FOCUS ON STAMPING
Bruderer employs some 460 people all over the world , 370 of whom work at the Frasnacht site in Switzerland where all its stamping presses are produced . Bruderer UK celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018 and offers highspeed stamping presses and pre-owned presses as well as other presses , ranging from six to over 4,000 tons . It also offers a range of servo feeders , decoilers , rewinders , welders , servo-axis technology , conveyors and lubrication equipment .
Taiwanese manufacturer Chin Fong ’ s stamping presses range from 20-ton single crank presses and up to 3200 metric tons of capacity to four-point eccentric gear-driven , large panel and multi-stage transfer presses . Forging presses are further diversified by cold , warm and hot forging processes . It has also developed an intelligent single-crank press with a crank mechanism used for blanking , drawing , bending and partial forming . Its straightside double-crank power press , with 400-ton capacity , has a bed area of 2.5m x 1m and can produce metal stampings from material measuring up to 400mm wide and 3.5mm thick
Established in 1948 , Chin Fong now has offices in Taiwan , China , Indonesia , Malaysia , Thailand and the USA as well as representatives in numerous countries . Its A0 tandem press line for the automotive industry includes stages such as deep drawing , following by trimming , piercing etc .
From a single-press smart solution , the company has moved onto multi-press
Automotive stamping dies connections and from Coskunöz . cloud computing , linking ERP management and even AI computing systems to analyse Big Data . It offers machine selection consulting services , combined with its “ iForming PMS : Intelligent Forming Productivity Management System ” solution . It has also implemented scanning code and fingerprint authentication to meet workplace safety requirements , as well as facial recognition and an iris recognition system .
Coskunöz Kalip Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret a . s . offers turnkey solutions to OEMs for stamping tooling , with upstream and downstream services which include engineering feasibility at vehicle design stage ; HLTO services ; die repair & maintenance ; prototype dies / parts and project management . DEES Hydraulic Industrial Co ., Ltd . is a hydraulic press manufacturer with factories in Taiwan and China . Its main products include presses such as custom triple-action ; die spotting ; die tryout ; deep- drawing ; transfer ;
servo-controlled ; tandem line ; hot forming four-post ; hemming ; C-frame etc . Its focus is on three main stamping areas — servo motors , higher speed of the hydraulic press and higher productivity for presses , using accumulators for shorter strokes . DEES Hydraulic has also successfully developed a closed loop , hydraulic , servo-controlled die spotting press .
Formed in 1976 in Taiwan , it has been present in China since 2000 . The automotive market is a key industry sector for the Taiwanese manufacturer , which supplies customers such as Audi ; Volkswagen ; Mercedes-Benz ; Volvo ; HONDA ; TOYOTA ; BMW and more . ebu Umformtechnik introduced a new standardised press series and a superordinate transverse tool kit for press modules at the EuroBLECH exhibition in Germany last October . Its intelligent modular system for all press modules has also been expanded .
The German press specialist also showcased a fineblanking pad integrated into the press table , enabling the production of fineblanked parts on a 250-tonne standard press at EuroBLECH 2022 . This innovation was a result of cooperation with toolmaker , WEBO .
Fagor Arrasate , headquartered in Spain , designs and manufactures presses and stamping systems from 630KN up to 150,000KN , using mechanical , hydraulic or servo-driven technology depending upon customer requirements . It has been supplying transfer presses for more than 30 years as well as manufacturing large transfer presses of more than 3,500 tons .
Its presses are fully automated , with its own automated systems such as transfer systems or pick-up destackers . It also offers one single control architecture for an entire press line . Its high-speed press line ( WaveLine concept ) has been developed to transfer large , stamped parts ( such as body side , hood , roof and double-door units ) through large tandem press lines .
Fagor Arrasate has incorporated Danobat ’ s coil laser-cutting technology into its press lines . In May 2022 tests with Mondragon Unibertsitatea and Batz S . Coop , Fagor demonstrated that the weight of a vehicle bumper can be reduced by 40 % by using hot stamped aluminium .
FF Fluid Forming GmbH produces the FormBalancer hydroforming press . It shapes metal sheets into a tool mould by applying very high pressures ( up to 4000 bars ).
Turkish manufacturer , Hidrokar Pres Metal Makina İml . San . İç ve Dış Tic , manufactures a range of presses in different formats and dimensions , including hydraulic and deepdrawing presses .
Fresan Makina san . ve Tic . Ltd . Sti manufactures C-frame eccentric presses from 10-250 tons ( 100 -2500kN ), special machinery and hydraulic punching presses .
Fagor Arrasate servo transfer press technology .
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