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![Instead of applying high tonnage to difficult-to-form materials, a servo-driven press can modify its velocity profile by holding pressure at the bottom of the stroke, then releasing and re-applying as needed to produce a more accurate and complete part.]()
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A New Place to DwellDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000
"Instead of applying high tonnage to difficult-to-form materials, a servo-driven press can modify its velocity profile by holding pressure at the bottom of the stroke, then releasing and re-applying as needed to produce a more accurate and complete part."Read More![Answering the Big Questions, Servo Press Technology Helps Automakers Tame Unruly Super Steels]()
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Answering the Big QuestionsDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 300 Tons & Below
"Advanced high-strength steels need more tonnage, lower speeds and higher energy to properly form parts. If you run a mechanical press at lower speeds, it can't generate enough energy to form the part and will subsequently stall."Read More![Built with the original direct drive design, ServoPro houses a high-torque, low-rpm servo motor that permits higher speeds, higher working energy, better control and precise accuracy]()
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Better Control, Better FlexibilityDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 300 Tons & Below
"Built with the original direct drive design, ServoPro houses a high-torque, low-rpm servo motor that permits higher speeds, higher working energy, better control and precise accuracy."Read More![Europe is a critical market for AIDA. The ability to access Manzoni and Rovetta's customers - companies with a long track record - is a critical component of AIDA's global objectives.]()
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Creating the Right SynergiesDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 315 Tons & Above
"Europe is a critical market for AIDA. The ability to access Manzoni and Rovetta's customers - companies with a long track record - is a critical component of AIDA's global objectives."Read More![With ServoPro stampers have the ability to run a multi-press transfer line in continuous mode. When compared to a conventional press line that operates in automatic single stroke mode, the ServoPro continuous mode can deliver productivity rates up to 50 percent higher.]()
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Defining a Revolution Redefining an IndustryDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 300 Tons & Below
"With ServoPro stampers have the ability to run a multi-press transfer line in continuous mode. When compared to a conventional press line that operates in automatic single stroke mode, the ServoPro continuous mode can deliver productivity rates up to 50 percent higher."Read More![Servo press benefits and what can be gained from AIDA's advanced Servoformer Application Training (DSF SAT) Program]()
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Direct TalkDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500
"There are occasions when we're working on a full stroke application and want to program in a slow down or silent deceleration near the bottom of the stroke. These and many other profiles are only possible on a servo press, and they all serve to optimize part quality and tool life."Read More![In most ROI cases, increased productivity is measured first, including higher strokes/min.]()
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Evaluating Servo Press ROIDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500
"In most ROI cases, increased productivity is measured first, including higher strokes/min. But the bottom line really is the increased parts per shift and parts per day, which results from more than just higher strokes/min., but also from a significant reduction in setup time, as well as reduced scrap rate/higher quantity of good parts, and fewer stoppages related to die problems—fewer misfeeds, die-protection nuisance faults and pulled slugs, for example."Read More![Dynamic accuracy is the key requirement of a precision or high-speed press and the essential element that creates the optimum environment required for high-quality part production and long die life.]()
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High-Speed Needs for Stamping Electrical ComponentsDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 400 Tons
"Dynamic accuracy is the key requirement of a precision or high-speed press and the essential element that creates the optimum environment required for high-quality part production and long die life."Read More![High-speed press models should be dynamically balanced with a stiff slide-guiding system. The press also should maintain accuracy under cold, warm, slow, fast and off-center operating conditions.]()
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High-Speed Presses Match Design to ApplicationDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 400 Tons
"High-speed press models should be dynamically balanced with a stiff slide-guiding system. The press also should maintain accuracy under cold, warm, slow, fast and off-center operating conditions."Read More![Some high-speed press models can operate up to 2,500 strokes per minute; these are suitable for production of small, intricate, and precise, miniature, electronic parts.]()
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How Demand Drives SuppliersDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 300 Tons & Below
"Some high-speed press models can operate up to 2,500 strokes per minute; these are suitable for production of small, intricate, and precise, miniature, electronic parts."Read More![The ability to partner with a press supplier like AIDA gives us access to a manufacturer that can work with us on improvements other companies can't make.]()
