Fully-Enclosed Automated Cutting System
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products offers maximum safety and high productivity with its AutoRex system – essentially a cutting system inside its own confined cabin. A shuttle table with dual pallets keeps a new plate always ready for exchange and cutting.
Posted: December 29, 2020
AutoRex, a fully-enclosed thermal cutting system from ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (Annapolis Junction, MD) increases safety and productivity while automating material handling. Compatible with any ESAB automated cutting machines, the AutoRex system can be integrated with a company’s material handling, plate storage, and ERP systems to fully automate cutting operations.
“The AutoRex system is essentially a cutting machine inside its own room combined with shuttle table for automated plate loading and parts unloading,” said Steve Zlotnicki, global product manager, ESAB Cutting Systems. “The enclosure completely blocks out harmful UV light emissions and dramatically reduces noise, while ensuring that the ventilation system captures 100 percent of cutting smoke inside the cabin. AutoRex creates a much safer working environment, appealing to high-production, high-performance companies in the marine, offshore, heavy fabrication, wind tower and steel service center industries.”
The shuttle table system features dual pallets to maximize arc-on time. When one plate comes out for part and skeleton removal, the new plate is ready for exchange and immediate cutting.
Loading and unloading outside the enclosure increases safety by isolating workers from the cutting zone and enabling the use of a crane without interrupting the cutting operation. The system’s self-cleaning system moves all slag outside the enclosure and into a bin that can be emptied by lifting it out with a crane, eliminating the downtime required to halt and disassemble the machine for cleanout.
