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Schuler - Your Partner for Metalforming Schuler is the technological and global market leader in metalforming and supplies the process know-how for the entire metal-working industry. |
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200-4999 |
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1839 |
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 Mega contract from BMW Mega contract from BMW
Crossbar FeederThe Crossbar Feeder automation robots transport parts from one station to the next.
Crossbar FeederThe Crossbar Feeder automation robots transport parts from one station to the next.
The Schuler Group is delighted to announce the largest order in the company’s history. In the course of 2011 the technological leader in the metalforming industry has received an order from BMW AG for altogether seven press lines with ServoDirect technology. The Bavarian car manufacturer has ordered three high-speed servo press lines for its stamping plants in Leipzig and Regensburg, Germany, and Shenyang in China. At the same time, BMW has reserved four of the same press lines for its German facilities. The order volume is easily in the three-digit million euro range.
“Servo presses represent a technological leap for the mass manufacturing of sheet metal parts. With over 20 strokes per minute, the lines are among the fastest in the world,” states Schuler’s CEO Stefan Klebert. He ranks the order as one of the most important in the company’s over 170-year history. “The order underlines our pioneering role on the market and the outstanding performance of the machines.” BMW already uses the same type of press line at three of its German facilities.
Industry experts regard Schuler’s servo press technology as an extremely efficient manufacturing system. It can produce at least 20 percent more parts per minute than conventional press lines. Presses with ServoDirect technology feature electronically controlled torque motors which act directly on the press gearbox. The main benefit: the slide movement can be individually programmed for each die. As a result, the press can also accelerate or decelerate the slide during a stroke and thus optimize the forming process. This is not possible in the case of conventional mechanical presses, i.e. flywheel machines, where the slide’s movement is dictated solely by the unchanging speed of the press transmission.
At around 85 meters in length, the press lines ordered by BMW feature either five or six such Schuler servo presses linked together. At the beginning of the forming process, a blankloader feeds the individual sheet plates into the line. Automation robots supplied by Schuler then transport the parts to the next press station. The press lines boast a total press force of around 9,000 metric tons. In up to six separate operations, the sheet metal (with thicknesses of up to 2.5 millimeters) is then drawn, bent and blanked into the desired car body shape. The presses can process around 600 metric tons of steel per day – comparable to the amount used to construct Berlin’s famous Radio Tower.
Driving the future with Schuler.
System solutions for the automobile industry.
The world is becoming more and more mobile. Nowadays, it is easier than ever to get from point A to point B. Quickly. In comfort and safety. With performance and style. With energy efficient cars. Thanks to new materials that make vehicles lighter and safer.
With Schuler, you can put the solutions of the future onto the road. As a global leader in forming technology, we deliver systems, tooling, process expertise and services for the entire automotive industry. We respond to the unique requirements of each customer – with high-quality products and first-class service to support the challenges presented by the market. We are working to exceed the expectations of the future as well, with innovative solutions for the automotive industry. 
| Manufacturing with tri-axis transfer For cost-effective part manufacturing with tri-axis transfer presses Schuler offers complete systems from a single source. For a systems solution we provide coil line, blankloader, tri-axis transfer for component transport and the mechanical or hydraulic press - all perfectly coordinated into a single system. Manufacturing with tri-axis transfer presses is efficient and economical. Mechanical Schuler transfer presses (6.300 - 32.000 kN) achieve production rates of up to 40 strokes per minute. | 
| Mechanical blanking and forming presses Metalforming with a high degree of precision - this explains the success of flexible companies in the supplier sector. Blanking and forming presses from Schuler meet the challenges our customers face such as growing production lot sizes, complex part geometries, and the processing of high-strength materials. Equipped with modified knuckle-joint drive or servo drive, these systems solutions improve cost-effective manufacturing in the stamping plant. Coil feeding lines or destackers/blankloaders and tri-axis transfer presses complement the blanking and forming presses to create high-performance systems solutions that are universal in application. The capacity range is between 2,000 and 8,000 kN. | |
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