Plan a sheet-loading station
This is a planning example, not a completed customer installation or a claimed performance result. Use it to build the requirement sheet for your own workstation.
Stage | Decision and deliverable |
|---|---|
Pickup | Map the sheet stack, formats, surface condition and available contact zones. |
Support and transfer | Choose the pad/frame layout, review sheet deflection and include the lifting-frame weight in support selection. |
Machine approach | Check table travel, guards, approach direction and the space needed to position the frame. |
Placement and release | Define how the sheet is supported on the machine before release and how the lifter withdraws. |
Acceptance | Use representative sheet extremes and state whether separation or double-sheet detection is part of the supplied system. |
Prepare the project review
Send a layout, representative workpiece details and the required movements. Identify existing equipment that must be retained, available utilities and the destination. The final proposal must name the selected configuration, interfaces, operating conditions and agreed acceptance scope.
Loading guide · Sheet metal configurations
Use actual frame size to shortlist the station
Model / configuration | Rated load | Maximum workpiece dimensions (mm) | Equipment dimensions (mm) | Net equipment weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
600kg | 3000*1500 | 2000*1360*820 | 84kg | |
800kg | 3000*1500 | 2000*1360*820 | 94kg |
These frames have the same stated workpiece and equipment dimensions, but different rated loads and net equipment weights. Check the smallest sheet as well as the largest: the frame must fit the available contact area and support flexible sheet without blocking access to the machine.
A useful machine-interface drawing
- Show stack corners, pickup height and the farthest sheet edge.
- Draw the loading table in every required travel position, with guards and obstructions.
- Add the frame footprint, hook/hoist allowance and operator standing position.
- Show where the sheet rests before release and where the empty frame parks.
Record the outcome of each representative cycle
Trial item | Record |
|---|---|
Workpiece | Material, dimensions, thickness, mass and surface condition. |
Pickup | Selected pad layout and confirmation that the required sheet is acquired. |
Transfer | Required path and clearance to machine/guards. |
Release | Stable support and clearance for frame withdrawal. |
Cycle | Full task time, interruptions and any agreed separation/detection result. |
Do not treat a quoted lifting speed as the station cycle time. Stack access, contact preparation, machine readiness and release all contribute.