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How to Maintain a Modern Manufacturing EnvironmentDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"The ability to partner with a press supplier like AIDA gives us access to a manufacturer that can work with us on improvements other companies can't make."Read More![The ability to partner with a press supplier like AIDA gives us access to a manufacturer that can work with us on improvements other companies can't make.]()
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How to Optimize Press SelectionDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"Identifying a press supplier that can act as a true technology partner may be as important to a stamper as the equipment needed to produce parts."Read More![The training for use of the new servo press is important, and AIDA has excellent staff on queue to do just that. Past that, the press has been flawless, so service hasn't been needed.]()
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Innovation in ControlDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"The training for use of the new servo press is important, and AIDA has excellent staff on queue to do just that. Past that, the press has been flawless, so service hasn't been needed."Read More![Integrating automation with a servo press]()
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Integrating Automation with a Servo PressDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500
"With a conventional mechanical press, including link-motion presses, the automation time (in milliseconds) is fixed to the press stroke rate. With a servo press, as stroke rate and ram speed can vary, so can the available automation time."Read More![Because the servo drive provides the ability to control press slide velocity at any point in the stroke, we can significantly increase cycle rate while slowing slide velocity only during the working part of the stroke.]()
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Justifying the Purchase of a Servo Driven PressDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"Because the servo drive provides the ability to control press slide velocity at any point in the stroke, we can significantly increase cycle rate while slowing slide velocity only during the working part of the stroke."Read More![Manufacturers can reduce costs by anywhere from two to 10 percent by cutting scrap and factory downtime and taking waste out.]()
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Leverage Press Technology as Part of a Survival StrategyDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"Manufacturers can reduce costs by anywhere from two to 10 percent by cutting scrap and factory downtime and taking waste out."Read More![Maintaining Parallelism Under Off-Center Loading]()
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Maintaining Parallelism Under Off-Center LoadingDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000
"The two main press-design elements that counteract off-center loading through the forming stroke are the connection points and the slide-guide systems."Read More![A number of industries, particularly automotive and appliance, can require a stamper to invest in a transfer system to provide the necessary product support. And while a dedicated transfer press may be needed, straightside and gap-frame presses can also provide efficient, versatile transfer systems.]()
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Maximizing Your CapitalDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 80 - 4,000 Tons
"A number of industries, particularly automotive and appliance, can require a stamper to invest in a transfer system to provide the necessary product support. And while a dedicated transfer press may be needed, straightside and gap-frame presses can also provide efficient, versatile transfer systems."Read More![By combining application engineering, integrated automation, on-time delivery, lower long-term equipment costs, certified safety and regulatory compliance, startup supervision and other details, AIDA is able to deliver the elements needed to help stampers optimize pressroom operations.]()
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Mechanical Presses Offer Flexible Transfer Solutions for Latest Industry TrendsDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 315 Tons and Above
"By combining application engineering, integrated automation, on-time delivery, lower long-term equipment costs, certified safety and regulatory compliance, startup supervision and other details, AIDA is able to deliver the elements needed to help stampers optimize pressroom operations."Read More![A gap-frame press transfer system is a flexible option requiring an investment cost one-third that of a transfer press, yet it preserves the advantages offered by transfer operations.]()
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Meet the Gap Frame Press Transfer SystemDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 300 Tons and Below
"A gap-frame press transfer system is a flexible option requiring an investment cost one-third that of a transfer press, yet it preserves the advantages offered by transfer operations."Read More![With AIDA's ServoPro, stampers can produce a wide range of parts from materials like aluminum, magnesium, high-strength steel and titanium while achieving higher speeds, greater working energy, better control and precise press accuracy.]()
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New Technology Helps Stampers Gain Efficiencies in Changing MarketplaceDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"With AIDA's ServoPro, stampers can produce a wide range of parts from materials like aluminum, magnesium, high-strength steel and titanium while achieving higher speeds, greater working energy, better control and precise press accuracy."Read More![The flexibility of a servo press and the ability to change the motion profile demands that stampers take into account stroke length, direction, etc. when programming PLS and die-protection channels.]()
