VERSATILITY
With three cutting frames mounted on a conveyor providing automatic block detection, downcutting, slicing/profiling, and trimming in a continuous sheeting process, the Compuline dramatically exceeds conventional manual or semi-automatic cutting systems. Each operation can also be used individually.

FULLY AUTOMATED OPERATION
All cutting setup and control processes are input via the console computer. It can be configured automatically as a sheet cutting line or a profiling machine using either the Fast Wire or the Hot Wire cutting frame.
   Because the block is moving at a continuous speed with no need to stop for any individual process during the sheeting operation, the throughput is very high and requires minimal labor input. The conveyor speed can be set by the operator for different types of foams.Once programmed for the required final block dimensions, automatic block detection allows continuous feeding of the block onto the Compuline without further operator involvement.

OPERATION
The Compuline can also be used as a contour cutting machine using either the hot wire or abrasive wire. In this mode the block is driven onto the cutting bed by the input conveyor where it is stopped, processed, and then moved out to the exit conveyor.
   With both a hot wire and and abrasive wire, the Compuline can cut EPS foam as well as Phenolic, Rigid PU, and Rockwool.

MULTIPLE: 3 MACHINES IN ONE
In sheeting mode, the first frame is the abrasive fast wire cutter that moves in synchroniztion with the block, cutting the block into the required lengths "on the fly". The Block, which can be of any length, is fed onto the Compuline via an external, customer-supplied conveyor feeder system ,and when the block reaches the block detection sensor, the first cutting (downcutting) is activated.
   This downcutting occurs while the conveyor is moving, resulting in no lost time. Once processed by the downcutter, the block continues its uninterrupted travel to the next process, horizontal cutting. The horizontal cutting frame is an auto-loading hot wire system capable of loading up to 40 cutting wires in less than two minutes.
   Finally, as the block passes through the horizontal cutter, it moves on through the vertical trimmers, removing the outside skin and cutting the blocks to a preset width before transferring to an exit conveyor system. This process is continued with the next block entering the cutting area as soon as the first block has passed the block detection sensor, making the process continuous.
   The hot wire cutting frame, normally in the vertical position for contour cutting, is pneumatically controlled to allow 12 degrees tilt for accurate sheet cutting.

SPACE-SAVING
Being only 20.6 feet long, compared to old-style, conventional cutting lines, the Compuline occupies a much smaller footprint, allowing better utilization of factory floor space.