Kinetic K5600

On the Kinetic K5600 the plate moves and the gantry stays put. Kinetic calls the arrangement its Plate Dragga pass-through table: material is pulled through a stationary gantry for cutting, drilling, marking and milling, instead of a bridge travelling over a long bed. The cutting area is 10 ft (3.05 m) wide and the inbound side is 20 ft (6.10 m) or 40 ft (12.19 m) long.

Kinetic says the machine combines the features and specifications of the K5000 with the pass-through table, and the machining figures bear that out. A CAT 50 spindle with 24 tool holders drills up to a 4 in (102 mm) hole, taps up to a 2-1/16 in (52 mm) hole and bores to 8 in (203 mm). Tool changes take under 3 seconds.

The cutting side is where the two part ways. There is a single lifter station for 1 plasma torch, not two. Plasma is still listed up to 4 in (102 mm) thick, but oxy fuel is listed up to 3 in (76 mm) thick, well short of the 8 in (203 mm) of the K5000. Oxy fuel beveling is given up to 45 degrees. Triple oxy beveling and pipe cutting are absent from this model's capability list.

Pass-through layouts suit a steady flow of smaller parts from standard plate. Kinetic's summary line for the model says it unloads finished parts, and the options list adds a side unloading conveyor for small parts and outfeed roller transfer sections for large parts. Because the footprint is set by the inbound length and whatever outfeed is chosen, the floor plan is a different exercise from laying down rails for a moving gantry. Traverse speed is 800 in/min (20.3 m/min).