FlexCutter EasyLock 10/500

EasyLocks is Zenna's umbrella name for easy-connectable abrasive discs, better known under various brand names like Quick-Lock and Roloc.

The current production methods for making EasyLock discs are a hazzle and require a lot of floorspace due to the various process steps. Intermediate stocks of different discs in boxes and containers ask for adequate planning and administration. But most of all, there are a lot of people involved in this production process.

The FlexCutter EasyLock is an innovative Zenna concept that solves these problems. The FlexCutter EasyLock is a fully automated laser line, working in reverse sequence. The process steps are modified in the production by first applying adhesive to the abrasive material, then attaching the EasyLocks, determing the exact position of each individual EasyLock by vision, after which we cut the discs with the laser. This process is fully automated through the use of robots and cameras.

The FlexCutter EasyLock 10/500 offers substantial savings: a better material yield, a single process on limited floor space, no working capital in intermediate stock, no labor to die cut discs, store them, load discs and engrave them.

The FlexCutter EasyLock is combining proven technology and latest innovations. Besides the production of easylock discs, it can also run as normal FlexCutter, producing discrete parts from a 500mm wide abrasive roll.


Advantages of the FlexCutter EasyLock:

  • Highly automated with low labour demand
  • Changing fast in different easylock types
  • High cutting accuracy and edge quality, from first to last part
  • Less reject, less waste, high accuracy in concentricity
  • Ability to switch fast and easy between disc size and material type
  • The entire production process in one compact machine



Production process:

EasyLocks production involves unwinding abrasive material from a 500mm wide roll on a conveyor belt (M-Belt). The first robot applies glue based on a selected drawing, and the second robot positioned the EasyLocks onto the glue droplet. After passing through a curing tunnel (optional), the material reaches the laser station. A camera takes a photo of each row of easylocks. Offsets will be sent to the scanner for precise and individual positioning. The laser cuts and marks the discs, which are then separated from waste by the M-Belt. EasyLock discs are counted and collected in a box.

Due to the absence of a video of the entire production process, we will show the video of the EasyLocks being cut. This concerns a somewhat older video in which the offsets have already been sent to the scanner, after which the EasyLocks are cut. Nowadays, we cut the locks a few millimeters apart to reduce waste.


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