Solution


Press Load Monitoring

Press forming is a method to deform different materials. For instance, materials such as steel can be bent, stretched, or formed into shapes.


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Summary

  • Customer Need / Challenge

    Press forming is a method to deform different materials. For instance, materials such as steel can be bent, stretched, or formed into shapes. A force measurement solution is required to monitor the forces being applied by the press forming machine. This ensures quality control and traceability during the production process.

  • Interface Solution

    For large press forming machines, Interface recommends installing the 1000 High Capacity Fatigue-Rated LowProfile™ Load Cell. When the material is placed under the punch plate to form a shape, the force applied is measured by the 1000. The force results captured is sent to the INF-USB3 Universal Serial Bus Single Channel PC Interface Module, where results can be graphed and logged on the customer’s PC with provided software.

  • Results

    Interface’s force measurement products and instrumentation accurately monitored and logged the force results of the press force machine, ensuring zero-error production performance.

Materials


  • 1000 High Capacity Fatigue-Rated LowProfile™ Load Cell
  • INF-USB3 Universal Serial Bus Single Channel PC Interface Module with included INF-USB3 software
  • Customer press forming machine
  • Customer’s PC or Laptop

How it Works


  1. Interface’s 1000 High Capacity Fatigue-Rated LowProfile™ Load Cell is installed in the press forming machine, within the punch plate.
  2. A material is placed under the force plate to form a shape.
  3. Force results are captured by the 1000 load cell, and sent to the INF-USB3 Universal Serial Bus Single Channel PC Interface Module, where results can be graphed and logged on the customer’s PC with provided software.

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