FOCUS ON STAMPING
A tandem press line from ISGEC .
( 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 hollow bodied 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 ).
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 .
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 highspeed 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 high-speed 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 been engaged in harnessing 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-metalforming , deep-drawing and coining presses as well as press automation . It offers a complete range of conventional forming machines for hot , warm and cold solid forming as well as sheet-metalforming , which are individually designed and automated according to customer requirements .
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 manufacturer has a staff of about 500 in Germany , the USA , China and Russia . It has automated over 500 production lines .
JIER press technology .
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 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 tryout presses ; hydroforming installations ; servo presses and other types of presses . Recently , it developed and manufactured a mechanical servo press and implemented Industry 4.0 functionality in its hydraulic press lines .
Spanish manufacturer MECAMAQ produces custom hydraulic presses . In 2014 , it moved its operations to a new factory to increase its capacity and build “ larger and more powerful ” machines .
Mossini S . p . A . offers conventional eccentric presses ; mechanical presses with Link Drive ( slow motion ); eccentric presses with programmable slow motion Desmodrive ( patented by Mossini ); hydraulic presses ; triple-