Jim England, Vicon’s sales manager for the region, said the machine is the only one of its type in the sheet metal industry. Using the company’s ViSoft software, it can cut holes in spiral ductwork. The machine had been in development for more than two years, and JTD was Vicon’s first customer for it. In December, the company took delivery of the Vicon Spiral Pipe Plasma Cutter. A new machine Last year, Dan and his brothers decided to invest in new equipment from Plasma Automation Inc.’s Vicon Machinery division. “There’s more and more spiral pipe running on jobs,” Dan said, adding that the company had made a lot of spiral for a major convention center expansion project now under way in Indianapolis.Ī finished piece of duct made using the Vicon Spiral Pipe Plasma Cutter from JTD Spiral’s shop. “I see fab work picking up because people are eliminating their shops and just installing,” he said.Īnd many of the projects that use the most spiral - schools, hospitals and municipal buildings - are typically less affected by downturns in the economy. Positioning JTD as strictly a fabrication business was a wise decision, especially in the slow economy, he added. “JTD does a lot of work out of state,” Dan said, adding that the company’s ductwork has been used in projects in Iowa, Texas, Maryland and Oklahoma. Today, the fabrication-only JTD puts out roughly 1.5 million pounds of spiral annually and sells it to contractors throughout the country. “All I ever purchased was spiral pipe,” Dan recalled.Īnd after spending money for spiral duct made by others, the brothers purchased their first spiral-making machine in 2000. Spiraling success One thing many of those jobs have had in common is they featured heavy use of spiral duct, which is what led the brothers to create JTD Spiral.
#VISOFT HVAC CUTTING SOFTWARE SOFTWARE#
The software is easy to learn and operate because it only requires machining dimensions to develop an unfolded view of deformed duct automatically.Brothers Tim (left), Jim and Dan Morris own JTD Spiral and related company Morris Sheet Metal in Fort Wayne, Ind. The machine adopts the latest CAM-DUCT software from Auto Desk company and the software combines technology, data procedure with management and meets cutting requirements of duct workplace by using pre-designed standard duct drawings and parameter settings.
#VISOFT HVAC CUTTING SOFTWARE GENERATOR#
The machine mainly consists of main machine, generator and CNC control system. For stainless steel, the max thickness is 2 mm. The CNC plasma cutting machine mainly used to cut the sheet metal for HVAC ventilation duct, so the suitable sheet metal thickness is 0.4-6 mm galvanized sheet.
The operator needs to choose duct shape in software and input dimension, then the machine will cut sheet metal automatically. It can automatically generate drawings and output processing procedures. We adopt dedicated air duct expansion software. What's more, rolling friction can make the operation more stable and the cutting speed is improved to a great extent. With unique height adjusting device for cutting wall, this machine can avoid sticky plate phenomenon between cutting head and iron sheet. With the widely praised CNC cutting special control system, the function is more stable and easy to operate. Besides, the machine includes Beijing Starfire PM200 control system and Huayuan generator. The touchscreen of this machine is vertical control cabinet with the 10-inch touchscreen. You can select a drawing from the new version of CAM-DUCT and input dimensions and choose a way of connection, then the software will start calculating, composing, jacking and cutting automatically according to your requirements. CNC Plasma Cutting Machine Performance Features:ĬNC plasma cutting machine is mainly for automatically lofting and cutting the deformed workpiece.