Rapid Tower

The Rapid Tower is one of the most popular automation configurations. It maintains all of the advanced features and speed of the Rapid, with the added ability to store an incredible amount of raw material with a standard 8 shelves. Nests on a Rapid Tower flow to motorized carts, conveyors, or a combination of the two, no digging around the tower to retrieve a nest.    
Capabilities
  • Changes pallets in as little as 45 seconds
  • Completely modular and expandable
  • Simultaneous, high-speed loading and unloading
  • Complete load/unload cycle in 52 seconds (3015) or 62 seconds (4020)
  • 5×10 machine can load/unload sheet sizes of 4×4, 4×8, 4×10, and 5×10
Tower Benefits
  • Second load station allows simultaneous material preparation
  • Heavy-duty, full-size sheet load/unload capacity (up to 1”)
  • Capacity of 3 metric tons (6,000 lbs.) per shelf
  • Up to 46 shelves (multiple towers) for a total of over 303,600 lbs. of capacity

Unbeatable Efficiency

  • Sheets Pre-positioned on the Table – no need for the laser to waste time “finding” the sheet perimeter. Once the sheet shuttles into the laser its ready to begin cutting.
  • :52 Second Nest Unload/Sheet Reload Cycle – means that if you had a run of nests that took just a minute even each to cut, your lasers would not be waiting on the automation.
  • Multi-tasking Unload/Reload – the two mechanisms traverse the same gantry but are independent, ideal for tending two lasers at the same time.

Flow Through Design

Maximize throughput – some systems feature towers that hold both raw material and cut nests.  But digging nests out of a tower is a hassle, parts can fall out of the nest, etc.  In contrast, nests on a Rapid Tower flow directly through to motorized carts, conveyors, or a combination of the two.