Press Turnkey and Automation Systems
Various automations can be integrated with our presses to increase efficiency and streamline your production or assembly process. Our presses are often customized with simple or single process turnkey and/or automation features, such as rotary index tables or conveyors, and can also be integrated into full turnkey operations. Take a look at a few examples of our presses with press turkey and automation systems.
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- Air Presses
- Air-over-Oil Presses
- Force and Distance Monitoring
- Turnkey & Automation Systems
Case ID: 0990
Issue: Design and manufacture a two-hand operator controlled press with an indexing table machine to accept customer designed custom tooling and pressing fixtures
Resolution: Custom Designed Two-Hand Controlled Model AH50L-CF Hydropneumatic Press with 1581-8 Station Rotary Indexing Table and a 30” Diameter Sub-Plate Machine to Accept Customer Supplied Fixtures
Case ID: 9729
Issue: Manufacture a high production turnkey pressing machine to crimp small metal identification “Shell Can” lids
Resolution: Semi-Automatic Two-Stage Air Press Crimping Machine with Rotary Indexing Table and Air Blow Feature for Unloading
Case ID: 12495
Issue: Provide a full turnkey solution to accommodate and successfully assemble all the intended pump housing models, with the ability to communicate with the end-user manufacturing software system. Machine to also needed to be equipped with press guarding and safety light curtains.
Resolution: Model SIG-400 Air-Hydraulics Force & Distance Monitoring Press designed with a custom slide platen fixture and interchangeable fixtures to accommodate all the various size pump housings. The control system was designed and set-up to communicate with the customer’s internal manufacturing software system to follow and adjust parameters according to each assembly process. Equipped with full press barrier guards & safety light curtains.
Case ID: 11500
Issue: Machine needed to be up-acting and produce at least 6,000 lb. of force to press roller bearings onto its mating drive shaft. Machine was to be installed in a new integrated assembly line at one of the customer’s facilities.
Resolution: Custom designed 5.5 ton up-acting air over oil press with roller conveyor to match those used in proposed assembly line. Addition of drive shaft carrying fixtures to easily slide the shaft along the conveyor, along with slide-on tooling rings for pressing roller bearings onto the drive shafts.
Case ID: 10418
Issue: The press needed to consistently generate up to 8 tons of force in a semi-cleanroom environment, protected from outside elements during the pressing process. It also needed the ability to be automatically cycled.
Resolution: Custom designed Model C-400 Air-Hydraulics Press with an enclosed interlock guarding, auto mode of operation, and an auxiliary air tank to accommodate any factory airline fluctuations.
Case ID: 11987
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
Case ID: 12524
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
Case ID: 12731
Issue: Automate processes to puncture sheet metal multiple times for each unique part
Resolution: The press was integrated with an adjustable digital cycle counter
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