Project: Turnkey 75 Ton C-Frame Press with tooling
Final Product: Catalytic Converters
Our Mission: A Tier 1 Automotive supplier approached Neff
to supply three 75-ton C-frame presses for a piercing application
with catalytic converters.
Our Solution: Neff provided three modified 75-ton C-frame
presses and tooling to this customer. Each press was built with
additional throat, cut-out back plate, an elevated hydraulic power
unit, and special guarding.
Generation III Computerized Shaft Straightening Press:
Part Transfer Automation
4-Post Press Design
Tooling and Fixturing
Our
Mission: Neff recently designed and manufactured a third computerized
shaft straightening press for a St. Louis based company in order
to eliminate costly manual straightening of casehardened compressor
shafts. The shafts are of various diameters and lengths.
Our Solution: Neff specified a 15- ton column press. Neff
designed tooling and material transfer systems to automatically
load each shaft from a 100-shaft capacity magazine. Once in the
tooling fixture, the shaft is gauged at three critical locations
using electronic data acquisition. The straightening computer then
determines if the shaft needs to be straightened and by how much.
The gauging gives real-time feedback during the straightening process
to allow precise control of the straightening head. The computerized
data acquisition system is capable of storing run-time data for
an entire month’s worth of production. Additionally, a computerized
operator interface allows adjustment of all required straightening
parameters (i.e., maximum run out, maximum straightening attempts,
etc.). Neff’s straightening press is capable of producing over
250 shafts per hour straightened within the desired .003” run
out requirement.
Automated Press Line:
50-Ton C-frame Press
Guided Tool Mounting Plate
Pedestal-Mount Operator Console
Air Feed System Integration
Light Curtain Guarding
Project: Turnkey Press Line with 50-Ton Neff C-Frame Press
Final Product: Consumer Photograph Mounting Products
Our Mission: To design a system to produce finished parts
from strip material.
Our Solution: The project integrated a Neff 50Ton C-frame
press with a decoiler, straightener, air feed system, tooling and
press safety system in order to provide our customer an automated
turnkey system. All peripheral equipment was sourced and Neff Press
mechanically and electronically integrated all with the press.
The result was an automatic system that produced higher quality
end products at a much higher rate than the replaced manual processes.
Our
Mission: The end customer, and Medical device manufacturer
required a special 150 ton 4-post press. The press needed to have
very accurate control/repeatability regarding force generated (+/-
75 lbs) on a 150 ton press. The application was a “clean room”
(class 100,000) environment, so special consideration was needed
regarding possible contamination. The press would be integrated
into a work cell with a conveyor moving the product from one piece
of equipment to another. Neff needed to supply a moving work support
that automatically positioned itself underneath the platen for this
powder compaction application. The press needed to have proportional
speed and tonnage control with programmable dwelling and controls
which were Ethernet compatible and the ability to set compression
tonnage from a remote PLC.
The Solution: Neff supplied a H150-15M hydraulic
4-Post press with several unique criteria. The bed size was 46”
L-R x 12” F-B with 24” (16” net with movable work
support) of daylight. Protective bellows were put on the cylinders,
guide pins, bearings, etc to meet the clean room criteria. Neff
supplied an interlocking guided “wedge” design work
support system. The lower wedge was driven by a horizontally mounted
auxiliary hydraulic cylinder, which raised the upper wedge (which
raised the work piece). Speed control for the horizontal cylinder
was included and proximity sensors were integrated to ensure the
wedges were in the proper position for both pressing and conveying.
Neff also provided a 6”x 6” pressing head that was made
of A-2 tool steel, ground flat within .0005” total and polished
to a finish of 4-6 RMS, per the customer specification. Neff included
its standard Automatic Single Stroke option which allows an external
signal to trigger the press to actuate.
Neff has over 40 years of experience manufacturing, engineering
and integrating industry standard components to solve customers
manufacturing needs. Contact Neff Press at 800-325-8612 for further
details on this application or on many others.
Our
Mission: Neff recently designed and manufactured a third computerized
shaft straightening press for a St. Louis based company in order
to eliminate costly manual straightening of casehardened compressor
shafts. The shafts are of various diameters and lengths.
Our
Mission: The end customer, and Medical device manufacturer
required a special 150 ton 4-post press. The press needed to have
very accurate control/repeatability regarding force generated (+/-
75 lbs) on a 150 ton press. The application was a “clean room”
(class 100,000) environment, so special consideration was needed
regarding possible contamination. The press would be integrated
into a work cell with a conveyor moving the product from one piece
of equipment to another. Neff needed to supply a moving work support
that automatically positioned itself underneath the platen for this
powder compaction application. The press needed to have proportional
speed and tonnage control with programmable dwelling and controls
which were Ethernet compatible and the ability to set compression
tonnage from a remote PLC.