Assembly Press offers 20,000 lb capacity.
Press Release Summary:
Electro-mechanical press and closed-loop measuring system has built-in, on-board force and distance sensors. Encoder-equipped servomotor drives ball-screw ram that has intelligence to handle variety of signals from external sensors and gages. Stand-alone CNC machine operates on software and includes graphical user interface for set-up or changeovers. Applications include production, off-line testing, quality and lab development work, training, and back up.Original Press Release:
Promess Develops Servo Controlled, Ball Screw Type Assembly Press for Quality Test Lab and Manufacturing Operations; Has 20,000 Lb. Capability
BRIGHTON, Mich, Sept. 24 -- Promess, Inc., in conjunction with several machine tool builders, has introduced a new, stand-alone CNC electro-mechanical assembly press and test machine for use in both quality laboratory and plant floor assembly operations.
The new assembly machine has a 20,000 lb. capacity and brings the
same kind of closed-loop precision and repeatability to press-assembly operations that CNC machine tools bring to metalcutting operations.
Unlike older mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic assembly processes, the new Promess machine is designed for a variety of uses, including production, off-line testing, quality and lab development work, training and back up.
Typical applications include a wide variety of multi-press demands, such as press- to-a-force/position, pull-to-a-force/position, and part testing, all at the same station. Springs, check valves, shock absorbers, anti-lock brakes,
oxygen sensors and fluid measurements -- where force relative to position is critical -- fit this category.
A graphic process certification of each manufactured part is available, if required. Multi parts, multi ID systems, multi force, multi positions, multi direction and multi sensors are the platform design for this flexible assembly press and closed loop measuring system.
The new machine's electro-mechanical press has built-in, on-board force and distance sensors. It uses an encoder-equipped servo motor to drive a ball-screw ram that has the intelligence to take in a variety of signals from external sensors and gages.
Unlike older mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic assembly presses, Promess's CNC electro-mechanical assembly press technology is the foundation for truly intelligent assembly operations which offer new levels of quality, productivity and flexibility.
The assembly press's ability to simultaneously monitor and control both force and position -- and take in other external sensor information as well -- enables new strategies which promise to change quality assurance from reactive to an in-process, proactive concept.
The electro-mechanical assembly press operates on easy-to-use Promess software (faster than Windows and other software programs) and features a graphical user interface for quick set-up or change-overs. The system includes integrated sensing and indicators that can be operated with the push of a button or the click of a mouse.
Options on the new machine include external position sensors, bar code input capability, enclosures touch screen and others.
Promess is an 18-year-old firm that develops, manufactures and markets its family of sensing devices and electronics on a world-wide basis.
Contact:
Doug Drummond, NES
Hope E. Hirth
Promess Incorporated
11429 E. Grand River
Brighton, MI 48116
(810) 229-9334
(810) 229-8125 (fax)
www.promessinc.com (web site)
promess@promessinc.com (e-mail)