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PLS and Die Protection Programming ChallengesDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"The flexibility of a servo press and the ability to change the motion profile demands that stampers take into account stroke length, direction, etc. when programming PLS and die-protection channels."Read More![Whether planned or unplanned, upgrading might be in your future. Companies should review and understand long-term plans, including support, future parts availability and component life span.]()
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Press Maintenance Control UpgradesDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"Whether planned or unplanned, upgrading might be in your future. Companies should review and understand long-term plans, including support, future parts availability and component life span."Read More![If the operator uses the same die process for HSLA steel as he or she used for conventional-strength steel, the press die height must be brought down to further crush-form, or coin, the part in an effort to eliminate the additional springback of the harder material.]()
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Press Solutions for Forming HSLA SteelDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"If the operator uses the same die process for HSLA steel as he or she used for conventional-strength steel, the press die height must be brought down to further crush-form, or coin, the part in an effort to eliminate the additional springback of the harder material."Read More![Understanding how a transfer press and its auxiliary equipment interact is essential to specifying the right system and meeting production objectives. In the end, you'll also significantly minimize the need for troubleshooting once the system is running.]()
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Properly Spec'd Transfer Press Minimizes TroubleshootingDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"Understanding how a transfer press and its auxiliary equipment interact is essential to specifying the right system and meeting production objectives. In the end, you'll also significantly minimize the need for troubleshooting once the system is running."Read More![With the ability to store energy and use it as needed, servo-driven presses save a large amount of electricity as compared to similar-sized traditional mechanical presses. In addition, servo-press users have benefitted from utility-company green-energy rebates.]()
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ROI of Servo PressesDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"With the ability to store energy and use it as needed, servo-driven presses save a large amount of electricity as compared to similar-sized traditional mechanical presses. In addition, servo-press users have benefitted from utility-company green-energy rebates."Read More![What it will do is gain a significant share of the market over time, because it does give you the ability to control forming operations, especially in exotic materials and high-strength steels.]()
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Servo Mechanical Presses Meet the Special Needs of Specialty SteelDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 300 Tons & Below
"What it will do is gain a significant share of the market over time, because it does give you the ability to control forming operations, especially in exotic materials and high-strength steels."Read More![Adjusting stroke length and press speed helps stampers optimize a variety of jobs on one press, minimizing the need for large capital equipment investments.]()
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Servos Broaden Mechanical Press CapabilitiesDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"Adjusting stroke length and press speed helps stampers optimize a variety of jobs on one press, minimizing the need for large capital equipment investments."Read More![AIDA, for example, employs a capacitor-bank energy-management system, where capacitors store energy in DC form, with capacitor sizes based one a user's speed and stroke requirements. Here, the capacitors are charged continuously, and when the servo motors need excess energy, such as when drawing or coining, the capacitor banks bump up the supply.]()
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Servos Offer Solution for AHSSDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"AIDA, for example, employs a capacitor-bank energy-management system, where capacitors store energy in DC form, with capacitor sizes based one a user's speed and stroke requirements. Here, the capacitors are charged continuously, and when the servo motors need excess energy, such as when drawing or coining, the capacitor banks bump up the supply."Read More![In the short term, tool life and part quality improve. Longer term, metalformers experience significant improvement related to press wear and maintenance.]()
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Servos Well-Serve Progressive DiesDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"In the short term, tool life and part quality improve. Longer term, metalformers experience significant improvement related to press wear and maintenance."Read More![AIDA's new servo technology mounts the proprietary servo motors directly to the press driveshaft, eliminating the flywheel, clutch, and drive motor found on standard mechanical presses. This direct drive also removes the need for mechanisms to multiply the torque of a standard servo motor.]()
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Servo Technology Meets Mechanical PressesDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"AIDA's new servo technology mounts the proprietary servo motors directly to the press driveshaft, eliminating the flywheel, clutch, and drive motor found on standard mechanical presses. This direct drive also removes the need for mechanisms to multiply the torque of a standard servo motor."Read More![A question I often hear: What is the anticipated life expectancy for high-torque/low-RPM servo motors, and what maintenance is required compared to the relatively simple EC or VF motors on mechanical presses?]()
