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Reshoring: A Growing Trend in the Global Economy

As the global economy shifts and changes, many businesses of all sizes are drawn to the concept of reshoring. This refers to the act of bringing manufacturing and other operations back to one's home country, instead of outsourcing them to foreign countries. Reshoring has become an attractive option for many businesses due to a variety of factors, including: The rising costs of overseas production, such as transportation, labor, and tariffs Concerns about quality...

Preventative maintenance to promote productivity and longevity of forging and forming equipment

As the forging industry’s most experienced maintenance staff and equipment operators retire, keeping legacy machines producing at full capacity is increasingly difficult. When new employees lack sufficient expertise and decades-old forging equipment breaks down the result can be very costly extended downtime. Preventative maintenance “A seasoned team may know all the ins and outs of every forging machine in a facility, but when the workers leave or retire the...

Longevity of forging and forming equipment

Customer: A custom engineering metal forming manufacturer supporting global forming technologies for automotive, commercial, and industrial markets. Industry:  Automotive Applications: Ajax Mechanical Presses Problem: The customer was experiencing significant turnover in their maintenance department, and because of that they did not have maintenance personnel who have trained appropriately or had enough experience to maintain a substantial maintenance program,...

Stocking Program Saving Customers On Lost Production Time

  Customer: A custom engineering metal forming manufacturer supporting global forming technologies for automotive, commercial, and industrial markets. Industry:  Automotive Application: 10 Ajax Mechanical Presses 1300T -4,000 T Ajax Mechanical Presses Problem: The customer’s Drive Plate failed on one of their mechanical presses. This critical component had a lead time of 18 -20 weeks for a new manufacture. The downtime from the press resulted in...

Stocking Semi-Finished Parts to Eliminate Excessive Downtime

Customer: A custom engineering forge manufacturer in North America. Industry: Agriculture, construction, energy, material handling, military and defense, and transportation Application: Over 15 Ajax and Erie Mechanical Presses, including: (15) 1,000 T – 6,000 T Ajax Mechanical Press (2)2,500 T – 4,000 T ERIE Mechanical Presses   Problem: The customer’s Pinion shaft failed on one of their mechanical presses. This critical component had a...

Minimizing Lead Times with Industry Leading Stocking Program

  Customer: A fully automated, high-volume custom forge manufacturer in North America. Industry: Railroad, oil and gas, mining, industrial machinery, gear, energy Application: 5 Ajax Mechanical Presses (3) 1000T Ajax Mechanical Presses (1) 1300T, (1) 40MN (1) 60MN Problem: The lead time for a Clutch Pinion with special bore dimension & bearings, a critical component for all their Mechanical Presses, had a lead time of 26 weeks. With...

The Advantages of Domestic Forging Equipment

U.S.-based forging and forming equipment suppliers can optimize processes, uptime, and cost for the long haul with responsive expertise and readily available parts and service. Purchasing new forging equipment from a “low-cost” overseas supplier that offers a limited number of standard options from a catalog can be costly in the long run. In addition, in the notoriously high-impact forging industry, standard one-size-fits-all equipment often will not fit the...

Next-Level HMIs Boost Forging Uptime, Control

Graphic Human Machine Interface (HMI) capability allows operators to see how a forging press is functioning and speeds local/remote diagnostics and troubleshooting. Although today’s forging industry is the result of more than a century of process developments, forging presses are delivering better results thanks to the capabilities of HMIs to improve production uptime and process control. A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) is a user interface or dashboard that connects...

Forging in the Aerospace Industry

In the aerospace manufacturing industry, Ajax/CECO/Erie Press equipment plays a large role. The equipment is utilized in a variety of fashions to bend, bond, form, and straighten metal into components like airframes, fuselages, and spars. As the largest forging equipment supplier in North America, providing service to the world, with over a century of experience in the forging industry, Ajax/CECO/Erie Press is the preferred supplier to many industries–including the...

The shape of things to come – aerospace

Within aerospace manufacturing, a wide variety of heavy-duty, metal-forming, hydraulic presses with capacities of 10,000 tons or more are required to bend, form, bond, or straighten aluminum, titanium, and alloys into structures and components such as fuselages, spars, and airframes. Technical writer, Del Williams examines aerospace metal forming to provide an expert survey of the key equipment and processes, in the Aerospace Manufacturing...