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Servomechanical a Sound Investment
Servomechanical presses deliver the functionality of both mechanical and hydraulic presses while increasing precision, and ultimately deliver power- saving and noise-reducing productivity and flexibility in smaller footprints.
BY LOUIS A. KREN, SENIOR EDITOR
Avital link in the chain for deliv- ery of automotive, appliance and other products, the metal forming community should be busy, busy, busy in efforts to meet pent-up demand. To do so, many seek to pur- chase productivity-enhancing machin- ery.Forexample,theOSEAAutomotive Supplier Barometer Q4 2021 report, Capital Markets & Innovation, which includes survey responses from top executives of OSEA member compa- nies, shows that 90 percent of respond- ing suppliers prefer to purchase new equipment rather than used, with 41 percent “very confident” that their companies will implement the needed capital investment to meet their 2022/2023 demand requirements. And, 40 percent of survey respondents expect their companies’ capital spend-
ing to increase “significantly or some- what” through 2023.
If looking to invest, take a close look at servomechanical presses, offer offi- cials from Seyi America Inc., Irvine CA, who note the technology’s combination of flexibility and low operating costs that can check all the boxes for metal formers who need to up press capacity. Here we detail servomechanical attrib- utes forwarded by Seyi.
Multiple Processes in One Press
A single servomechanical press, offering the productivity of a mechan- ical press and the forming power of a hydraulic press, can perform the work of a whole line of other presses. Keys are the capabilities of servomechani- cal drives and their flexible program- ming. Fully programmable slide motion enables users to change easily the approach speed, hit rates and many other parameters, allowing a single servo-
presses required while saving press- room space and increasing produc- tion capacity and flexibility. Press manufacturers offer a range of preset functions and slide-motion profiles to ‘dial in’ effective setups for various applications.
For example, users of Seyi’s SD1 ser- vomechanical press can employ a vibration fraction setting to deliver increased drawing capability in a single stroke. And, using a hit-and-dwell func- tion, metal formers can mitigate springback issues that typically occur when forming advanced materials for automotive components on conven- tional presses. The hit-and-dwell func- tion also delivers increased forming performance, offer Seyi officials, that proves especially effective for thin- walled complex parts. And, for aero- space suppliers, the option to hold the slide for a few seconds—inherent in servomechanical presses—allows for
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mechanical press to per- form the work of many other presses. Use servo presses to perform forging, draw- ing, blanking and other operations in a single machine, thus reducing the number of
Press manufacturers offer a range of preset functions and slide- motion profiles to ‘dial in’ effective setups for various applications.