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CIDAN FORSTNER MST CUT TO LENGTH LINE

The FORSTNER MST  series is made up of massive all-in-one slitting machines. Their cut to length line machine features deflection rollers, manually adjustable coil guidance, and five pairs of manually adjustable steel knives. These innovative features are precise and careful across all sheet metals. They are designed to take the coil set out of material of varying thickness.

The four roller-bearing infeed guide rollers, angled to match the loop of the coil from a decoiler, help prevent creasing on soft material like copper, aluminum, and zinc as they to guide materials in the pinch rolls. The pinch rolls then pull the material evenly from a decoiler without slipping or twisting.

The MST series offers so many options and configurations that, regardless of your individual needs, your perfect slitting and cut to length line machine system is just a click away.

  • Decoiler
  • Deflection rollers
  • Table | TI: manually adjustable coil guidance with ball-bearings
  • Slitter | MST: slitting shafts, 100 mm, 5 pairs of manually adjustable steel knives
  • Guillotine | TS: electric guillotine shear with steel blades
  • Control unit | SPS-S1 basic or advance
SKU: Cidan-FORSTNER-MST Categories: ,

Description

Standard Features

  • Infeed roller guide
  • Infeed Guide
  • Fully rubberized pinch infeed rollers
  • Electronic eye
  • Infeed guide adjustment
  • Encoder
  • Slitting Blade Cover
  • 5 sets of slitting knives
  • Raise/Lower Slitting Shaft
  • Guillotine Shear

Optional Features

  • Film Applicator 48” or 60” wide
  • 115FPM (35MPM) Speed in lieu of standard 85FPM
  • Extra Set of Slitting Knives
  • Automatic Slitting Shaft Raise and Lowering (motorized)
  • Perforating Tool
  • 5 Sets High Shock/High Chrome slitting blades for stainless slitting, in lieu of STD
  • Cut-to-Length Shear Blade, High Shock/High Chrome for stainless cutting
  • Radio Remote Control for infeed with Powered Decoiler
  • 6” Color AMK Control, in lieu of STD
  • KT-Table 48” – Enable operator access to slit blades without moving material table
  • KT-Table 60” – Enable operator access to slit blades without moving material table

 

Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS
MST Specifications
Machine  MST1250  MST1250 CTL  MST1500  MST1500 CTL 
Type  Slit & Cut-to-Length  Cut-to-Length  Slit & Cut-to-Length  Cut-to-Length 
Working Width 50 inch (1270mm) 50 inch (1270mm) 60 inch (1500mm) 60 inch (1500mm)
Shearing Capacity 16ga (1.5mm) 16ga (1.5mm) 16ga (1.5mm) 16ga (1.5mm)
Slitting Capacity See Chart — See Chart —
Slitting Shaft 4 Inch (100mm) — 4 Inch (100mm) —
Slitting Knives 5 — 5 —
Speed 85 FPM (25MPM) 85 FPM (25MPM) 85 FPM (25MPM) 85 FPM (25MPM)
Weight 4400lb. (2000kg) 4000lb. (1818kg) 5400lb. (2454kg) 5000lb. (2272kg)
Height 42 Inch (1066mm) 42 Inch (1066mm) 42 Inch (1066mm) 42 Inch (1066mm)
Width 72 inch (1828mm) 72 inch (1828mm) 87 inch (2209mm) 87 inch (2209mm)
Depth 68 inch (1828mm) 68 inch (1828mm) 68 inch (1828mm) 68 inch (1828mm)
Power 3.5HP (2.75Kw) 3.5HP (2.75Kw) 3.5HP (2.75Kw) 3.5HP (2.75Kw)
Voltage 230V 3phase 230V 3phase 230V 3phase 230V 3phase
Breaker 30amp 30amp 30amp 30amp
SPECIFICATIONS
MST 1250 Slitting Capacity
Mild Steel **Stainless  Aluminum 
Gauge mm  Slits  Gauge  mm  Slits  Inch  mm  Slits 
16 1.67 3 20 1.10 3 0.105 2.67 3
18 1.25 4 22 0.83 4 0.079 2.00 4
20 1.00 5 24 0.67 5 0.063 1.60 5
24 0.71 7 26 0.48 7 0.045 1.14 7
26 0.56 9 0.035 0.89 9
SPECIFICATIONS
MST 1500 Slitting Capacity
Mild Steel **Stainless  Aluminum 
Gauge mm  Slits  Gauge  mm  Slits  Inch  mm  Slits 
18 1.15 3 22 0.77 3 0.072 1.84 3
20 0.86 4 24 0.58 4 0.054 1.38 4
22 0.69 5 26 0.46 5 0.043 1.1 5
26 0.49 7 29 0.33 7 0.031 0.79 7
29 0.38 9 0.024 0.61 9

 

RAISE/LOWER SLITTING SHAFT

As you are slitting and cutting to length a job, the control will stop right before the last piece is about to be cut to length and prompt you to raise the upper slitting shaft. The operator will move the handle up and then the coil will feed to the last position for cutting to length. This allows you to cut the last piece and not waste any material through the slitting knives. We call this the material savings mode. As an option, the raising and lowering of the shaft can be motorized.

5 SLITTING KNIVES & CAP-LOCK DESIGN

On the Forstner MST slitters, 5 Sets of slitting knives come standard. The shafts are made of polished tool steel and the slitting blades hardened with a Rc45 hardness. The tolerance between the shaft and blades is less that .0005” (.01mm), creating a smooth and easy-to-move positioning of the slitting blades anywhere on the shaft.

The cap-lock design consists of a half moon mild steel that presses onto the shaft by an allen head screw. Because the cap-lock is softer than the shaft, there’s no need to worry about “scoring” the shaft like other designs tend to over time.

The knives have a two side cutting surface, so you can alternate sides and take tension out of narrow slits. The machines come standard with a red with sliver letting on the scale for ease of reading the position of the top blade.

INFEED GUIDE

The infeed guide has four roller bearings (two on each side) to guide metal into the pinch rolls. The roller bearings allow the metal to easily forward and backwards without damaging the edges. This also keeps the material straight as the material is fed into the machine helping to ensure a square cut.

FULLY RUBBERIZED PINCH INFEED ROLLERS

The pinch rolls pull material evenly from a decoiler without slipping or twisting. Plastic film can be applied smoothly and evenly with the fully rubberized rolls. Having complete contact while feeding the material ensures full control during slitting. This superior design is much more reliable than segmented rubber rollers.

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