Metral 8 Spindle Flat Edging Machine

As strong as an ox, this eight spindle flat edger from Metral is a basic flat edger which can take up to 1” thick glass. With its positive worm gear drive on double crown gears along with an internal clutch linkage on the front conveyor, the conveyor system processes large sheets of glass with smooth control. Employing an oil slide double chain conveyor system, the pads themselves are in high density nylon with polyamid shoes which ride on a special antifriction replaceable wear strip. In addition, the rubber facings of the pads are snap-on items thereby avoiding expensive replacement costs when worn. Conveyor opening is by servo-motor.

Motors are 3HP (with 2HP arris stations) with direct drive spindles mounted in cylindrical slides. Polishing wheels have encoder-activated air cylinders with pneumatic self-locking to hold the wheels in place until the arrival of the next piece of glass. With two cup diamond grinding wheels, four arrissing wheels (two front and two back), and two cup polishing wheels, the machine can put a pretty furniture-quality flat edge on glass up to 1’’ thick.