A hydraulic high-speed tryout press for the simulation of mechanical forming processes

The tryout of dies plays an important part in the manufacturing of dies and in the production process in general. Despite CAD simulations, the tryout of new dies still requires a lot of time and work. Very often the time-consuming tests are conducted on expensive production lines because the presses used in the die shop, due to their different characteristics, are not suitable to reproduce the exact characteristics of the production presses. The same conditions apply after die change or after repairs of dies. Much time is consumed before the smooth production of perfect parts is possible and this, in turn, affects the productivity and the efficiency of the production equipment. As the number of die change-over operations increases together with the reduction of lot sizes caused by the increase of car model variety, shortening the time of adjustment work offers a large potential of cost saving. This is where the Schuler SMG high-speed tryout press offers immense advantages.