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News Release from: SMV Presses (UK) | Subject: Power presses
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 February 2004
Refurbished presses run progressive
tooling
To replace its ageing C frame presses, a Cumbrian press shop invested in three fully re-furbished presses that now enable it to run complicated progressive tooling with full confidence.
G.W Waite is a forward thinking sub contract press shop based in Ulverston, Cumbria, UK, for over fifty years, who turned to SMV Presses (UK), the Coventry based power press and ancillary equipment manufacturer, when they wanted to improve their production capacity and product quality
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Over the last few years the company has invested in two 1250kN SMV model FCP1250 four column mechanical presses and one 800kN model FCP 800 complete with press feeding equipment.
As Russell Waite, Managing Director said: "They have become the workhorses of our production.
We have seen the demand for our products increase significantly over the last few years and as there was clearly a need to replace our ageing C frame presses.
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We turned to SMV who was able to offer us fully re-furbished presses to meet our requirements at competitive prices, which now enable us to run complicated progressive tooling with full confidence.
Many jobs requiring secondary operations have been retooled on progression dies, which has increased our productivity and helped us to remain competitive.
The rigid cast iron frame of the SMV presses is also much quieter than a fabricated press and this makes for a better working environment." Russell continued: "The investments we have made have clearly given our automotive and other customers the confidence to place increasing business with us.
We press principally mild steel, stainless and aluminium with a capacity on coil ranging from 0.8 - 4.0mm thick and up to 400mm wide, which is backed up with our own in house tool room and zinc plating plant.
Ancillary operations include assembly, projection welding, tapping and orbital riveting.
The three presses were all re-furbished at SMV Presses (UK)'s parent company in Smalandsstennar, Sweden.
They were completely re-engineered and equipped to comply with the latest current European Safety Regulations.
The maximum press force can be reached at 30deg before bottom dead centre.
The last press to be installed was an FCP 1250-2 with an infinitely variable operating speed ranging from 0 - 120spm.
It was supplied as a complete press line with a servo roll feeder, a double sided 1500kg decoiler, a 450mm x 25mm coil strip straightener and a PS323 scrap chopper for cutting coil strip into accurate blank sizes.
SMV's FCP range of presses has been purposely designed for use in high productivity automatic press lines with press forces from 500 - 1600kN.
They have rigid cast iron frames and long slide guides for stability and minimum tool wear.
SMV range of coil handling equipment is designed to retrofit with FCP presses.
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