HYDRAULIC QUICK TOOL CLAMPING SYSTEMS.

Sheet and strip component manufacturers are being faced with the challenge of having to make smaller production runs of an increasing variety of components. Powerful presses with CNC and tool change systems are available to allow flexible production. The updating of production equipment was to a large extent concentrated on presses, tools and their peripherals. Nowadays the biggest potential for cost minimization is in optimization of the tool change time. Hydraulic quick clamping systems open up new ways to shorten the tool change time.