Servo Presses: Why Feed Equipment Matters

February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024

Technology Focus: Stamping Presses

MetalForming brings you the February installment of our monthly Technology Focus newsletter, this month highlighting Stamping Presses and related content.

Servo Presses: Why Feed Equipment Matters

Coil-line equipment must be able to match press speed, and acceleration and deceleration rates, for a part-producing application. And, feed equipment must handle the high-strength materials so often slated for servo press work.

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Five Factors in Selecting a Resolver-Based Die-Protection Controller

In Part 1 of MetalForming’s Press Controls and Sensors series, we learn that the most important decision that metal formers make when starting a die-protection program is their choice of controller.

Free Webinar Tackles Efficiency and Productivity in AL Hot Stamping

Tune in on March 12, 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET, for Maximize Efficiency and Productivity of Aluminum Hot Stamping, a free webinar presented by Schuler Inc. Attendees will learn about competitive output and cost savings possible with Schuler's Fast Light Alloys Stamping Technology (FAST). The new process, developed at the Imperial College London (United Kingdom), has been verified in an industrial manufacturing environment as rivaling the current industry process of solution heat treatment. FAST hot stamping lines do not require a furnace and are equipped with multistation dies for heating, forming and cooling applications.

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Aida Receives Recognition for its EV Drive-Motor Core High-Speed Press Line

Aida-America announced that its parent company, Aida Engineering, has received the 66th annual Ten Greatest New Products Award from the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Japan Business & Technology Daily News). Earning the award: a high-speed press line developed to manufacture electric-vehicle drive-motor cores.

Automation the Topic for April 24 MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor

MetalForming LIVE On the Shop Floor, April 24, 2-3:30 p.m., a free-to-attend virtual event, includes interviews with metal forming executives discussing their companies' use of automation technology as well as videos from their shops featuring automation technology in action. MetalForming’s editors will lead a deep dive into the leading-edge automation efforts of two metal forming companies, Clover Tool Mfg. Ltd. and Nelson Steel Products.

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From the Special All-Automotive Issue of MetalForming

Local and Global Formability, Part 1: Effects on the Press Shop

Global formability refers to the ability to uniformly stretch a material, preventing issues such as necking. Local formability, on the other hand, refers to the capacity to accommodate high strains without fracture.

Automotive Industry: Smooth but Slower Ride Ahead in 2024
That’s the consensus of auto-segment analysts and stamping manufacturers, with a relieved glance in the rearview mirror and a relaxed and mildly optimistic look ahead.