Press automation
From consultation to a ready-for-use solution
Press automation: Highly dynamic automation of press lines and individual presses
Great consulting expertise
We are a system partner with great consulting expertise throughout the full process chain. We will be by your side from planning all the way through to commissioning to give you the best possible result.
Customized solutions
New systems or retrofits, tandem lines or flexible automation of individual presses: no matter what you need, we will use our broad product portfolio to design customized solutions that perfectly match your needs.
Global project handling
Our press automation solutions are in use around the world: from requirements elicitation through commissioning to after-sales service. We implement press automation worldwide – including at your location.
Press line automation
Flexible press automation
The automation highlight: The FeederPlus 6neo
The single-arm feeder for tandem press lines of up to 16 SPM
With a max. performance of 16 SPM, a load-bearing capacity of 100 kg and 5 degrees of freedom, the FeederPlus 6neo is perfect for linking up tandem press lines. It is the result of continuous further development of the FeederPlus, which has been a great success for Strothmann in numerous press lines and with many press manufacturers. Its defining feature is the kinematics that makes its unique functional integration possible. The FeederPlus 6neo can independently centre blanks in the Front of Line, both for single and for double parts. In the End of Line, the feeder can distribute workpieces on conveyor belts and deposit them in the right orientation, making additional shuttle systems and robots obsolete. Last but not least it is suitable for retrofitting projects – even with press spacings of up to 10,000 mm.
Press automation: References and customer projects
Servo press with combined transfer and feeder operation
- Ultra-flexible press automation of a servo press with combined operating modes
- Different throughfeed directions in the operating modes:
- Feeder mode with single-step forming
- Transfer mode with downstream linked tools
- Traversing feeder for press loading and unloading
- Line gantry for blank destacking
- Toolings with blast nozzle separation of aluminium blanks
- Integration of carts on the RoundTrack system in the Front of Line
- Combined tooling interface for suction toolings and gripper rails
- Compact system with minimal space requirements
- Complete control system including press interface
- Expandable concept
Automation of a hot forming system including Front of Line
- Front of Line with uninterrupted stack change
- Integration of carts on the RoundTrack system
- Batch configurations from different blank carts thanks to two traversing destacking feeders including rotary axes
- Manual spreading magnets with pantograph arms
- Blank marking with hydraulic marking station including double blank measurement
- Press loading and unloading by means of feeder concept
- Customer-specific tooling interface
- Complete control system including press interface
Press linking with FeederPlus 6neo
- Full Front of Line consisting of:
- Blank cart with lifting table for uninterrupted stack change
- Automatic spreading station
- Destacking feeder 3/120 dynamic
- Magnetic conveyors including bridges
- Integration of washing machine and oil lubrication unit
- Optical centring station with matrix camera
- Redundant double blank detection
- Blank centring with FeederPlus 6neo with double picking function
- Press linking with FeederPlus 6neo
- Distribution and orientation of workpieces on the End of Line conveyor belts by FeederPlus 6neo
- Tooling change units for fully automatic tooling change in just 3min
- Integration of RoundTrack system, for instance for tooling change units, washing machine and oil lubrication unit
- Control system for the entire line with paths synchronised with the press
- Offline programming and 3D simulation with the software StroCon PL
Retrofitting a large-scale transfer press
- Replacement of the mechanical cam-disc-controlled transfer with the CompactTransfer
- Integration of all six degrees of freedom in the transfer and setting of a fixed press phase offset
- This permits press-to-press transport and elimination of intermediate stations
- Performance increase to 15 SPM
- Full redesign of the transfer paths
- Tooling changing units for fully automatic tooling change
- End of Line system consisting of:
- Linear shuttle
- Orientation robot suspended on seventh axis
- Changing units for tooling transport to system roof
- Sound insulation housing
- Offline programming and 3D simulation with the software StroCon PL
RoundTrack systems in press shops
For decades, our patented RoundTrack system has proven successful in press shops all over the world. Even heavy loads of up to 200 t are easy to move with this system. Thanks to an incredibly low rolling resistance, loads of up to 5 t can even be moved manually. Modern intralogistical processes - from simple dollies to driverless transport systems - are easy to implement in any press shop. Application examples include blank carts, coil and tool transport between factory buildings and tool change systems.
The core benefits
- Load-bearing capacity of up to 200 t, up to 5 t movable by hand
- Floor-level system without tripping hazards
- Traversable with forklift and pallet trucks
- High energy efficiency thanks to minimized rolling friction
- Extremely sturdy
- Customized logistics concepts
