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Previews
Versatile Servo-Press Duo
with light, medium or heavy actuation triggers. The device is breathable, allowing fluid to escape through a weep port for cleaning, and it can be rebuilt if any components become damaged, making it suitable for automation applications, including welding and stamping.
Aida-America Corp. Booths A5425, A5624
The plunger probe was designed for harsh-duty, direct-contact applications. Mated with a Balluff M8 sensor, the device offers 30 mm of over-travel, finely tuned to trip at any point.
Aida-America will demonstrate two DSF-series servo presses. The first, an Aida DSF-C1-1500, 150-ton gap-frame servo press, will blank HSLA material while demonstrating Aida’s silent blanking motion profile, which can be achieved only using a
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servo press. The second, a DSF-N2-3000 300-ton, two-point, unitized-frame servo press, will be part of a full production line producing near-net-shape fineblanked parts from 4.5-mm-thick steel, while demonstrating how the press’ accuracy and pro- grammability result in a more efficient and economical stamping process. www.aida-global.com
Multifaceted Plunger Probe
Balluff, Inc. Booth A5405
Balluff will show its plunger probe—a self-contained, multi- purpose electromechanical actuator that can be tuned to actuate