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Servo vs. Mechanical: Press MaintenanceDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"A question I often hear: What is the anticipated life expectancy for high-torque/low-RPM servo motors, and what maintenance is required compared to the relatively simple EC or VF motors on mechanical presses? This, of course, can vary depending on the manufacturer and the number of motors utilized. What we can now say is that, with more than 20 years of service in the field, the life expectancy of DSF servo motors will exceed 25 years before requiring rebuild/replacement, with only minimal maintenance over their lifespan, such as replacing blower fans and air filters."Read More![Since the motion of a servo press is programmable, some users wrongly believe that the tonnage available through the full stroke of the press is like that of a hydraulic press.]()
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Servo vs. Mechanical: Understanding Tonnage and EnergyDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"Since the motion of a servo press is programmable, some users wrongly believe that the tonnage available through the full stroke of the press is like that of a hydraulic press. However, servo presses have a mechanical drivetrain (eccentric gear or shaft); therefore, the tonnage curve basically will be the same as with a mechanical press."Read More![We needed equipment that was reliable, but the capability to deliver the presses on time and provide the necessary customer support were critical considerations.]()
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Stamping in Today's Global MarketplaceDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"We needed equipment that was reliable, but the capability to deliver the presses on time and provide the necessary customer support were critical considerations."Read More![High-strength steels also have very high springback characteristics. Servofoming minimizes springback because the press can be programmed for multiple restrikes at bottom dead center.]()
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Steel StoryDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"High-strength steels also have very high springback characteristics. Servofoming minimizes springback because the press can be programmed for multiple restrikes at bottom dead center."Read More![We guarantee our customers a smooth delivery from our factory to their shop floor. There is no job too big, small, or difficult that we can't do.]()
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The Incredible Journey of an AIDA TMX-2500Drive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 2,500 Tons
"We guarantee our customers a smooth delivery from our factory to their shop floor. There is no job too big, small, or difficult that we can't do."Read More![A transfer press should have the capability to eliminate production problems to avoid shutdowns, as well as enhance the work ratio to increase unit and time productivity by reducing die changeovers.]()
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Total Transfer KnowledgeDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"A transfer press should have the capability to eliminate production problems to avoid shutdowns, as well as enhance the work ratio to increase unit and time productivity by reducing die changeovers."Read More![The blank-discharge device automatically discharges an extra blank when a double blank is detected. On presses outfitted with a blank-hold device, blanks are automatically held while the stack is changed, eliminating the need to stop the press while changing stacks.]()
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Transfer Systems / Transfer PressesDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"The blank-discharge device automatically discharges an extra blank when a double blank is detected. On presses outfitted with a blank-hold device, blanks are automatically held while the stack is changed, eliminating the need to stop the press while changing stacks."Read More![In addition to its ability to do more than stamp simple parts, a transfer press allows manufacturers to manipulate the part during the production process, such as turning it over or tilting it for multiple operations]()
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Transfer Technology Helps Create Complex PartsDrive Type: MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"In addition to its ability to do more than stamp simple parts, a transfer press allows manufacturers to manipulate the part during the production process, such as turning it over or tilting it for multiple operations."Read More![Stampers that install flexible equipment, incorporate a system-wide approach to part-to-part changeover and make automation part of their operations have an opportunity to remain competitive with lower-cost labor markets.]()
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Upgrade, Automate, and Maximize UptimeDrive Type: Servo & MechanicalTonnage: 30 - 4,000 Tons
"Stampers that install flexible equipment, incorporate a system-wide approach to part-to-part changeover and make automation part of their operations have an opportunity to remain competitive with lower-cost labor markets."Read More![By controlling the velocity, we can control the thinning and thickening of the material during different portions of the form. And by heating and controlling the velocity together, we naturally eliminate the material's tendency to crack.]()
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Warmforming: A Matter of ControlDrive Type: ServoTonnage: 80 - 3,500 Tons
"By controlling the velocity, we can control the thinning and thickening of the material during different portions of the form. And by heating and controlling the velocity together, we naturally eliminate the material's tendency to crack."Read More
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