Assembly Presses | Assembly

Clinching for Electrical Assemblies

The Tox Joining process can be used to make durable, electrically conductive connections in electrical products.

September 4, 2020

Since its introduction to automotive manufacturing in the mid-1980s, the Tox clinching process has captured hundreds of different applications.

Promess Produces PPE for the COVID-19 Fight

May 29, 2020

BRIGHTON, MI—Promess Inc., a manufacturer of servo controlled assembly presses, torque test systems and monitoring equipment, has turned its manufacturing expertise to the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the fight against the COVID-19 virus.

Fastening, Pressing and Industry 4.0

Engineers can do more with force and torque data than simply make “good” or “not good” decisions about assemblies

John Sprovieri

May 15, 2020

Just as the Rose Bowl is the "granddaddy" of college football bowl games, torque and angle might well be the granddaddies of manufacturing data collection. Assemblers have been monitoring their fastening processes for decades, but those efforts have reached a new level in the era of Industry 4.0.

Smart System Slashes Scrap for Auto Parts Assembler

The Rotational Electro-Mechanical Assembly Press from Promess helped automotive supplier IFA Group cut its scrap rate by 90 percent

Glenn Nausley

May 4, 2020

Global automotive supplier IFA Group makes driveshafts and other components for cars, trucks, tractors and industrial machinery. The company has assembly plants in Germany, Poland, China and the United States.

German Machining Manufacturer Designs Testing Booths for Hospitals

April 22, 2020

BLUFFTON, OH — GROB Systems Inc, a company headquartered in Germany that manufactures machining and assembly systems, has designed and created coronavirus testing booths for Ohio hospitals.

Pull-Force Testing Crimped Wires

Consistency is key in pull-force testing

Zoe Leduc

April 9, 2020

Of the many steps in the process of assembling a wire harness, testing the crimped terminal is a crucial one. If the terminal hasn't been properly attached to the end of the wire, it can cause the wire and eventually the entire wire harness to fail. Most manufacturers use pull testing to assess crimped connections and ensure that terminals are properly attached.

Manufacturing Trade Associations Publish Open Letter to CEOs

March 12, 2020

Cleveland, OH — CEOs of companies facing global supply chain challenges can find local solutions with U.S. suppliers, declared five American manufacturing trade associations in an open letter to CEOs. The trade associations represent more than 3,500 companies in industries that employ more than 475,000 Americans.

Nissan Installs Extra-Large Press at UK Assembly Plant

March 11, 2020

SUNDERLAND, UK—Nissan Motor Co. has installed a new, extra-large press line at its assembly plant here.

Beckwood, KOMT Deliver Automated Press for Spirit Aerosystems

March 11, 2020

ST. LOUIS—Beckwood Press Co., a manufacturer of hydraulic and servo-electric presses, and Kansas Oklahoma Machine Tools (KOMT), a machinery distributor throughout the Midwest, recently delivered the first ever press with automated die change to Spirit AeroSystems for use in the aerospace supplier’s Joule Form manufacturing process.

Integrating Presses Into Assembly Systems

As the stand-alone, product-dedicated press becomes more obsolete, workcells and assembly lines with integrated presses are becoming more flexible and productive

Jim Camillo

September 9, 2019

Load cells and sensors used with presses measure several key variables, such as ram force, distance and time, and help ensure they stay within allowable tolerances.