Coil handling system and method

摘要

A material handling system for feeding sheet material to a laser cutting system. The material handling system including a shuttle having a number of roller pairs corresponding to a number of material coils. Each roller pair holding a leading end of one of the material coils. The shuttle translating the leading end of a selected material coil to a location at which sheet material from the selected material is fed to the laser cutting system.

主权项

1. A laser cutting system, comprising:
a) a laser cutting machine that utilizes sheet material to manufacture laser cut components; b) a plurality of material coils, each coil being located at a fixed coil location proximate to the laser cutting machine; c) a straightening machine that straightens material uncoiled from a selected coil of the plurality of material coils; and d) a shuttle including a first fixed shuttle frame, a second moving shuttle frame that translates relative to the first fixed shuttle frame, and roller pairs that feed sheet material from any selected coil into the straightening machine; e) wherein each coil of the plurality of material coils uncoils at the respective fixed coil location when fed into the straightening machine, wherein a leading end of each material coil is held by one of the roller pairs of the shuttle.