Prima Power Shear Brilliance 1540

The Prima Power Shear Brilliance 1540 (SB1540) handles sheet up to 4,300 mm x 1,565 mm (169.3 x 61.6 in) through punching and right angle shearing in one pass. It is the long version of the Shear Brilliance; the Shear Brilliance 1530 takes 3,100 mm x 1,565 mm.

One row in the technical data belongs to this model alone. The total work area without repositioning, covering loading, punching and shearing, is given for the SB1540 as an X movement of 5,040 mm (198.4 in). So the X axis travels further than the sheet is long, which is what lets the sheet move from the punching position to the shear without being re-clamped.

Speeds are those of the series. Positioning reaches up to 210 m/min, and the hit speed is 1,300 hpm at 1 mm, 580 hpm at 25 mm and 235 hpm at 250 mm. Marking is done at 3,000 hpm. The ram delivers 300 kN (33 US tons), which Prima Power relates to punching complicated contours with one hit.

A four-metre sheet full of rectangular panels is where the shear earns its place: parts are cut loose by the shear, with no skeleton to handle and no nibble marks on the edges. The turret holds up to 600 tools, up to 576 of them index tools, in 24 or 30 station constructions.

As on the shorter model, Prima Power prints no thickness limit for the Shear Brilliance. The machine can be connected to automation that carries material in and parts out; with panels of this size, sorting and stacking should be planned with the machine.