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Frequently Asked Questions

We offer answers for all types of common questions - whether technical in nature or as simple as where to look for career opportunities. Examples of some questions are: What is HOLP? Where is the closest AIDA facility located? How can we get a copy of the manual for our AIDA press? What is reverse tonnage? Visit our frequently answered questions section to find answers to your questions.
View Frequently Asked QuestionsAIDA-Tech White Papers

Topics such as connections spacing, slide guiding systems, reverse tonnage and more, AIDA-Tech White papers offer information for a variety of technical subjects related to stamping presses and press operations.
View AIDA-Tech White PapersMetalforming Articles

We maintain a library of metalforming articles from a variety of industry publications covering a wide range of topics centered on stamping and press operations. Topics include press technology, market trends, and press applications. Many of the articles collected here have been authored by or contributed to by AIDA associates.
View Metalforming ArticlesAIDA Press User Testimonials

AIDA press users describe their companies and business operations, as well as, how they have used AIDA technology to achieve their production goals and expand their capacity and capabilities. Examples are provided from many different types of companies from job shops, to tier suppliers, to OEMs. Read on to see how leaders in many industries have successfully partnered with AIDA.
View User TestimonialsApplications Studies & Die Trials

Application studies and die trials provided by AIDA prove, with your own dies and part drawings, how AIDA stamping press technology can have multiple benefits to your manufacturing operations, including increased production rates, higher quality parts, reduced scrap, and reduced maintenance.
Applications Studies & Die TrialsStamping Press Technology

For over 100 years AIDA has been developing and manufacturing specialized metalforming products like metal stamping presses and related automation equipment, such as transfers, robots, and feeders. AIDA's exclusive stamping press technology is used throughout our wide range of presses, from 30 through 4,000 tons capacity.
Stamping Press TechnologyEducational Partners & Resources

Not only does AIDA invest 5% of annual revenue towards internal research and development, but AIDA also actively seeks and participates in research with educational institutions such as the Center for Precision Forming (OSU), Institut für Umformtechnik, Edison Welding and others.
More About Educational PartnersTerms & Glossary

A variety of functions may be performed by many different types of presses, depending upon the tooling. Typical press operations and other terms referring to press features and functions, as well as basic press characteristics and designs are explained in this section of our website.
View Terms & GlossaryUser Testimonials
Dundee Manufacturing

"We asked the plant manager, 'What are your die maintenance costs like?' He said, 'What die maintenance costs?'"
View User TestimonialE-Lite Tool & Manufacturing

"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."
View User TestimonialFisher Barton

"The quality, speed and consistency of the AIDA direct-drive ServoFormer make it the press of the future."
Greenheck Fan

"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."
View User TestimonialKapco

"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."
View User TestimonialLuitink Manufacturing

"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."
View User TestimonialMidwest Stamping Company

"The press, with its electronic servo-transfer system, immediately delivered increased production speeds and greater efficiencies"
Milwaukee Electric Tool

"The lines run 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week and we've experienced no downtime with the presses."
Presmex Automotive Stampings

"We were looking for reliability, but the capability to deliver the presses on time was also an important consideration for us."
Speciality Stampings

"We needed to be able to achieve close tolerances and have the ability to run both thick and thin gauge materials."
View User TestimonialTenere Dresser

"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."
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