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Tech Update
New Hot Stamping Lines for OEMs
in Germany
Fagor Arrasate has been active in the fast-growing hot stamping arena, having recently delivered two turnkey lines to German operations of automaker Seat- Barcelona, one at Volkswagen Kassel and another at PSA/Opel Kaiserslaitern, as well as supplying several lines to Tier One customers. In addition, the company recently tapped industry veteran Gerald Schulz as global sales director for press hardening.
"Thanks to Schulz’s sales experience and market knowledge, we now are able to exploit our technological potential to the fullest, which we have had the oppor- tunity to demonstrate in recent projects,” says Aitor Ormaetxea, hot stamping director at Fagor Arrasate.
The turnkey hot stamping line supplied
to VW Kassel includes two parallel roller furnaces, three freely programmable load- ing feeders and an end-of-line solution that allows fully automatic or manual racking. Three loading feeders and a die- control drive system enable each blank exiting the furnace to be moved inde-
pendently to the die instead of in groups. This setup results in smaller-sized furnaces, given that after leaving the oven the pieces are separated to be stamped. With this automation and a powerful hydraulic unit, the press can attain high processing speeds, according to company officials.
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