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The focal point and workhorse of the sheet metal shop is the press and maintaining a reliable press system is essential to face the fierce competition faced by today's press shops. In metal stamping, everything from poor quality parts to accelerated die wear and damage often is caused by poor maintenance. Many fabricators rely on ad hoc maintenance when a machine goes down, with all available resources focused to fix the problem. This approach works most of the time, but at a high cost. Whereas adhering to a press maintenance program leads to cost reduction by decreasing downtime, enhancing machinery output, and establishing a formal recordkeeping system for ongoing inspections.

Preventive maintenance is not a single event, but should be viewed as a long-term process for reaping real benefits. It is well proven that presses, under a comprehensive PM program, experience a much longer mean time between failure. Also from the press room safety point of view, systematic maintenance enables a safe working environment for the workforce.

Construction aspects of power presses
Types of drives for presses-mechanical, hydraulic, servo ; Selection criteria
Tonnage curve for mechanical presses, overload protection methods
Maintenance of sub systems of Mechanical presses - frame, drive system, Die cushion, counter balancing, electrical system, pneumatics circuit, etc.,
Hydraulic components in presses - Pumps, valves, cylinders etc.; Hydraulic circuits for presses
Maintenance of Sub systems of Hydraulic presses - drive assembly, hydraulic system components and electrical system. Cleanliness and filtration of oil;
Safety aspects
Preventive maintenance schedule
Trouble shooting of power presses
Case studies
Interactive session - problems faced by participants
Plant visit to press shop*

*Note: Factory visit of participants will be subject to the approval of the hosting industry.

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The need for Productivity Institute

Is your work place suffering from poor productivity?
Do you feel that supervision is weak on the shop floor?
Do your shop floor personnel find it difficult to achieve targets?
You have the machine in place, but not the men to optimize usage?

Realizing the need to enhance the skill sets of fresh engineers in mechanical engineering to make "Industry Employable" and to mould them as per the company requirements, IMTMA organizes

The rapid growth of Indian machine tool Industry and the increasing sophistication of machine tool has created the need for a new breed of machine tool technologists.

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