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Proceedings in Manufacturing Systems, Volume 7, Issue 4, 2012 ISSN 2067-9238 PRE-TENSIONED C-FRAME FOR THE CRANK MECHANICAL PRESS. STUDY OF THE stress AND strain STATE Ioan DAN1,*, Romeo CIOAR?2 1) PhD student, Eng., Transilvania University of Brasov, Bra?ov, Romania 2) Prof., PhD, Eng., Economic Engineering and Production Systems Department, Transilvania University of Brasov, Bra?ov, Romania Abstract: Considering the long useful life duration of the presses, the reduction of their energetic consumption during exploitation turns into an essential goal. An important path for attaining this objective is raising the rigidity of the press, which equals the consumed energy for the elastic deformation of the machine. The paper herein submits such a new solution of C-frame, achieved through casting and being pre-tensioned. The C-frame of the Romanian crank press PAI 25 was taken as reference, whose general geometrical features were not modified. Modelling the reference C-frame and the new constructive solution was accomplished within the design environment ProEngineering WildFire 4. Both models were subjected to the analysis with finite element, resorting to Catia V5 R16, for determining their stress and strain state. The new constructive solution, adequate to pre-tensioning the front pillars of the machine frame resulted from minimally modifying the reference constructive solution. The front pillars were very little modified in order to be tensioned through tightening with tension-rods. For the study of the strain and deformation state, impelling and straining with external forces were stipulated in full accord with the real case. The study was achieved for three values of the pre-strain generated by every tension-rod. The paper herein submits a few results obtained with respect to raising the rigidity of the machine frame and to reducing the tension state within its body, through pre-tensioning its front pillars. The compared analysis of the results clearly en