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Ajax Metal Forming SolutionsDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-2000Tonnage: 200 Tons
"We needed more capacity and our research told us that servoforming is the direction stamping is taking so we wanted to get ahead of the curve."Read More![Servo press a centerpiece of strategic expansion]()
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Batesville Tool & DieDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-M2-8000Tonnage: 800 Tons
"We believed we needed to add capacity for this type of work, and we didn't want to just add capacity, we also wanted to add technology."Read More![Servo Press Puts Reverse Tonnage in Reverse]()
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Clips & ClampsDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-3000Tonnage: 300 Tons
"The fact that servo maintains its tonnage through the stroke at snap-through is just incredible."Read More![Press Technology Gives Growing Fabricator Quicker Setups and Higher Throughput]()
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Dundee ManufacturingDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalPress Model: DSF-N2 & NC1Tonnage: 200 Tons
"We asked the plant manager, 'What are your die maintenance costs like?' He said, 'What die maintenance costs?'"Read More![Flexible press solution with AIDA for high precision stamping work]()
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E-Lite Tool & Mfg.Drive Type: MechanicalPress Model: NC2-1600Tonnage: 160 Tons
"We have to depend on better equipment that has the capability to make us more efficient. Being able to perform draw, progressive die and blanking operations all on one press is an advantage."Read More![We're running faster (pendulum mode), improving dimensional accuracy (stroke control, including dwell at bottom) and improving die life between sharpening (less reverse tonnage).]()
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Engel Diversified IndustriesDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-3000Tonnage: 300 Tons
"We're running faster (pendulum mode), improving dimensional accuracy (stroke control, including dwell at bottom) and improving die life between sharpening (less reverse tonnage)."Read More![We had some issues with wipe forming this part on a conventional press. When we processed it in pendulum mode, we found we could increase throughput by 60 percent.]()
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Engel Diversified IndustriesDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-3000Tonnage: 300 Tons
"We had some issues with wipe forming this part on a conventional press. When we processed it in pendulum mode, we found we could increase throughput by 60 percent."Read More![With growing demand, company turns to innovative mechanical presses to increase production]()
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Fisher BartonDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: NC1-2000Tonnage: 200 Tons
"We knew that the technology existed in the marketplace for a wet-clutch-style mechanical press, and we knew that this was the right way for us to go."Read More![High strength materials and heavier parts aren't too tough for servoforming technology]()
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Grant GroupDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-2000Tonnage: 200 Tons
"The quality, speed and consistency of the AIDA direct-drive ServoFormer make it the press of the future."Read More![Greenheck Fan achieves faster production speeds with new press]()
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Greenheck FanDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: PMX-3000Tonnage: 300 Tons
"The type of equipment technology we use is an important component to our ability to maintain the level of service and product quality our customers expect."Read More![AIDA was able to provide the perfect press for the job, including the control package we sought. It shipped and installed the press in just a matter of months. Their team knocked it out of the park.]()
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Henderson StampingDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-2000ATonnage: 200 Tons
"AIDA was able to provide the perfect press for the job, including the control package we sought. It shipped and installed the press in just a matter of months. Their team knocked it out of the park."Read More![The addition of six presses and seven robots allows Kapco Inc. to tackle a 37,300-part/week automotive job requiring seven separate forming operations.]()
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KapcoDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: PMX-6000Tonnage: 600 Tons
"When we began running production on the PMX, we saw production rates we had never seen before. I was able to get the speed I needed without tearing the die apart by running the job that fast."Read More![In search of production flexibility, custom metalformer Luitink Mfg. Co. finds it by automating an 800 ton progressive die press to stamp parts on kanban system targeting one and two week intervals.]()
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LuitinkDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: PMX-8000Tonnage: 800 Tons
"We found a production solution that not only met our automotive-parts requirement but that allowed us to expand our capacity by taking on less traditional work."Read More![The AIDA DSF direct-drive servoforming press allows Meier Tool to gain higher output and increase part repeatability from difficult-to-form materials]()
