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List of tools we need in HS.
Please try to include example model name, approximate price (maybe Allegro link or similar) and a short explanation why we need it.
Sheet metal finger brake (Zaginarka segmentowa do blachy)
Justification: to produce things out of sheet metal - boxes, pans, trays, enclosures etc.
Features:
- Minimal working width 1m.
- segments on upper, lower and moving beams
- ideally - offset segments and special shape segments
What to buy: ~8,9k PLN https://allegro.pl/oferta/zaginarka-segmentowa-1250-1-5mm-gora-gnaca-dolna-11476683310
Alternatives: Simplest possible: ~3,8k PLN https://allegro.pl/oferta/zaginarka-segmentowa-1250-1-5mm-gora-dachdecker-11456075837
Mid-tier: ~6.3k PLN https://allegro.pl/oferta/zaginarka-segmentowa-1250-1-5mm-gora-gnaca-dolna-11463798967
All of the above have the same metal thickness and width capacity, the difference is in complexity of bends they can do. The cheaper ones simply can't do some types of bends.
TIG AC
~6k PLN https://fachowiec.com/sklep/pl/products/9315873_spawarka_inwertorowa_jet_tig_ii_ac_dc_200-s_spot_cold_welding_igbt_welder_fantasy+uchwyt_parker (alternative link: https://allegro.pl/oferta/jet-tig-ii-200s-spawarka-tig-ac-dc-spot-puls-igbt-10455071723 )
Uses: welding aluminum (we can't do that with our current DC TIG), high-precision welds on small parts (this welder has dedicated features for this).
Precision milling vise (imadło maszynowe precyzyjne)
Justification: we don't have a vise for our milling machine.
Feaures: proper high-force milling vise; clamping width ~125mm; precision ground surfaces; dovetailed jaw inserts that don't lift the clamped item when tightened.
Example model: ~1,75k PLN https://allegro.pl/oferta/imadlo-maszynowe-precyzyjne-125x150mm-8714001343
Powder coating set + powder (zestaw do malowania proszkowego)
Justification: so we can paint things we fabricate with durable powder paint
Features: voltage regulation;
Example: ~800 PLN https://allegro.pl/oferta/pistolet-do-mal-proszkowego-1300ml-reg-napiecia-9389494727
Plasma cutter CNC-compatible torch
~1,7k PLN https://allegro.pl/oferta/uchwyt-plazma-plazmy-plasma-a141p-6m-trafimet-cnc-7841601307
Needed to use the plasma cutter with the KUKA robot to do CNC cutting. Plasma cutter is CNC-capable already but came with a manual torch.
Requirements:
- Trafimet 101/141 tip (we already have a manual torch of this type, it's better to share consumables between types)
- 141 preferred, gets 100% duty cycle at 100A, which is the limit of our cutter
- Euro connector
- cable length no less than 6m
Metal bandsaw that doesn't suck (Piła taśmowa do metalu)
Justification: to cut metal. Our current one has an almost-dead hydraulic cylinder, no cooling, nonstandard wheels which regularly drop the blade
Features: Gearbox instead of a belt drive; tensometer for adjusting blade tension; correctly working hydraulic cylinder (with separate on-off valve and downpressure adjustment); two speeds; cooling; a table (or possibility to retrofit) to stand the saw upright and cut something manually
Example model: HBS275, can be sold as Cormak, Bernardo, Hafen etc.
~6,8k PLN https://www.cormak.pl/pl/przecinarki-grawitacyjne/861-przecinarka-tasmowa-cormak-hbs275.html
Made In Poland improving his saw: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SZCdiEIkoTg