy to switch from flat sheet cutting to tube or pipe cutting.“The FOM2 is able to cut pipe, RHS and channel and then quickly converts back to a flat bed laser which has enhanced our fabrication facility and eliminated hours of manual work,” Mike explains. “This machine

has taken the place of our band saw and tape measure and gives us a much more accurately finished product.”This accuracy is achieved through the machine’s clever design. The Rotary Index is an integrated unit, allowing the cutting head to be positioned near the chuck – minimising the dead zone. Bowed pipe or tubing can be cut without vibration while maintaining accuracy from end to end.

• Quick switch from sheet to tube processing• High productivity• High quality cutting• Continual production• Stable cutting• Drastic reduction of setup time

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The machine’s strength lies in its versatilityProductive: The FOM2 3015 NT RI Laser allows Melbon Sheetmetal to get through large volumes of work, while maintaining the highest standards of production. It also makes a difference to the client, as it means that both the cost and time of production is minimised, allowing for even quicker service delivery. Versatile: The Rotary Index represents a seamless fusion of innovative technology and robust functionality. The innovative design expands process range capabilities to cut a significantly wider variety of tubing and pipe. Machines using 3- or 4-jaw rotary chucks cannot process a similar range of materials without the use of fixtures or collets. Amada’s FOM2 RI can process round, square, rectangle, C-channel, and angle iron, making it the most versatile Rotary Index laser cutting system available.High speed: The features of the high-speed cutting head include increased sensing speed for faster cutting and plasma resistance in thin material, lens burn detection to stop the machine and alert the operator to possible burn damage to the cutting lens, cut process monitoring for automatic pierce detection as well as plasma detection for thick stainless steel and aluminium and auto-focus control.

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The Amada FOM2RI3015NT multiple use laser cutting machine is the ultimate quick switch solution. Effortlessly change from sheet to tube processing in just 60 seconds.

MULTIPLE USE LASER CUTTING MACHINE

for tube and sheet metal processing.60 second change time between cutting flat sheet and pipe or tube.