Flat Glass Technology
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Pratica Plus
CNC Working Centre
EN
we shape glass
As a global leader in flat glass and hollow glass
processing technology, we have been helping to
shape one of the most beautiful and useful materials
in the world for over 60 years. Its unique qualities,
combined with the passion for technology and
innovation, guide us in seeking for newer and more
effective solutions to improve and expand its use.
CNC Working Centre
Practically
perfect in every
situation
Bottero machining centres are extremely powerful and
flexible machines that can produce many processing
operations with precision and reliability, such as profiling,
drilling, edge finishing, cutting and much more. The ease and
intuitiveness of the software are a great strong point for these
machines that can be used in any advanced glass factory.
Bottero machining centres can operate both on glass and on stone,
making their use even more flexible.
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The Range
After the success of the first version, the Bottero Pratica CNC
workcentres evolve with their new PLUS version.
Both 3 and 4 axes versions are equipped with the new high
performance pressurised spindle.
CNC Working Centre
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Pratica Plus 2500 | 3300 | 4000 Pratica Platform
Max. sheet dimensions Up to 4000 mm
Automation level
Max. sheet dimensions Greater than 4000 mm
Automation level
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Processing
CNC Working Centre
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The standard version of the machine is able to perform the following operations
on glass sheets:
• Milling on the sheet with a rectilinear and/or curvilinear path.
• Edging and radial polishing on a straight and/or curved path on the edge of the sheet.
• Drilling and/or countersinking perpendicular to the surface of the sheet.
• Writing and drawing on the top side of the sheet.
By using optional aggregates the possibilities are expanded to:
• Cutting with a straight diamond disc.
• Cutting with a straight diamond disc angled at 45°.
• Writing and drawing on the side surface of the sheet.
• Straight and/or curved beveling on the top side of the sheet.
• Straight and/or curved engraving on the top side of the sheet.
• Straight and/or curved cup grinding on the side surface of the sheet.
• Drilling on the underside of the sheet.
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Pratica Plus 3 Axis
Milling
Countersinking
Straight Cutting
Surface Writing
Edging
CNC Working Centre > Processing
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Edge writing Engraving
Polishing Drilling
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Pratica Plus 4 Axis
Milling
Countersinking
Straight and shape cutting
Surface writing
Straight and shape engraving
Edging & Polishing
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Cup wheel Edging
Edge Writing
45° Bevel Cut
Upper and lower drilling Drilling
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Features
1 Easy to use and intuitive machine management and
control software.
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Spindle with self-ventilated air cooling is equipped
with a pressurisation circuit.
3 Tool magazine located laterally to the work table.
4 Various sheet clamping devices and reference
supports.
5 Extra thick aluminium or PVC work table.
6 Large sliding doors facilitate the loading.
7 Devices to perform the dressing of both core drills
and polishing wheels.
8 All machine parts in contact with water are made
of Stainless steel.
Pratica Plus + Platform
CNC Working Centre > Features
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Details
CNC Working Centre
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The high quality standard of the Pratica Plus range is particularly noticeable in the care for
details: each component is carefully studied and designed to offer performance measuring up
to the most demanding requirements, making the machine even safer and more performing.
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CNC Working Centre > Details
Electro-spindle
Including:
• Self-ventilated air cooling.
• Pressurized circuit to prevent leakage of
potentially dangerous pollutant particles.
• Water distributor for the flow of the
“internal” tool cooling water for increasing
the machining performance.
• “External” water distribution system
(automatically filtered recycled water)
supplied from special nozzles around the
tool.
Sheet clamping system
Sheet clamping system on the work table
consisting in:
• Vacuum cups of different types so to be
able to adapt to a wide range of different
shapes to be processed; the vacuum cups
are symmetric and therefore can be used
in both directions (upside-down).
• Retracting telescopic stops to facilitate
sheet positioning before machining.
• clamping circuits activated by manual
control levers or pedal.
