Case Studies
Air-Hydraulics has created many customized machines for our customers needs. Our line of Hydraulic Presses, Air-Hydraulics Presses, and Air Presses can be easily modified to meet your form, fit, and control function requirements, or integrated into a full turnkey Press Automation System. Our design and application engineering will work with you to offer you, our customer, an affordable solution to your assembly and/or forming needs.
Issue: Ability to control the pressing force in the first operation of the fastener assembly and then control pressing distance on the final operation of the fastener assembly.
Resolution: Outfit the press with a special Electric Dual Opto-Touch Control Package, Jog Control Circuit and Selectable Pressure/Distance Ram Return alongside a Custom Designed Guarding & Light Curtain Package
Issue: Provide a more efficient solution for the installation of metal encased seals into light truck wheel hub assemblies
Resolution: A 2.5 ton air over oil press with an end of ram gas spring pressing tool and more
Issue: Provide a more efficient solution to eject the filtration elements from their mold cavity
Resolution: A custom design 5.5 ton air over oil press
Issue: To provide process monitoring and verify that each part assembly was pressed together
Resolution: 15 Ton AH-Series Air Over Oil Press outfit with Force & Distance Monitoring including Data Collection
Issue: The customer had a safety concern with their existing press and wanted a press with a two-hand control safety device
Resolution: This press was outfitted with a 3-position “Jog” circuit, which allows the operator the ability to stop the ram at any position in the downstroke by removing their hands from the finger switches
Issue: Automate processes to puncture sheet metal multiple times for each unique part
Resolution: The press was integrated with an adjustable digital cycle counter
Issue: This press needed to be built and configured to perform 10 unique pressing operations
Resolution: The custom programmed Human Machine Interface (HMI) allows the operator to control each process digitally
Issue: Updating a whole set of machinery to bring operations up to speed with current standards and regulations
Resolution: Detailed cleaning and testing of all 8 machines, rebuilding of cylinders, new paint jobs, and installation of all new and updated controls
Issue: It was of extreme importance that these pins were inserted perfectly at each step
Resolution: A Cognex Insight Vision Sensor was installed and programmed for automated error detection to ensure accuracy of the pin insertion process
Issue: Customer required a press with quality control monitoring within their allowed budget
Resolution: Air-Hydraulics provided an affordable press force monitoring package with three modes of operation
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