Friday, August 25, 2017

Find the Right CNC Vacuum Table for Less Cost


CNC vacuum tables enhance many industrial operations with high performing computer aided design control vacuum systems.  If you’re looking for the best value with CNC Vacuum tables, you need to call Systematic Automation, the leading vacuum table manufacturer setting the standard with +/- .001” flatness per linear foot.  Systematic Automation has been manufacturing automated equipment including superior vacuum tables for over thirty years, supplying industries world-wide with high performing equipment at the best value. 
CNC Vacuum Table Features
Systematic Automation manufactures a wide selection of CNC Vacuum tables with enhanced models in several shapes and sizes.  Our tables are used around the globe for many precise applications including machining of steel, PVC, plexiglass or many other possible substrates.  With more than three decades of experience, our designers and engineers can help to match the perfect vacuum table to your process, ensuring the maximum vacuum force for your application.  
Vacuum Table Pumps
We offer two types of pumps, each with coolant separators and capabilities to provide maximum vacuum force to hold your substrate firmly in place during precise processes, even in highly pressurized situations. 
Diaphragm pumps provide a very tight seal for your product and the table by using low vacuum flow pumps with high vacuum force.  A small leak in a diaphragm pump would result in a reduction of vacuum force. 
Our Rotary Vane vacuum pumps are also referred to as High Flow pumps allow minimal leakage without compromising vacuum force.  Rotary vane pumps use less vacuum force than diaphragm pumps.
Sacrificial sub-plates are also available with corresponding vacuum holes when machining through your product.  Systematic Automation will help to design the perfect system for your process, determine the right style of pump for your needs with optimum port location.
Resurface Existing Vacuum Tables 
If your vacuum table needs some engineering work or resurfacing, Systematic Automation provides precision engineering to CNC vacuum tables with knowledgeable engineers and precise manufacturing.
Systematic Automation has been manufacturing vacuum tables for more than thirty years.   We provide industries around the globe with high performing automated equipment at an affordable cost.  We have several patented products and proprietary technology utilized in our manufacturing process, providing superior vacuum systems with automated equipment options.  Contact us today for efficient and cost-effective automated solutions with all of your machining requirements. 

Friday, August 18, 2017

Heated Vacuum Tables with Adjustable Controls


There are many instances in which a heated vacuum table would be beneficial, or even necessary.  A vacuum table that provides consistent heating in one process may be beneficial for applications that involve curing composite components or debulking for compaction and removal of any trapped air. 
Heated vacuum tables can also be used to manufacture thin layers of film or lacquer.  Combining heat with precision flatness of +/- .001”, your vacuum table will provide superior performance for foils, panels or several other flat surfaces.   Heated vacuum chuck systems with simple temperature controls and even distribution of heat give manufacturers control over their process with user friendly adjustable processes. 
Systematic Automation Manufactures Heated Vacuum Tables
Systematic Automation manufactured one of the very first heated vacuum tables, with uniform heat distribution and vacuum suction with adjustable analog heat controls reaching temperatures over 500° F.   All of our vacuum tables provide superior flatness at +/- .001” flatness.
Inline adjustable vacuum gates provide adjustable vacuum suction in addition to adjustable heat controls.  Systematic Automation manufactures vacuum tables in a wide variety of standard sizes with custom sizes available.  Auxiliary equipment and options such as bases, modular clamping systems, and vacuum pumps can also be custom designed to your specifications.
Systematic Automation manufactures our heated vacuum tables with high temperature epoxy construction, and an aluminum core.  Heating elements are strategically placed in between rows for minimal obstruction of air flow.
Applications for Heated Vacuum Tables

             Vacuum Curing and Debulking

             Solar Energy Systems

             Catalyst Coated Membranes for fuel and battery cell electrode assembly

             Thin Film Applicator

             Fast drying and curing of specialty inks

             De-wrinkling in industrial applications

             Bonding and infusion of fabrics

Our vast resources and in-depth knowledge of automated vacuum chuck systems allow us to provide state-of-the-art equipment with cost efficient solutions for a multitude of industrial applications. 
Systematic Automation is a leading manufacturer of vacuum tables in various sizes and shapes, custom designed for your application.   We have more than three decades of experience with design, engineering, manufacturing, and installation of high performance automated equipment used in screen printing, UV curing and vacuum table systems.   Contact us today for a FREE consultation on the perfect vacuum system for your process. 

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Vacuum Tables Enhance Automated Cutting Systems


Automated cutting systems typically use vacuum tables when cutting most types of fabric to hold the fabric firmly in place for accurate cutting.  Plotting and cutting systems use heavy duty vacuum pumps to ensure that your desired cut is what you get, with consistent accuracy.  Vacuum pumps can be designed to work in separate zones when required, activating specific areas of the table with vacuum pressure.
Some fabrics may need a sacrificial layer to help hold the fabric while cutting, then discarded after the cutting is complete.  These layers may consist of polypropylene, PVC, Porex or a high-density polyethylene (HDPE).   This sacrificial layer is designed with your table to not reduce any suction.
Most plotter and cutter systems will have a rotary blade that is 28mm in diameter to easily cut fabric without pushing it downward.  This allows for the blade to have minimal contact with the vacuum table, which can extend the life of the sacrificial layer.
For a sturdy material, you may need carbide blades to cut through something like carbon fiber.  Typically, plotter cutter systems are used for cutting canvas in industries manufacturing large pieces of cut fabrics such as boat sails and require only the standard blade.
Systematic Automation Provides Superior Vacuum Cutting Systems
Systematic Automation is a world leading manufacturer of vacuum chuck systems in any size imaginable with distinct types of pumps to accommodate your unique process.   Our vacuum chuck systems are custom designed to fit your plotting and cutting system, with sizes from 5’ x 6’ all the way up to 72’ x 144’.  Tables greater in size the 48’ x 48’ will require additional support beyond the standard 4 points to maintain precision within +/- .001”.
We manufacture vacuum tables within +/-.001” flatness per linear foot for accuracy, setting the standard for precision flatness in the vacuum table industry.   Systematic Automation has been designing, engineering and manufacturing vacuum tables for over 30 years since our inception in 1983.  With our vast resources and expertise, we can provide high performing equipment at an affordable cost.  Let us show you how to enhance your plotter cutter system and improve your quality and cost efficiencies with superior vacuum tables.
Systematic Automation is a global leading expert in automated equipment including UV curing systems, screen printing machines and state-of-the-art vacuum table systems.  Contact us today to speak with one of our knowledgeable engineers for precision vacuum table systems.