NIBBLER CUTS IN FOUR DIRECTIONS
The Nibbler N500-8 from Trumpf Inc. cuts in all four cutting directions and cuts steel sheets up to 0.197 in thick. Reverse cutting is easy to do with the N500-8.
Posted: August 14, 2008
Trumpf Inc. offers the Nibbler N500-8, which now cuts in all four cutting directions and is the only nibbler able to do so in the performance class that cuts steel sheets up to 0.197 in thick. Reverse cutting – an often-desired feature – is easy to do with the N500-8. It enables faster and more flexible processing.
Developers have succeeded in constructing the N500-8 to operate in reverse and four directions by modifying the die carrier holder. This has improved handling and makes the tool unique in the performance class for steel sheets up to 0.197 in. With this function, users can move the tool horizontally toward them or, with very little pressure, vertically from top to bottom.
Companies from a wide variety of industries – from plumbers to shipbuilders – will benefit from the flexibility of the N500-8; but the workers who will benefit the most are those in the tank demolition and coil processing industries.
Tank demolition specialists traditionally work in very tight and narrow spaces. Their work will be considerably easier with the nibbler's ability to move in all four directions. In the coil industry, the benefits of this tool play out differently. Frequently, the steel sheet to be coiled gets jammed in the machine. When this happens, the band has to be cut to release it.
With the N500-8 nibbler, the user can perform this task safely, even when there is tension in the steel sheets because reverse cutting positions the user away from the sheets. With a 1,400 W motor and weighing less than 9 lb, the N500-8 nibbles smoothly through sheet metal up to 0.197 in thick and stainless steel 0.125 in thick with a working speed of about 4.9 feet per minute.
This tool is also able to cut through aluminum sheets up to 0.275 in thick. As the only one of its kind in its performance class, it also effortlessly cuts through workpieces with 90 deg bends and double sheeting, such as tanks, containers and guard rails.
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