Press Selection Maintenance Smith Assoc（媒体选择和维护 Smith Assoc）.pdfVIP

Press Selection and Maintenance - D02.doc PDF © 1993 - 2001 Rev- August 22, 2005 Smith Associates, 530 Hollywood Drive, Monroe, Michigan 48162-2943 PRESS SELECTION AND MAINTENANCE Success in any activity requires that a number of tasks be done correctly. In metal stamping, everything from poor quality parts to accelerated die wear and damage often is caused by poor press selection, diesetting and machine maintenance. No responsible machine shop manager would neglect machine tool lubrication, alignment and repair. The same principle must be applied to press selection and maintenance. A power press is a machine used to supply force to a die that is used to blank, form, or shape metal or nonmetallic material. Thus, a press is a component of a manufacturing system that combines the press, a die, material and feeding method to produce a part. The designer of the manufacturing system must also provide proper point of operation guards to safeguard pressroom personnel. Each of the components of this manufacturing system is important and will be discussed in turn later in this work. A foundation for understanding the system is acquiring a working knowledge of the press. Examples of good practices and warnings against bad practices are to be found throughout this training. It is very important that the good practices that are appropriate for your shop are the ones that you adopt as your standard diesetting, production and die maintenance procedures. Types of Presses There are over 300,000 presses in use in the United States and many more worldwide. Mechanical and hydraulic presses fall into two predominant types: gap frame and straight side presses. The frame types used in mechanical presses are similar t