Orange Country Choppers Reaches Agreement with the Beckwood Press Company to Build Advanced Press in New Production Bike Line
ST. LOUIS, MO - Orange County Choppers (OCC) has reached an agreement with the Beckwood Press Company to build a technologically advanced deep draw hydraulic press to be used in their new facility, opening in February 2008. The Beckwood Hydraulic Press will allow OCC to have the in house capability to form tanks, fenders and other drawn parts for their production line of motorcycles.
Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers, chose Beckwood Press Company to provide the latest in hydraulic press technology, integrated with top of the line components such as Rockwell Automation and Parker Hannifin. Beckwood's 4-Post Press will be designed specifically to deliver flexibility and precision through a 4-axis active leveling system for parallelism control during off-center loading. This "Green" machine will be equipped with a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) for significantly increased energy efficiency over traditional hydraulic & mechanical presses. A dynamic bed cushion also offers control through 4 different travel zones.
The Beckwood Press Company utilizes proven and standard designs that are tailored to their customer's specific applications. They offer a variety of low cost, high-quality hydraulic presses and servo motion presses from 2-2000+ tons. These presses can be made for virtually any industry, with an unlimited amount of capabilities and options. The company is based in St. Louis, MO USA and has recently celebrated their 31st year anniversary. More information regarding Beckwood presses can be found at their newly redesigned website at www.beckwoodpress.com.
Company Name: Beckwood Press Company
Address 1: 889 Horan Drive
City: St. Louis
State: MO
Zip: 63026
Country: United States
Phone: 800-737-0111
URL: www.beckwoodpress.com
Contact Name: Ryan Pendleton
Title: Marketing/Sales
E-mail: rpendle@beckwoodpress.com
