Pros and Cons of a Servo Press

Servo Press

A servo press is often described as being in-between mechanical and hydraulic presses. While a servo press offers much of the versatility of the hydraulic press, they provided production speeds that are often comparable to that of a traditional mechanical presses.

The stroke, slide motion, slide position, and speed are programmable to allow many different combinations that can work with a wide variety of dies, part types, and production speeds.

Pros:

• High accuracy and repeatability
• Full press capacity near bottom dead center of stroke
• Variable stroke profiles
• Precise slide motion and position control throughout the range of the stroke length
• Variable, precise slide velocity control, even within a single cycle of the press stroke.
• Full working energy at any speed

Cons:

• High initial cost

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