Promess
Sensing Systems for Manufacturing
Promess Inc. is introducing a new smart press for assembly with fully integrated servo drive, force and position sensing, and controller electronics in a single light-weight package. FlexIQ is designed for high-mix assembly environments. It delivers the flexibility needed to precisely assemble hundreds of part model variations in small batch …
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Imagine you’re developing a new product that requires precision compacting of powders into near-final shapes before sintering and assembly. Typically, your development team will use a collection of off-the-shelf components to cobble together a system to do a production and assembly proof-of-concept. Then, once all the bugs are worked out, it will …
[Read more...] about Production-Ready Programmable Presses Move From Development to Manufacturing
Hydraulic Presses vs. Electric Presses It is no coincidence that hydraulics became the default technology for pressing applications during the century of cheap energy. Well, that century is over and today’s reality is very different. It is highly unlikely we will ever see energy that cheap again, which means, among other …
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By: Glenn Nausley, President, Promess, Inc “No Fault Forward” means that mistakes should be caught when and where they happen and not somewhere downstream in the process. If that idea sounds familiar there is a good reason. Making perfect parts and assemblies every time has been the goal of the manufacturing industries since day one. …
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By: Lawrence Moebs, Applications Engineer, Promess, Inc In modern manufacturing, from simple parts to complex final products such as automobiles and medical devices, bushings and bearings play an important role. Whatever material your product is made of, if it has any type of hole through which something else is routed, from wiring and cables …
