VERTEX Series - Advanced Self-Calibrating Heat Staking System

Key Features

• Self-Calibration Procedure, an industry first, for increased accuracy & compliance
• Extra-large Blanchard ground cast aluminum working platform with four 3/8-16” bolt hole circle patterns, (4-7/16”, 7”, 9” & 12”) for mounting lower jigs and fixtures.
• Precise dovetail actuator support with new rigid column design for accurate and repeatable gross head adjustment, equipped with position indicator and hand crank for ease adjustment.
• 4-Post design precision guided non-rotating thruster/actuator with eight precision bearings and four ground and plated shafts for precise and repeatable process. Available in 3 sizes: 700 lbs., 1250 lbs., and 1960 lbs. of force @ 100 psi.
• 5” (152mm) stroke with adjustable micro-positive stop with .001” increments.
• Thermal Runaway alarms with automatic heater shut off.
• Heater shut down with any loss of line pressure or E-stop function.
• Head Speed Controls for pneumatic portion of head travel for UP and DOWN speed control.
• Velocity and Distance Control unit model VCU for dual stage speed control and precision adjustment of stake depth.
• JOG MODE! New Feature: jog head up and down for set ups.
• Line pressure regulator (FR) with digital gauge read out and filter with dump valve and lock-out/tag out.
• Rigid tool mounting plate for mounting upper heated tooling.
• NEW! Vertex Digital micro controller system with 7” COLOR touch screen HMI that controls ALL Process Parameters including timers, temperatures and multilevel alarms.
• HMI Integrated auto-tuning temperature controls.
• Dynamic zone and heater output assignments via HMI allows for easy configuration of multi-zone tooling change-overs.
• Secondary Temperature monitoring of tooling mode (view without control).
• JOB PRESETS - Multi Preset storage to store, recall, and assign parameters.
• Resettable & Lifetime cycle part counters.
• Hybrid Automation capable with I/O output and control options and accessories panel for rotary tables and integration of automation components and peripheral devices.
• Multi level Password Protection to prevent unauthorized access to controls.
• Sonitek 4 zone (upgradeable to 8 or more) temperature controlling power supply Model SW-1 equipped with settable auto-tuning PID controllers in F or C settings with digital LCD displays and with quick-connect heater/ thermocouple connections located in rear.
• THREE Year Limited Warranty

Heat Staking Processes:

Insertion	Staking	Degating	Date Coding
Standard tips available for inserts up to 3/8" or M10	Custom platens available to stake several studs/tabs simultaneously.	Heated sharp blades with beveled edge can cut gate flush to -.010	Use type holders or multi-wheel numbering for permanent part I.D.

Options & Accessories

• NIST Factory Calibration Certificate (ships with system)
• Digital Air Package for total pneumatic process control. Includes digital EPR, Process Pressure alarms all programed via HMI.
• OTA - Out of temperature process alarm which prevents machine from cycling if heaters are not within a settable +/- range.
• Additional 4 heated zone controller with outputs.
• Post Cooling Kit Assembly (May be required check with sales engineer)
• Opto-Touch (zero force) Palm Button upgrade (all models)
• Leveling plate for planarity squaring of fixtures to upper head
• Quick Change Tooling Head Assembly (includes one male dovetail)
• Additional Male dovetails only for additional upper heated tooling.
• Pneumatic slide table model PST-7 for use on Vertex series base
• End of Stroke sensor model EOS-1 to indicate cycle was completed
• Up to four part presence sensors
• Pre-heat Option for insertion applications
• Strip Delay with 2nd Post cooling
• PLA Pressure line loss alarms (included in Digital Air Package)
• USB DATA COLLECTION - Transfer machine data per cycle to a USB thumb drive or data collection system for analysis.

Calibration

Self-Calibration procedure & software for measurement values of Time, Pressure, Temperature, Distance for increased accuracy and compliance purposes Sonitek supplies the following:

Specifications