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Retractable tool magazine
Standard on model 4000, in alternative to the
fixed one as supplied as standard in model
3300. In this way, there is a wider availability
of working area. The number of positions
for tools is the same as the fixed magazine.
Possibility to install additional tool magazine
in order to double the standard tool magazine
number of positions.
Suction Cups and Work Table
The suction cups and stops are in turn
secured to the work table (smooth and
without any grooves of any type) again by
means of a vacuum circuit, being connected
to another dedicated circuit in which the
vacuum is always present; in actual fact the
suction cups are symmetrical and so can
be used indifferently in one direction or the
other. Because of the smooth work table with
no grooves there are no limitations of any kind
for positioning the suction cups and stops on
it.
Tools magazines
One easily accessible tools magazine located
on one side of the machine is supplied
as standard: fixed type (model 3300) or
retractable type (model 4000 and optional on
model 3300).
The machine can also be equipped with a
second optional magazine with the same
number of positions as the standard one.
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Drilling bit dresser
Drilling bit dresser + software program to allow
the automatic redressing of drill bits.
Cleaning edge kit for polishing
wheels
Cleaning edge kit for polishing wheels +
software program to allow the automatic
removal of the exceeding material on the
edges of polishing wheels.
Laser tool presetter
For measuring the tool diameter and length
directly on the machine and automatically
during machining.
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CNC Working Centre > Details
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Matrix table
Either partially (50%) or totally (100%)
covering the work area: innovative and fast
positioning system for stops and suction cups
avoiding the use of the traditional reference
stop and without having to connect any
pipe to supply air / vacuum to the various
elements.
Remote control panel
Teach Pendent Pocket remote control panel
formanual remote control of axes without
always having to work from the control pulpit.
Shape scanner
Laser system for copying twodimensional
shapes. By an almost automatic procedure, it is
possible to scan the profile of a shape made of
any material (including a drawn profile) in order
to reproduce it accurately on a sheet of glass.
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Software
Technohuman
• The machine operating software program is in Windows platform
• Available in operator language (including all CE languages), personalized translations can
also be entered.
• Measurement units: metric and Imperial.
• Most of the information and controls are in graphic form making them extremely intuitive.
• The interface is furthermore divided up into various areas, each one dedicated to a
particular set of functions (for example manual movements, machining program start up,
tool table, origins table, etc…).
• Surfing between the different software pages thanks to the “tab menu” structure.
• Virtual simulator to test the machining program with either the machine stopped or in “idle
cycle” in order to find and, if necessary, correct any error of programming and/or tool setup
on the work table.
• Interface designed to be used with the touch screen monitor (option on request).
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CAD
• Main geometrical drawing functions (lines,
arcs, segments, etc…) and advanced ones
(splines).
• Editing tools (trims, fillets, …).
• DXF files import.
• Pre-loaded library of parametric figures
(predrawn shapes of which only the
dimensions need to be defined).
CAM
• Intuitive interface to define which parts
are to be machined (including all of them)
and in which way.
• Tools selection depending on the selected
machining operation.
• Preset working parameters which can be
modified according to individual needs.
• Working sequences database, including
the customizations already made.
• Automatic generation of machining
program (ISO program).
