Intelligent press and automation controls give manufacturers a real-time window into their production process to create a safe, productive, and efficient integrated stamping operation. These customizable controls will become increasingly important with growth in automation and robotics, IOT connectivity, and shop floor data collection. Intelligent press and automation controls can address press production system requirements to: Reduce changeover time by recalling previously

A global manufacturer of premium heating and air conditioning components needed an innovative solution to increase their press efficiency for metalforming clam shells for heat exchangers. Like every lean-minded OEM, they were seeking more production efficiency to expedite their products’ time to market. The company’s efficiency conundrum consisted of multiple die stations where the clam shell components had to move through an intricate, dual press line. The press configuratio

Intelligent press production systems engineered specifically for stamping presses have a number of critical and clear advantages over PLC implementations. While PLCs are commonly used for a variety of machine control applications, there are numerous reasons why generic PLC hardware should not be used for press control applications. To do so is inadvisable at best, and possibly dangerous. Approaching a press control project “from scratch” without a thorough understanding of th