FOCUS ON STAMPING
ING YU ’ s APEX press .
Group Rhodes is one of Europe ’ s largest original equipment manufacturers in its field . The Group actively manufactures and markets over fifty basic ranges of presses / machines and designs , develops and manufactures bespoke machinery and complete turnkey solutions . Press examples include flexible die presses and stretch forming presses . It is also a specialist in super plastic forming and diffusion bonding for aerospace and automotive industries and offers a full range of aftermarket services across a wide range of industrial sectors .
Through its Rhodes Interform business , it has also developed a new stamping process that enables large monocoque components , particularly those produced by super plastic forming ( SPF ) from very thin material , to accurately retain their shape on cooling . The company designs , manufactures and installs titanium and aluminium forming cells for aerospace and automotive manufacturers .
Dualform is a patented process incorporating a special Double Acting Hydraulic Press . This process enables the simultaneous manufacture of matched top and bottom dies within the press , which in turn are used for the manufacture of finished pressed panels .
Haulick + Roos manufactures precision stamping and forming machines for stamping ,
punching , cutting , bending and drawing . It can also handle complex forming work with progressive and complete cutting tools in the press force range from 250 to 5,000kN . Its ROP 4000-3500 press ( with a press force of 4000kN , installation length 3500mm ) features a KFS guide system , rotating stroke / pendulum stroke and switchable servo drive .
Heilbronn Group offers a broad spectrum of press technology for the packing and pharmaceutical market , as well as for sheetmetal processing , from single machines up to complete production lines . This includes C-frame presses and straight-sided eccentric presses ; link drive presses ; blanking lines ; decoilers , straighteners and feeders .
Danish manufacturer Hydraulico A / S designs and delivers advanced press technology and complete production lines . All presses are designed and produced to customer specifications . It has installed over 4000 hydraulic presses in 60 countries since 1946 . Its product range includes tailor-made
A deep draw transfer press from Invernizzi Presse .
presses ( up to 10,000 tons and six forming axes ) and customised press solutions integrating different types of peripheral equipment , automation , heating technologies and tooling .
Hydraulico ’ s Electronic Shimming TM technology is designed to eliminate wrinkles and cracks in the finished parts , and therefore reduce scrap rates . The company has now opened a subsidiary office in the United States . ING YU is a Taiwanese precision stamping press manufacturer which provides high-speed presses for automotive , can-making , motor lamination and complex forming applications . ING YU ’ s Apex straightside , two-plunger , high-speed press features two-piece casting frames . Its Saga multi-slide motion mechanical press features three slide motion modes , including forming , bending and drawing , in one press to maximise productivity .
Interlaken Technology Company ( ITC ), a manufacturer of production press equipment for hydroforming , elevated temperature forming and hot stamping systems , has introduced a four-column hydroforming press system for running high volume production while reducing cycle time . Interlaken offers this hydroforming press system in clamp forces ranging from 250 to 5000 tons . Hydroformed parts are stronger and weigh less due to structural integrity and fewer welds or add-on pieces . ITC has taken its knowledge of hydroform press design and combined it with the forming techniques developed by HEATform™ . HEATform™ is Hot Metal Gas Forming ( HMGF ). Instead of hydraulic pressure , gas pressure is used to form alloys in a heat-softened state . ITC ’ s Hydroform and
HEATform™ systems help manufacturers to create hollowbodied parts on machines with cycle times as fast as five to seven seconds . Italian manufacturer Invernizzi Presse was established in 1958 , offering customised press solutions for high-speed mechanical transfer presses . Press types include Open End Down and Open End Up ( deep drawing ).
“ The process that we designed and developed in-house for production allows our transfer presses to deep draw parts starting from strip . Production has never been so fast ! All our machines can be integrated in an Industry-4.0 environment ,” explained the press specialist .
ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd . has delivered over 5000 presses and over 70 press lines to 26 countries . Its press portfolio includes mechanical gap and ring frame ; straightside ( mechanical and hydraulic ); servo ; transfer ; die spotting ; gap frame and hydraulic presses , as well as tandem press lines .
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