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Meier ToolDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-1100Tonnage: 110 Tons
"We needed to be able to control slide velocity not only throughout the stroke but during bottom dead center work."Read More![A pair of gap frame presses and a straightside press, all equipped with servo technology, deliver a slew of benefits to this automotive parts stamper.]()
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MetalstampDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-2000Tonnage: 200 Tons
"As a result of this flexibility we've begun to quote jobs we could not have considered in the past, such as pausing at a given point in the stroke to perform laser welding or component insertion."Read More![With servo drives, the contact and draw velocity area infinitely variable, enabling dynamic motion profiles with multiple slow-down windows to allow the transfer system time to do its job. We're able to achieve this with the help of our equipment vendor, AIDA-America, who has, over the years, provided many rounds of training for our programmers and operators to ensure optimization.]()
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Midway ProductsDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-M2-15000Tonnage: 1,500 Tons
"With servo drives, the contact and draw velocity area infinitely variable, enabling dynamic motion profiles with multiple slow-down windows to allow the transfer system time to do its job. We're able to achieve this with the help of our equipment vendor, AIDA-America, who has, over the years, provided many rounds of training for our programmers and operators to ensure optimization."Read More![Installed as a stand-alone work center, the press moved into high-volume production operating five days a week at 2.5 shifts and producing some 173,000 stampings per month.]()
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Midwest Stamping CompanyDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: TMX-12000Tonnage: 1,200 Tons
"The press, with its electronic servo-transfer system, immediately delivered increased production speeds and greater efficiencies."Read More![How integrated gap press lines changed one manufacturer's methods]()
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Milwaukee Electric ToolDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: NC1-800Tonnage: 80 Tons
"The lines run 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week and we've experienced no downtime with the presses."Read More![Unlike a conventional transfer line, AIDA servo technology has made it possible for Newman to replace its progressive die operations with a gap transfer system]()
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Newman TechnologiesDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-2000Tonnage: 200 Tons
"We wanted a system that could not only produce the part but support our just-in-time initiatives by helping us to further reduce inventory, lead times and the cost and maintenance associated with progressive dies."Read More![We've just finished trialing an automotive-part program that previously ran at 25 strokes/min. We monitored the energy when forming at that rate, and by using pendulum motion to significantly cut back the dead (nonforming) cycle, we easily reached 40 strokes/min.]()
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Omex Manufacturing ULCDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-M2-6300Tonnage: 630 Tons
"We've just finished trialing an automotive-part program that previously ran at 25 strokes/min. We monitored the energy when forming at that rate, and by using pendulum motion to significantly cut back the dead (nonforming) cycle, we easily reached 40 strokes/min."Read More![Link motion press speeds auto supplier's production. When this stamper received a contract from GM, it needed the right presses - and fast!]()
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Presmex AutomotiveDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: SMX-10000Tonnage: 1,000 Tons
"We were looking for reliability, but the capability to deliver the presses on time was also an important consideration for us."Read More![Tool builder installs servo press to better serve customers]()
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Pyper Tool & EngineeringDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-3000Tonnage: 300 Tons
"I thought a long-term strategy would be to have a servo press in our die shop so that we could perform research and development and come up with some new techniques."Read More![A perfect fit]()
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Quality Metal StampingDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-2000ATonnage: 200 Tons
"We recognize that in order to stay competitive we need to invest in the latest metalforming technology. That meant considering a servo press versus a conventional mechanical press. We felt AIDA offered the best in the market."Read More![I don't think we'll ever go back to purchasing conventional mechanical presses. The new servo presses make our business more efficient, along with improving die life and reducing downtime.]()
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Quality Metal StampingDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-A & DSF-N2-ABTonnage: 200 Tons
