easyroll
Control your CNC roll bending machine using one of our four control systems.
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UPGRADABLE MACHINES
Reliability, quality, ease of use, and above all, cost-effective manufacturing.
Because they are so versatile, roll bending and prebending machines are used all over the world in a wide range of sectors: industry, transport, civil engineering, aeronautics, energy, and construction. According to their equipment, these machines are equally suited to single-item production or short or long production runs.
*Precision +/- 2.5% on the diameter
TOUCHSCREEN CNC
Precision and a user-friendly roller programming interface
Touchscreen console, with CNC electronic control and a roller control interface developed by Picot:
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Manual mode with display of roll bending diameter
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Automatic / program mode
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Material calibration mode for precise calculation of bending dimensions
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Program generating
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Capacity checking module
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Module to calculate roll inclination / cone forming
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Maintenance (online option)
Our consoles are designed for plug & play operation: no action required on your machine.
ELECTRONIC CONSOLE
Precise control of the bending machine
Numerical control console, combined with an electronic control system. Includes:
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position and rotation indicators
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Four ergonomic controllers (one of which includes the movements of the prebending rollers); a four-roller machine uses five controllers
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Electronic cone forming control of rollers
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Maintenance indicators
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Danfoss proportional hydraulic valve manifold
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Programmable numerical control (500 programs) available as an option
Our consoles are designed for plug & play operation: no action required on your machine.
BASIC CONSOLE
Easy to use
The first console in the Picot range; controls the roll bending machine remotely and allows movement around the machine. Includes:
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Two position indicators
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Three ergonomic controllers
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Head opening control (if hydraulically controlled head)
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Hydraulic power pack start button
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Danfoss proportional hydraulic valve manifold
(option available for compatibility with upgrade to electronic or touchscreen console)
Our consoles are designed for plug & play operation: no action required on your machine.
STANDARD CONTROLS (without console)
Easy to use
Control interface on the machine, comprising:
- Two position indicators (on the electrical switch box).
- Control lever (hydraulic and progressive)
Simple and easy to use
Bending assistance
The plate bending machines are controlled by components (electronic boards)
and software developed in-house by our design office.
Picot introduced EasyRoll in 2018.
This package is a toolkit to make bending more intuitive and efficient, based on a smart material database. This innovation, patented in late 2017, considers both the springback and the bending mode chosen by the user to obtain the desired diameter at the first attempt.*
The EasyRoll package contains five main modules that help the user learn to use the machine very quickly via an ergonomic interface.
Select a module to learn more
Smart material database
SMART MATERIAL DATABASE INCLUDED IN THE PLATE BENDING MACHINE
Patented by PICOT: the machine takes the material’s mechanical properties into account.
This process was patented on 22 December 2017 (Patent No. 1763003). It was developed by combining finite element simulations with advanced algorithmic processing, and allows EasyRoll to predict the behaviour of the rolled material according to its characteristics (thickness, springback, intrinsic mechanical properties, etc.).
Integration of springback
MANUAL BENDING
Allowing for springback and real-time display of bending diameter.
When you work manually, the real-time display of the diameter guides you through the prebending and bending process. EasyRoll automatically chooses the right algorithm to fit your bending strategy so you can get the right diameter on the first try, without any corrections or prior calibration.
Programming assistant
PLATE BENDING MACHINE WITH SHAPE ASSISTANT
shape-drawing assisted programming.
When you want to create a sheet bending program, once again EasyRoll will guide you through the process. Gone are the days of making many test parts before finding the right bending positions. The shape assistant invites you to draw your shape, and then it automatically writes the bending program so that you can succeed at the first attempt!*
If you are creating your parts via computer-aided design, you can also import a dot file describing the shape. EasyRoll then interprets the dots to generate the bending program.*
Tilting Assistant
TILTING ASSISTANCE FOR SHEET BENDING MACHINE
Calculated the required tilt according to the material.
This process was patented on 22 December 2017 (Patent No. 1763003). It was developed by combining finite element simulations with advanced algorithmic processing , and allows EasyRoll to predict the behaviour of the rolled material according to its characteristics (thickness, springback, intrinsic mechanical properties, etc.).
Automatic prebending
PLATE BENDING MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC PREBENDING
You can also insert an automatic prebend into any existing program. Choose the material, thickness, and diameter. EasyRoll then updates the program for you.
By equipping its three-roller plate bending machines with EasyRoll, PICOT delivers a powerful package of experience and technology, for intuitive and efficient bending that will satisfy expert users and novices alike.
The combination of the many tools described above with the well-known quality of PICOT roll bending and prebending machines lets experienced users take maximum advantage of their expertise by focusing on high-added-value tasks. Meanwhile, beginners are guided as they familiarise themselves with the machine, developing confidence with bending and prebending, both manually and by creating complex bending programs.
Designed to create one-off items (manual mode) just as well as large production runs (assisted programming), EasyRoll numerical control adapts to every need.Now there’s a single machine that lets you handle varied, complete, complex projects with no worries.
It’s so easy to learn to use EasyRoll that you can skip the tedious process of programming by trial and error. This saves both time and materials.
What a major boost to your productivity!
The precision electronic control offered by EasyRoll’s interpolated rolling mode lets the user roll highly complex profiles without marking the diameter transitions.
