Needing more precision, energy efficiency and traceability data from their assembly presses, manufacturers are increasingly turning to servo-driven models.
When an assembly press supplier meets with a manufacturer to discuss its next purchase, both parties focus on one question: Which type and model of press is best for the current application? Mike Brieschke, vice president of sales at Aries Engineering Corp., recalls how two such meetings in 2006 with automotive OEMs led the supplier to ask itself another question: Which type of press is best for the future of assembly?
“Both manufacturers came to us to see if we could design a cleaner system for pressing than our hydropneumatic press,” explains Brieschke. “They were using the press to install bushings and spark plug tubes, and for various small assemblies.”