"I don't think we'll ever go back to purchasing conventional mechanical presses. The new servo presses make our business more efficient, along with improving die life and reducing downtime"Read More![A matter of control: stamper optimizes the variables of the servo press]()
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Qualtek ManufacturingDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-1500Tonnage: 150 Tons
"Anything that runs in a mechanical press will definitely run in a servo press, but the servo is a more sophisticated press."Read More![Royal Die and Stamping reduces labor and scrap with an advanced servo press]()
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Royal Die & StampingDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-2000Tonnage: 200 Tons
"The programmable stroke was a big help on this job, we could do the job on another press but we were having issues with the small punches breaking."Read More![San Francisco stamper averts seismic event with servo press, halts tool breakage, die cracking, part carnage]()
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Scandic SpringDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-1500Tonnage: 150 Tons
"This job really illustrates the benefit of slowing down the press at the bottom dead center [BDC] while still applying full tonnage."Read More![Stamper reduces scrap, increases die life and part quality with servo presses]()
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Small Parts Inc.Drive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-1600Tonnage: 160 Tons
"Switching the nonautomotive die to the new press has already reduced die maintenance by 50%, which is expected to increase to a 60% to 70% reduction when further tooling improvements are complete."Read More![Tier 1 supplier turns auto industry requirement into opportunity, stamper uses standards for lighter weight, improved quality to take operation to the next level]()
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Speciality StampingsDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: PMX-6000Tonnage: 600 Tons
"We needed to be able to achieve close tolerances and have the ability to run both thick and thin gauge materials."Read More![Technology and costing teams and AIDA gap frame presses give competitive advantage]()
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Tenere DresserDrive Type: MechanicalPress Model: NC2-2500Tonnage: 250 Tons
"In just six months, our toolmakers and setup operators were asking us to buy additional AIDA gap presses because of their easy setup and unique micro inch capabilities."Read More![We can turn projects around much quicker than in the past, keeping our customers satisfied. We haven't missed a delivery date since the new servo presses arrived.]()
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TrimLineDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-M2Tonnage: 630 Tons
"We can turn projects around much quicker than in the past, keeping our customers satisfied. We haven't missed a delivery date since the new servo presses arrived."Read More![Manufacturer uses servo press to hasten safety part production safely]()
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Ultraform IndustriesDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-M2-4000Tonnage: 400 Tons
"Right now on the servo press, we're running about 54 strokes per minute. The best we could do on our mechanical press was 32."Read More![Because the [servo's silent blanking motion profile] can target that critical point in the stroke where the actual blanking takes place, it is able to reduce reverse tonnage, as well as the shock and vibration that occurs when the tooling cuts the desired shape from the sheet metal. Noise levels are also decreased.]()
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United Manufacturing Inc.Drive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-N2-AB & DSF-N2Tonnage: 200 Tons
"Because the [servo's silent blanking motion profile] can target that critical point in the stroke where the actual blanking takes place, it is able to reduce reverse tonnage, as well as the shock and vibration that occurs when the tooling cuts the desired shape from the sheet metal. Noise levels are also decreased."Read More![Metal stamper Ward Manufacturing Co. invests in its future by installing a lineup of servo-driven gap frame presses]()
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Ward ManufacturingDrive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-2500Tonnage: 250 Tons
"It allows us to form more complicated geometries and produce draws in exotic materials at higher speeds while maintaining dimensional integrity - something that, prior to this technology - was, at best, difficult."Read More![Throughput has increased, allowing us to recoup production time that we've been able to use to run more jobs.]()
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Weber Specialties Co.Drive Type: ServoPress Model: DSF-C1-A & DSF-N2-ABTonnage: 300 Tons
"Throughput has increased, allowing us to recoup production time that we've been able to use to run more jobs."Read More
![Because the [servo's silent blanking motion profile] can target that critical point in the stroke where the actual blanking takes place, it is able to reduce reverse tonnage, as well as the shock and vibration that occurs when the tooling cuts the desired shape from the sheet metal. Noise levels are also decreased.](https://res.cloudinary.com/dkfdm5ypt/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto/v1740082105/United-Manufacturing-FFJournal-Feb-2025-640x640_aemxdj.jpg)
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