In the field of jewelry, hollow bead jewelry made of gold, K-gold, or silver is highly favored for its material saving, lightweight wearing, and visually rich appearance. However, the production process of hollow beads is extremely complex, requiring high precision and automation of the equipment. As a technology leader in the field of precious metal machining,
Hasung Precious Metal Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen has launched a complete hollow bead production line that redefines the manufacturing standards of jewelry processing with automation, high precision, and high stability.
This article will take you into Hasung's production workshop and provide a detailed analysis of the complete process line consisting of a tablet press, welded pipe machine, pipe shrinking machine, pipe drawing machine, automatic bead hammer machine, bead cutting machine, bead grinding machine, and lathe.
Any exquisite hollow bead begins with a perfect tube blank. Before entering the bead forming stage, the raw materials need to go through a series of complex pretreatment processes, and Hasung's equipment ensures the stability and precision of this basic step.
The starting point of the production line is the tablet press. It compresses the melted precious metal billet into thin sheets that meet the requirements. The Hasung production line typically processes metal sheets with a thickness between 0.15mm and 0.45mm. This step is crucial. Only sheets with uniform thickness and smooth surface can ensure the quality of subsequent welding and stretching processes, avoiding defects such as sand holes or uneven wall thickness.
The pressed metal sheet will be fed into the welding pipe machine. Hasung uses TIG welding machines (tungsten inert gas welding) or efficient double head welding machines to roll metal sheets into tubes and weld them together.
The dual head synchronous operation design greatly improves welding efficiency, and the precision rollers and intelligent temperature control system ensure the uniformity and firmness of the weld seam, providing an impeccable pipe blank for subsequent stretching processes.
The welded pipe needs to reach a specific diameter and wall thickness, which requires the coordinated operation of the pipe shrinking machine and the pipe pulling machine.
Tube Reducing Machine : responsible for initially reducing the diameter of the pipe material to prepare for subsequent fine stretching.
Pipe drawing machine: This is the core stretching equipment of the production line. Hasung's pipe drawing machine adopts a sturdy steel frame structure and precise drawing molds, ensuring extremely stable operation. Through cold drawing technology, the pipes are stretched to the desired slender specifications, while the density and smoothness of the material are further improved. Some high-end models even integrate laser control units to achieve ultimate control over pipe size.
With high-quality tubes, the next moment is to witness a miracle - turning the tubes into round and plump beads. The core of this process is the automatic bead hammer machine.
Traditional bead processing relies on manual hammering, which is inefficient and inconsistent. Hasung's automatic bead hammer machine completely changed this situation.
This device is based on advanced automatic control technology and uses precise mechanical structures and stamping molds to perform high-speed stamping on metal pipe sections filled with lubricants and high-temperature resistant materials. Under the command of the microcontroller system, the lifting mechanism, rotating mechanism, and feeding/discharging mechanism work perfectly together to shape the straight pipe into hollow beads or olive shaped beads in one go.
Hasung's equipment can reach a maximum speed of 120 pieces per minute and ensure that the roundness accuracy of the finished product is within ± 0.02 millimeters. This not only greatly liberates labor, but also makes large-scale and standardized production a reality.
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The beads that have just come out of the hammer bead machine may have mold lines or fine burrs on the surface, which need to be refined and decorated according to design requirements.
Before entering the polishing process, or for the connected beads that need to be separated, the bead cutter is responsible for accurately separating the bead decoration from the connecting rod, or cutting the pipe into the specified length. The cutting machine can accurately locate and ensure a smooth cut, laying a good foundation for subsequent processing.
The surface of the beads after cutting and separation may have minor flaws or unevenness. The bead grinding machine adopts an integrated design of grinding and polishing. The surface of the beads is ground by a precision grinding wheel, and then polished by a polishing wheel to ensure that each bead can achieve the final effect of mirror finish.
If the previous process is to shape the "shape" of the beads, then the flower making machine is the key to endowing the beads with "soul".
Hasung's dual head flower making machine (such as model HS-1174) is the finishing touch on the production line. After the equipment is started, the motor drives the working head to rotate at a speed of up to 24000 revolutions per minute, driving a specially designed diamond cutting tool to perform precision cutting on the surface of the bead.
Whether it's classic retro spiral patterns, fashionable diamond facets, or exquisite fish scale patterns, the car flower machine can perfectly carve preset patterns on the surface of tiny hollow beads by precisely controlling the depth and rotation angle of the cutting head. This expansion type rotating positioning fixture can firmly clamp the hollow beads, ensuring the continuity and symmetry of the patterns during the flower making process, making each bead a unique artwork.
For jewelry processing companies, Hasung provides not just individual equipment, but a complete turnkey solution. It represents the leap of jewelry processing from traditional manual workshops to intelligent and automated factories, helping manufacturers create their own brilliant future in the global jewelry market with higher quality and lower costs.