Ocean Liberator
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Frequently asked
questions about beam coping machines
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What
is beam coping?
How
does a beam coping machine work?
What
profiles can I cope?
How big
a beam can I cope?
What can
a man cope that a beam coping machine cannot?
How long
does it take to install?
How fast
does a beam coping machine cope?
How do I
get material in/out of a beam coping machine?
How do
I program a beam coping machine?
What
training is provided?
How do I get support?
What is the warranty
offered?
How safe is a CNC
beam coping machine?
How can I justify
purchase of a beam coping machine?
What is the power
requirement?
What gases does it
use?
Why
not use plasma?
Are
lasers suitable for coping?
What is the
difference between a single and a triple torch?
What does a torch-tip
cost for a CNC beam coping machine?
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Frequently asked questions
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What is beam coping?
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Steel beams are usually
fabricated to fit up to another beam. In order for the beams to
fit perfectly, coping and slotting is usually required. Coping
can be done with a CNC machine or manually with a handheld
torch, but it is far more cost efficient and safer with a CNC coping
machine.
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How does a beam coping machine work?
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The Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine has
5 axes of movement. It simulates the human hand holding a
cutting torch and WILL do everything a human hand can do with
the torch on beams, channels, plates, angles, tubes, and almost
anything you can put in the machine.
At cutting time, the torch will light
automatically. The operator then determines the preheat time at
each starting point. The beam coping machine will bevel the
flanges and the web automatically at any degree between +45
degrees to -45 degrees.
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What profiles can I cope?
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The Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine is
capable of processing almost any steel profile including beams,
channel, tube, angle, and plate.
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How big a beam can I cope?
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The Ocean Liberator has longitudinal movement of
46" on X-axis (length of material). It also has vertical
movement of 28" on Z-axis (flange). The Ocean
Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine has latitudinal movement of 48" on
Y-axis (web). The Ocean Liberator is
capable of cutting web bevels up to +/-45 degrees, flange bevels
up to 45 degrees, and materials up to 6 inches in thickness.
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What can a man cope that a beam coping
machine cannot?
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Nothing! In fact, the Ocean Liberator CNC Beam
Coping Machine eliminates the inefficient method of manually
laying out each and every coping detail and flame cutting the
copes by hand. This machine significantly improves the quality
and accuracy of cope and at the same time reduces costs.
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How long does it take to install?
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The Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine can
be installed and operational in your facility less than 5 days
after receiving the machine. The machine only takes 2 days to
install - we spend the next 2-1/2 days training your operators.
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How fast does a beam coping machine cope?
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The Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine
maintains a speed of 7 to 30 inches per minute depending on
material thickness and hardness, type of gas used, flame
adjustments, and other factors.
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How do I get material in/out of beam coping
machine?
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Material is fed into the beam coping machine on
a power in-feed roller conveyor. The operator jogs the part to
be coped into the machine and references the leading edge with
the integrated laser beam. Once the reference has been set, the
operator activates the pneumatic clamps to hold the material.
Once the cope is complete, the operator releases the clamp and
transfers the material out using the roller conveyors.
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How do I program a beam coping machine?
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The simple, intuitive and easy to use software
allows easy programming of copes either at the machine console
or via importing profiles already detailed in a CAD detailing
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Manual Programming
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Manual programming of the Ocean Liberator at the
machine console is simple and fast, even to operators with
limited computer experience, thanks to the intuitive process and
reassuring graphic display. Just select the profile to be coped
from the built-in AISC library - all standard AISC profiles are
already listed in the library of shapes.
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Import from DSTV
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The optional import software allows CAD detailed
projects to be imported directly into the Ocean Liberator CNC
Beam Coping Machine for processing, completely eliminating and
chance of operator error. Projects already detailed in a CAD
detailing software package that supports DSTV export are simply
copied to a floppy disc and inserted into the reader on the
machine, and are instantly available for processing.
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What training is provided?
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Beam coping machines, more than any other CNC
machine, depend on well-trained operators, and training on the
Ocean Liberator is critical for fast, efficient production.
Thorough on-site training is provided at your facility for your
operators. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that ALL
operators of this machine have been completed the full Operator
Training Program. In
addition, regular in-house refresher training
courses are offered at the beam coping machine manufacturing
facility for existing operators.
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How do I get support?
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In addition to the 1-year parts and on-site
labor warranty, telephone support is available, free of charge
during regular business hours (Mon - Friday 7AM to 6PM CST).
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What is the warranty offered?
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Ocean Machinery offers a 1-year parts AND
on-site labor warranty for the Ocean
Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine. If your machine breaks down
during the warranty period, a service
technician will be dispatched to your plant to get your machine up and producing
in the shortest amount of time possible, at no cost to you. In
addition, telephone support is available, free of charge during
regular working hours (Mon - Friday 7AM to 6PM CST).
All parts are kept in stock for immediate
delivery if required, and parts can be ordered direct from
Peddinghaus during normal business hours.
Outside the warranty period,
on-site technical support is available at reasonable market prices.
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How safe is a CNC beam coping machine?
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This machine is far more safe than manually
coping steel beams. The Ocean Liberator Beam Coping Machine is
equipped with extended rigid and durable torch-tips that enable
accurate positioning inside flanges In addition, the closed loop
system allows the torch head to break away should the torch head
contact an unexpected obstruction, such as slag build-up. This
safety mechanism ensures long tip ad head life and significantly
increases up time while avoiding costly tip changeovers and
repairs. All pressure and flow gauges for all gases are easily
accessible and can be quickly adjusted.
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How can I justify purchase?
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If the machine is run just 1 day per week, this machine will
typically be able to pay for itself in less than 8 months of operation. (And that is not including the very
attractive tax incentives!)
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What is the power requirement?
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The Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine has
a convenient 220-volt single phase power requirement.
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What gases does it use?
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The cutting head for the Ocean Liberator CNC
Beam Coping Machine is a simple and inexpensive oxy-fuel head,
and utilizes oxygen and any fuel of your choice, including
propane, acetylene, propylene, or natural gas.
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Why not use plasma?
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Due to the size of the plasma cutting head, it
is not possible to get the head close enough to the flange and
many styles of copes are not possible. Also, when cutting
thicker sections, especially the radius at the intersection of
the web and the flange, it is typical for the flame to throw
back and cause damage to light steel profiles.
Because the Ocean Liberator utilizes oxy-fuel,
thickness of material is totally irrelevant and and material up
to 6" can be coped.
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Are lasers suitable for beam coping?
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Current day lasers require laser-quality steel
to function properly. Structural steel profiles typically
comprise scrap and any available metal are therefore not
suitable for laser cutting. It is possible in the future that
lasers will become more forgiving in the material they can cut
and they will probably come down in price making them a viable
solution, however, this is many years away.
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What is the difference between a single
torch and a triple torch?
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A single torch machine is a machine that has
only 1 torch, and it has to move from flanges to web in
sequence. Whereas a triple torch machine is a machine that has 3
torches, and does NOT have to move from flanges to web because
it has a torch at each flange and each web.
Even though there is less position time with the
triple torch machine than there is with he single torch machine,
the single torch machine can do a lot more cuts than the
existing triple torch machine due to versatility.
In addition, the triple torch machines cost 4
times more than the single-torch Ocean Liberator, and both
machines can do exactly the same thing. The single torch machine
can even do A LOT more!
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Call Ocean Machinery today at 954 956 3131 to
get the NEW Ocean Liberator video and literature, or fill out
our online Information Request
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