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A Loire Gestamp press .
Above : LCM press technology .
Established in 1937 , JIER Machine Tool , Ltd . is a large manufacturer of metalforming equipment and heavy metal cutting machine tools in China . Other JIER products include press automation equipment ; sheet metal processing machines ; foundry machinery ; CNC cutting machines ; environmental protection equipment and building materials equipment .
It has supplied hundreds of automated high-speed tandem lines globally . It also produces a variety of mechanical presses , from C-Frame to straight-sided press ( 110T to 5,000T ), including transfer presses , progressive presses , blanking lines etc . It has also supplied servo stamping solutions to carmakers .
Komatsu designs large presses for forming automobile roofs and doors . Its large presses are represented by a tandem press for a variety of wide applications and a transfer press for high productivity . Its hybrid AC servo press , H1F , achieves high performance by combining advanced CNC controls and a hybrid drive mechanism ( pat . p ). Its large highspeed transfer blanking press for processing car body panels improves productivity by 75 %, it told ISMR . Komatsu also provides blanking presses and coil lines .
Since its foundation in 1863 , LASCO Umformtechnik GmbH has harnessed fluid power for forming applications . It supplies machine tools and production lines for forming tasks and develops , designs and manufactures individual solutions for industrial users in more than 60 countries . This includes hydraulic presses for sheet metal forming and press automation . LASCO has developed a new machine concept that allows industrial forges to react flexibly to new automotive drive systems in the changeover phase . The Multiplex press MXP is a servo-hydraulic press and forging hammer at the same time . It also supplies screw presses .
The Franconian machine tool manufacturer has a staff of about 500 in Germany , the USA , China and Russia . It has automated over 500 production lines .
Lien Chieh Machinery Co ., Ltd ( LCM ) custom-builds its hydraulic presses according to the press application and the technical requirements of its customers ( presses ranging from 50 up to 15,000 tons ). For more than seventy years , it has designed and developed a comprehensive range of technically advanced presses . It provides its customers with in-house manufacturing from start to finish : cutting , welding , annealing , CNC machining , assembly , quality assurance and factory acceptance .
With tonnages ranging from 2400 to 1000 tons and a bolster area of 5,000 x 2,500mm , its servo-mechanical tandem press line is used in the automotive sheet metal industry . Designed to overcome the limits of traditional hydraulic presses ( in terms of speed etc .), the manufacturer launched its first servomechanical tandem line in 2016 . Its product portfolio also includes die spotting presses , die tryout presses , drawing presses , forging presses , hemming presses , hydraulic presses and others .
LOIRE GESTAMP is a specialist in press hardening and hot stamping . From the first line supplied with this technology in 1998 , it has specialised in the manufacture of complete installation “ turnkey ” lines . Its manufacturing portfolio also includes press production lines for manufacturing ( mainly automotive parts ), hydraulic try-out presses , hydroforming installations , servo presses and other types of presses . Recently , it developed and manufactured a mechanical servo press . Industry 4.0 functionality has also been adopted in its hydraulic press lines .
Nidec Press & Automation has established a single source solution for machinery , services and technology . The Nidec Press & Automation brand brings together Minster , Arisa , Kyori , SYS-DPA and Vamco , as well as CHS Automation and Pneumatic Feed Service , stamping press products / services to the market . This includes equipment around the press , such as material handling and high-speed roll feeding solutions .
The newly configured Nidec Arisa GS2 “ Global ” Press series features integrated automation and manufacturing support . It boasts a capacity ranging from 3150 to 8000kN , and has been configured for manufacturing in North America , Europe and China . It is backed by a global customer service team with 13 technical service centre locations around the world .
“ FieldHawk is a cloud-based communications mobile application designed to communicate with Nidec Minster stamping presses from iOS or Android mobile devices . Cloud-based , secured communications allows all authorised users to check machinery status from anywhere they can get phone service and / or an internet connection ,” added the company .
The Nidec Arisa GS2 press .
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