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MAGNABEND SLOTTED CLAMP BAR - SLOT DESIGN TOOL
This page has a special program, written in JavaScript, which calculates optimum slot positions for a Magnabend clampbar of any length.
The software was developed by Mr Tony Grainger from an earlier program by Mr Geoff Fenton. Anybody is free to use it. (The actual software code can be examined and/or downloaded from the "Page Source" of this page).
To Use the Program:
To see a clampbar design for one of the standard length Magnabend
models first select that model from the drop-down list which is below
the button labeled: "
ENTER". Then click on the button and immediately a clampbar design will appear to the right.
You can then click on that drawing to open an
enlarged drawing (in a new browser tab).
When you select a model from the drop-down list a set of
default clampbar data is automatically entered. However you can manually change that data to anything that you want.
For instance the default design allows for sheet metal up to 3mm thick,
which could include a hem. If you don't require metal that thick you
could enter, say
2mm in the "
Tray hem thickness" box. The clampbar design drawing will then have slots only
7mm wide (instead of the default design of
8mm wide slots).
You can also specify how close to the ends of the clampbar the slots
can be. This is to allow room for some kind of clampbar lifting
mechanism. Specify this in the "
Lifter zone width".
The default design allows use of the
ends of the clampbar as virtual slots. Hence "
Both" is entered in the "
Fold using bar ends"
box. You can however restrict the design so that the ends are not used.
Typically this will result in a smaller maximum tray size that
can be accommodated by the slotted clampbar.
When you press
ENTER a new design is calculated, a drawing is presented and numbers are filled-in in the
Clamp Bar Audit. section.
These numbers summarize all the salient features of the design.
Feel free to experiment as much as you like with this very versatile
program. (Refresh or reload the page to clear past designs).
Slot Spacing Designs