Increased System Availability due to Modern Power Supplies
2 March 2023Throughput instead of Downtimes
Form and function in perfect harmony: automobile chassis provide cars with their distinct characters and also contribute decisively to passenger safety and vehicle efficiency. Stamping, bending, drawing and shaping the exterior skin parts take place in a stamping plant, where enormous tools shape sheet metal using several thousand pounds of compressive forces. When compared to these giants, the activities of the attached sensors appear rather unremarkable. And yet they are the hidden heroes in the stamping process: they ensure safety, precise positioning, and high levels of product quality. Their work is crucial and depends on reliable power supplies.
Stamping plants in automotive production are one of the most impressive manufacturing segment: it is loud, the floor vibrates constantly, and powerful stamps crash together every three seconds, on average, using up to 8000 tons of compressive force to turn the so-called plates into shaped sheet metal parts. At the beginning of this process are the coils – roll sheets of steel or aluminum weighing several tons. At the end, after multiple linked servo transfer presses have carried out their violent work, there are individual shaped parts, like doors, roofs or engine hoods, that can already be distinguished by model.