Date: 11.08.

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Technical Specifications of hydraulic plate shearing machine with NC back gauge

Quantity: 01 Set
1. Scope of the tender
a) Supply, installation, commissioning and performance testing of Hydraulic plate shearing machine
with NC back gauge at RRCAT.
b) Supply of 3 sets of all relevant technical documents, drawings, circuit diagrams, maintenance &
operation manuals etc. in English both in hard as well as in soft copy & 3 sets of Shear blades as
essential spares.

2. General Conditions
2.1. Qualifying Criteria of Bidders
a) Only OEMs or their authorized dealers who have supplied at least two NC Hydraulic shearing
machine of similar capacity or more during last three years. Bidder shall submit name and postal
address of the two customers or companies where machines are installed with full technical
description of the machine.

b) The bidder should also submit the list of all similar capacity machines supplied in India along with
contact details.

c) The OEM/ their authorized dealers should have presence in India through their company’s office
and/or should have authorized service provider in India, working continuously for at least last three
years.

d) RRCAT reserves the right to verify information submitted by bidder. In case the information is
found to be false/ incorrect, the offer shall be rejected.

2.2. Delivery period

The delivery period for the machine should be three months from the date of issue of purchase
order

3. Technical Specification of Machine

3.1. Description of Machine

a) Nominal cutting capacity and accuracy
i. Mild steel plate having UTS of ~ 440N/sq mm and thickness of 12mm or more
ii. Job cutting width -3000mm or more
iii. Back gauge stroke length 1000mm or more
iv. Back Gauge accuracy: ±0.2 mm or better
v. Square ness of cut plate 0.5mm/meter, or better

b) Squaring and support arm

i. 1 No. heavy duty squaring and supporting arm of length 1000 mm or more shall be fitted
at the left hand side of the machine bed. It shall have a wide stainless steel scale fitted on it
with zero reference from blade cutting edge.
ii. Two additional front supporting arm of length ~1000mm or more with roller bearing
mounted.
iii. The table shall have ball transfer mounted for assisting the movement of heavy plates.

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 c) Blades –Both ram & bed blades shall have four side cutting edges. Both ram and bed blades will
be interchangeable. Blade material shall be- HCHCr/D2 & minimum hardness shall be 55
HRC.
d) Other features of machine
i. Front side digital controller with back gauge adjustments
ii. Back gauge shall be operated on heavy duty ball screws driven by AC servo motors and
fitted with absolute position encoders. The encoders shall be protected from the job plate
movements.
iii. Strokes: 5strokes or more/ minute
iv. Hydraulic hold down clamps for plate/sheet minimum 14nos.
v. Cutting angle range: 0.5 to 3 degree or higher
vi. Blade clearance adjustment for cutting different thickness of plates (1 mm to 12 mm thick
or more )
e) Hydraulic Power pack
The Hydraulic System shall be of Re-circulating Type. Hydraulic Tank should be preferably
placed at shop floor. Pumps, Valves, Switches (Pressure & Flow) should be of Make:
Rexroth / Yuken / Parker / Hawe/Eaton/Aron/ Dowty. Filter elements should preferably be of
Make: EPE / Hydac. No leakage or spillage will be tolerable. Electric motor - Preferable
make Siemens /ABB /Bosch/Bharat Bijlee

g) NC Controller
Make of NC Controller- Delem /Cybelec/Mitsubishi with all necessary software packages for
cutting of plates in different lengths.
h) Operator’s panel
Operator’s panel will be in front of the machine with all necessary controls and display for
the operation of the machine of size five inch or more.

3.2 Safety features

i. Two no. Emergency stop Push buttons to be provided one on operator panel side &other at
another end of machine.
ii. Operator’s hand safety guard shall be provided before the plate hold down plungers.

4. Tools for operation & maintenance: Necessary tool kit shall be supplied with the machine.
5. Essential Spares: Shear blades – 03 Sets
(Price of blades will be considered for cost comparison.)
6. Other Spares: Please quote other important spares separately for the machine (for ~ 2000 hrs of
operation). Cost of other spares will not be considered for cost comparison.
7. Machine Acceptance Test
Following tests will be carried-out during PDI in presence of RRCAT Engineers at supplier’s work.
The same will be repeated at RRCAT after installation.
i. Samples of MS Plate of UTS ~440 N/sq. mm, 12 mm thick 3000 mm long will be cut (clean & burr
free cut). The vendor will arrange plate and all necessary items for demonstration of cutting at
supplier’s works.
ii. Squareness of cut plate 0.5 mm/meter.

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 8. Training:
4 days training to be provided to six persons for operation & maintenance at RRCAT.

9. Lay out-
Bidder shall give the floor space required for the machine with accessories after receiving purchase
order.

10. Electrical power requirement - Specify the electrical power requirement (kW/kVA) of the machine in
the offer.

11. Safe delivery at RRCAT:

Suitably rigid packing for all items of complete machine to avoid any damage/loss in transit

12. Warranty- 12 months from the date of commissioning at RRCAT.

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 Mandatory Compliance

S. Description Indent specification Bidders Remarks

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1. Nominal cutting capacity 12 mm or more
Mild steel (UTS of MS ~ 440N/sq mm)
2. Job cutting width 3000 mm or more.
3. Back gauge length 1000 mm or more
4. Back gauge accuracy ±0.2 mm or better
5. Strokes per minute 5 or more.
6. Cutting angle range 0.5°- 3° or more
7. Hydraulic hold down clamps for plate/sheet 14 nos. or more
8. Blade –
a) Shall have four side cutting edges. Both ram To be confirmed by
and bed blades will be interchangeable. bidder
b) Blade material- HCHCr/D2 composition &
hardness To be specified by bidder
9. Machine Operation functions–
a) Blade clearance adjustment To be specified by bidder
b) Cutting angle range
10. Make-
a) NC Controller- To be specified by bidder
b) Hydraulic system-
I. Pumps, DC valves , pressure switch-
II. Filters
11. Safety features-
a) Two emergency stop Push buttons to be To be confirmed by
provided at one on operator panel side & 2nd bidder
one at other end of machine.
b) An operator’s hand safety guard shall be
provided before the plate hold down
plungers.
12. Machine acceptance test: I. One mild steel plate
Tests/Activities shall be performed by Vendor at of UTS ~440 N/sq.
supplier works & RRCAT. These test will be mm, 12 mm thick
performed in presence of RRCAT engineer & 3000 mm wide
will be shown to them II. Squareness of cut
surface w.r.t original
surface-
0.5mm/meter or
better
13. Training :
Four days training to be provided to 6 persons To be confirmed by
for operation & maintenance at RRCAT. bidder
14. Erection & Commissioning-
Bidder shall be carrying out the erection, start To be confirmed by
up, testing of machine at RRCAT. bidder
15. Warranty- 12 months from the date of To be confirmed by
commissioning. bidder

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