Coil Handling

Coil End Point

Scrap is a dirty word… …especially when pennies count. If you have post-cut roll former, and you want to eliminate as much scrap as possible, your line probably requires the operator to manually cut the material before finishing a run in order to facilitate a coil change. The point where that cut needs to be

Tailout Sensor

The Tailout Sensor: An Essential Component in Inventory and Scrap Management The AMS XL series controller and AMS’ Eclipse Production Management System are two essential components when integrating a roll-forming production line with all available integrated manufacturing tools. To complete this solution and provide the most highly accurate scrap tracking capabilities, addition of a tailout

Scrap Tracking

One of the benefits of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) on a roll forming machine is the fact that the machine controller knows a lot about the material that is run through the machine. When properly configured, the controller knows every bit of good or scrap metal that is processed on the roll former. This information

Reducing Scrap with a Front Shear

The topic of scrap reduction comes up a lot when you’re talking to AMS Controls, but that’s only because we understand the difference it can make to your company’s bottom line when you create even small reductions in scrap. Those small amounts of scrap easily add up over the course of one shift, one month

Scrap Reduction Using Two Encoders

Some machine designs have a tendency to create a lot of scrap on a coil change. This article explains how using two encoders can keep this scrap to a minimum. On a roll former with a large distance from the first punch to the shear (typically pre-punch, post-cut), scrap is often a major part of

Bar Code Scanners for Data Entry

In manufacturing environments, manual data entry takes time and incurs the risk of mis-keyed data corrupting the system. In many areas of the manufacturing process, bar coded data has taken the place of printed text due to space constraints, and to facilitate rapid, accurate data entry via bar code scanners. From the perspective of the

Understanding the XL200 Part Queue

If there’s one aspect of AMS Controls machine controllers that generates the most confusion for Machine Operators, it is the Part Queue. This functionality leads to a great deal of misunderstanding in terms of why the machine controller does what it does, and subsequently, often leads to frustration among Machine Operators, as well as excessive