Designing services based on 'intelligent' press-die-systems

Abstract

Forming technologies and deep drawing in particular play a key role in Germany's industry regarding quality, costs and time. The production system's efficiency is thereby tremendously influenced both by timed and qualitative availability of press and die. A detectably higher availability resp. service life of the entire press-die-system along with novel services for a condition-oriented press and die maintenance represent a solution to the actual dilemma. Furthermore new service models to optimize the spare parts management as well as business models, e.g. pay-per-piece, are additional options. In a consortium of industry and university within the research project Smart Stamping, the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University is to create the necessary preconditions for such offerings.