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 Floor Covering: Luxury Vinyl Tiles & Planks / Carpet Tiles / Floor Mats

We design and manufacture SCHWABE USA die cutting presses at our plant in Cincinnati, Ohio for cutting Modular Carpet Tiles, Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) and Planks as well as Anti Fatigue Floor Mats.
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Contact: sales@freemanschwabe.com

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Contact: sales@freemanschwabe.com

Die Cutting Carpet Tiles & Planks
SCHWABE USA Straight Ram Hydraulic Beam Press, Model SR300 
with Urethane Cutting Belt Feed System 
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Die Cutting Vinyl Slabs into Luxury Vinyl Planks.
Cutting Stroke – 8” adjustable shown
Daylight Opening – 12” from head to bed
Stroke Control – Linear transducer, adjusting the stroke in 0.001” increments 
Cutting Surface – Nylon Cutting Belt
Die Mounting – Fixed position pneumatic die rails in head of press
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Vinyl Sheet - Material Alignment 
There is an external Adjustment for material alignment pusher so that machine guard does not have to be opened for adjustments i.e. no press downtime
Contact: sales@freemanschwabe.com

Die Cutting Memory Foam Anti Fatigue Mats
Mats are first run through a furnace to be heated prior to being die cut.
Foam is then hand placed under the cutting head. Total cycle time ranges from 10 to 60 seconds.
Machine is designed for two operators. One on the in-feed side of the machine loading the mats, one on the out-feed side of the machine removing the mat and the scrap once cut 

Demo Press with One of Four Independent Dies in Place
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Variable Pressure – Up to 10 Tons per cutting station via pneumatic air cylinder (40 tons total when all 4 heads are pressed) 
  • Each head, or station, is powered via (2) 12" pneumatic cylinders
  • Pressure can be variably set, manually, for each cutting head
  • Pressure set by adjustment to pneumatic valve
  • General plant air pressure is 80-85PSI

Die Cutting Luxury Vinyl Tiles
SCHWABE USA Straight Ram (SR) series of presses are designed specifically for die cutting floor tiles and planks (Luxury Vinyl Tiles [LVT] , Carpet Tiles) in Standard Sizes. Custom Options also available. 
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Die Cutting Luxury Vinyl Floor Tiles with Automatic tile feeder
Straight Ram Beam Press Model SR-180 
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General Specifications

  • Cutting Force – 180 tons (U.S.)
  • Head and Bed Size – 60”D x 60”W
  • Cutting Stroke – 8” fully adjustable
  • Daylight Opening – 12”
  • Stroke Control – LVDT for precision stroke control
  • Die Mounting – Fixed position pneumatic die rails in head of press for Pieper  style tooling, maximum weight of 4,500 lbs or kore if required.
  • Twelve (12) Strokes per minute is Standard, faster cutting speeds optional.

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Safety Protection

  • SafetySafety Guarding meets or exceeds ALL machine safety requirements 
  • Type IV light curtain in front of pick and place unit and out feed sides of the press
  • Rigid extruded aluminum framework with Lexan panels around feed system / press, including various electrically interlocked access doors with CE compliant switches.
  • Head Safety Block - for working under press
  • E-Stop Safety Relays


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Electrical Specifications

Motor 30 hp, 3 phase, AC, TEFC, 60 cycle, 460V

Control Circuit - 24/110V

Fused Disconnect



 Cutting Luxury Vinyl Planks on SCHWABE SR 230 with Nylon Feed Cutting Belt
Schwabe Straight Ram Hydraulic Beam Press, Model SR 230 with Nylon Belt Feed Cutting System

Fast and Accurate Die Cutting of Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) slabs  in the manufacturing  of luxury vinyl tiles and planks, for the floor covering industry.

Powered roller conveyor system delivers pallets of multi-layer slabs of PVC to the SCHWABE SR Press slab auto feed system


Powered roller conveyor delivers pallets of PVC slabs
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In Feed feeding slab of multilayer PVC into cutting press
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Slabs are registered the die cut in to either luxury vinyl planks or tiles
Die Cuts up to 15 cycles a minute

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Die change rails are at located at both the Infeed and and Outfeed sides of the Schwabe SR Press which makes the die change operation quick and simple to execute, with minimum downtime.

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SCHWABE Straight Ram Hydraulic Beam Press 
Capabilities
  • Cut Roll or Sheet Goods
  • Handles Large Die Boards with Large Amounts of Rule
  • Kiss Cutting Capabilities Through Mechanical Stops
  • Feed Systems – Roll Feed, Clamp Feed, Single & Dual Sliding Tables,
  • Manual & Powered Tables, Progressive Die Cutting, Vacuum Die Cutting
  • Matching deflection between Head and Bed of hydraulic press
  • Eliminates the need for complex balancing systems.
  • No more than 5 moving parts in the SR design
  • No Linkage involvement, means less scheduled maintenance and less spare parts inventory.
  • Schwabe SR hydraulic system is freestanding for easy access for maintenance.

Cutting Carpet Tiles SCHWABE USA SR 230 3Axis Registration

SCHWABE USA Floor Covering Manufacturing Solutions

  • SCHWABE USA Straight Ram Hydraulic Beam Cutting Press SR 230 Cuts Carpet Tiles fast and precise
  • SCHWABE USA builds cutting presses, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  • Sensors on machine press keep cutting die perfectly aligned to carpet material.
  • Carpet material is fed onto and cut on the cutting belt.
  • Steering edge guide system keeps carpet material centered.
  • Cutting die fixture moves to align die to printed carpet pattern.

After Sales Services and Solutions
​Freeman SCHWABE Industrial Die Cutting Machines / Die Cut Presses

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Freeman Schwabe Machinery
4064 Clough Woods Drive, 
Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45103 USA
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15139472888
Email: sales@freemanschwabe.com