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CNC Working Centre > Technical Features
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Technical Features
Electro spindle 2500 3300 4000
Maximum rotation speed rpm 10.000 10.000 10.000
Power in continuous service (S1) Kw 9,2 9,2 9,2
Torque in continuous service (S1) Nm 30,3 up to 3.000 rpm 30,3 up to 3.000 rpm 30,3 up to 3.000 rpm
Power in intermittent service (S6) Kw 11,04 11,04 11,04
Torque in intermittent service (S6) Nm 36,4 up to 3.000 rpm 36,4 up to 3.000 rpm 36,4 up to 3.000 rpm
Tools magazines 2500 3300 4000
Magazine type - fixed fixed mobile
Without C axis pos. 10 + 10 13 + 13 18 + 18
With C axis pos max. 8 + 8 max. 11 + 11 max. 15 + 15
Maximum tool diameter mm 150 150 150
Weight 2500 3300 4000
Weight 3.990 Kg 4.180 Kg 4.800 Kg
Maximum glass processing * 2500 3300 4000
Standard configuration ** mm 2545 x 1620 3300 x 1620 4300 x 2320
* With 100 mm tool diameter
** Standard configuration for 3300 = left fixed tools storage / 3 axis
Standard configuration for 4000 = left mobile tools storage / 3 axis
For all the other configurations check the technical specifications
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3520 mm (139”) 1620 mm (69,3”)
3.230 mm (127”)
6490 mm ( 256”) 3160 mm (124”) 1.620 mm (64”)
2470 mm (97,2”)
5.110 mm (201,2”)
Pratica Plus 2500
Pratica Plus 3300
Dimension & Layout
CNC Working Centre > Dimension & Layout
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4215 mm (166”) 2320 mm (91”)
3.990 mm ( 157”)
7.252 mm ( 286”)
Pratica Plus 4000
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Pratica Platform
Glass Size N° of modules Machine dimension
3300 x 2350 mm 1 6490 x 4150 mm
3300 x 4600 mm 2 6490 x 6400 mm
3300 x 6850 mm 3 6490 x 8650 mm
3300 x 9100 mm 4 6490 x 10900 mm
3300 x 11350 mm 5 6490 x 13150 mm
3300 x 13600 mm 6 6490 x 15400 mm
3300 x 15850 mm 7 6490 x 17650 mm
3300 x 18100 mm 8 6490 x 19900 mm
CNC Working Centre > Dimension & Layout
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Automatic breakout and grinding cutting line for automotive glass with a loading
and unloading Robot for Pratica Plus.
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Option & Kit
CNC Working Centre > Option & Kit
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Option
• Automatic laser tool measurement system
• Tilting carriage and roller conveyors for easy loading
• Laser projector for positioning suction cups and reference
stops
• Shape Scanner with automatic template detection
• Touch-screen monitor
• Matrix Table
• PVC work table
• Retractable tool storage
• Additional tool storage
• Sheet clamping with foot pedal
• Portable pushbutton control panel for axes control
• Air conditioning system for electrical cabinet
Tools Kit
• Surface writing and decorating kit
• Edge writing and decorating kit
• Vertical saw kit
• 45° angled saw kit
• Shaped brilliant cutting kit
• Bevelling kit ( 3°, 5° 7° and 10°)
• 45° Mitering kit
• Cup wheel edge grinding kit
• Upper and lower drilling kit
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CNC Working Centre > Option & Kit
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Pratica Plus > Augmented Maintenance
Augmented Maintenance
It has been demonstrated that only 50% of the maintenance time is spent
on direct intervention, the other 50% is spent gathering the required data
information.
It can be activated by the machine
user in order to get interactive
information about the single Point of
interest
It can be remotely activated by
Bottero service to analyze the
machine in real time and support the
user
browse machine documentation:
productivity and operation data
- instruction book
- mechanical scheme
- wiring diagram
- maintenance guide
- spare parts link
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Flat Glass Technology
Bottero, the choice
of the greatest
With us, you have all the experience
and technology that we use to serve
the largest industries
With Bottero, you don’t simply buy products but the entire experience, the technology and
the organisational skills of a company that can provide very high productivity glass processing
plants, and the selected supplier of some of the most important companies in the world.
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50.000 installations
more than
all over the world
Bottero S.p.A. - Headquarters
via Genova 82 - 12100 Cuneo - Italy
Revimac S.r.l.
Vicenza - Italy
Bottero GmbH
Grevenbroich - Germany
Bottero UK Limited
Rochdale - Great Britain
Bottero France SA
Roanne – France
Bottero do Brasil
S.Paolo – Brasil
Bottero Flat Glass Inc.
Kernersville - North Carolina - USA
Bottero Glass Industry Co. Ltd
Shangai – China
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Code: 6 (09/22)
Rev.: 10
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