Die-Change Rail Car, Multi-Cell Storage Rack
January 1, 2011 Green Valley Manufacturing, Inc., Mt. Zion, IL, has developed a manual die-change rail car and multi-cell storage rack as an economical solution for supporting a cellular manufacturing process. This system stores all of the dies right at the press. The existing die is extracted from the press onto the single-station rail-mounted die car, which delivers the die to its storage location. The new die then is loaded on the rail car and inserted into the press—all by a single operator.Green Valley Mfg., Inc.: 217/864-4125; www.greenvalleyinc.com
See also: Green Valley Manufacturing, Inc.
Technologies: Tooling