Half jumbo cutting table
The half jumbo glass sheets (generally 3210x2400 or 3210x2450), are found in small or middle sizes glaziers or in country where the jumbo sheets are not available.
The cutting table is generally proposed with :
An horizontal surfaces covered with carpet (more often tilting to make easier the loading) and supplied with air cushion to make easier the glass movement on the table. Moreover for the breaking the cutting table is equipped with 2 or more breaking bars, and some control pedals (to manage the air cushion, the breaking bars…)
A cutting bridge
A numerical control (CN) which drives the cutting bridge and where the operator has the possibility to enter the data for the glass cutting.
An software
This software can be supplied by the cutting table supplier or by a software company specialized on software for glazier for the more important glaziers.
All the data concerning the cutting are generally entered before to start the cutting, the software managing the cutting optimization depending the glass thickness and dimensions to cut for the day. Very often the software manage also the glass stock.
The working cycle is:
Entering (directly on the table or from an office) for the cutting data in the numerical control.
Glass loading on the cutting table
Automatic cutting
Breaking
Unloading
The slow step for the glass cutting is the breaking. For the glazier having important cutting to carry out (mainly for thickness over 10 mm) a breaking table is added after the cutting table where one or two operators can break the glass during the glass cutting on the first table. The glass is sent on the breaking table with belts or using the air cushion.
