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Promess Produces PPE for the COVID-19 Fight

May 29, 2020

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


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Fastening, Pressing and Industry 4.0

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
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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.
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Smart System Slashes Scrap for Auto Parts Assembler

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.
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Pull-Force Testing Crimped Wires

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.


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Breaking and Industry News

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.
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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.


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Integrating Presses Into Assembly Systems

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
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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.
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Hydraulic Options for High-Force Pressing

Hydraulic Options for High-Force Pressing

When the pressing application requires a force of 10 tons or more, manufacturers can count on hydraulic, hydropneumatic and pneumohydraulic presses
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Jim Camillo
May 6, 2019
Some assembly technologies evolve too fast or too slow, while others change at a pace that's just right. Hydraulic presses belong in the latter category, according to some suppliers, and that's a good thing.
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