The Göppingen-based press manufacturer had already picked up three orders for the new PSE range since its premiere in January 2007. Now the company has received a further four new orders.
Schuler??s new generation of automatic blanking and forming presses with servo drives is underlining the company??s flair for anticipating customer needs. The first of the newly ordered automatic blanking and forming presses will already be installed in late 2007 at Klein Umformtechnik. Based in Netphen-Deuz, the company has established itself as a highly specialized part supplier for the automotive and household appliance industries and is purchasing its first-ever Schuler press. A further new customer for Schuler is the Gutbrod group, a member of the Austrian Voestalpine group. At its facilities in Dettingen/Erms and Schmölln, the company develops and manufactures blanked and formed parts, as well as sub-assemblies and safety components, for the car industry.
Schuler??s third order also came from the automotive industry: the company Boysen in Altensteig has established itself as a premium supplier for the development and production of complete exhaust systems. The fourth Schuler press is destined for Austria, where it will be used by the Blum Group ?C one of the world??s leading manufacturers of furniture hardware, especially for kitchens.
Three of the newly ordered automatic blanking and forming presses are designed for press forces of 6,300 kN, two are to be supplied with a complete automation system and the press ordered by Boysen will have a force of up to 4,000 kN.

Higher productivity and flexibility thanks to servo drives
The varying application fields of the above mentioned customers and the wide part range to be produced on Schuler??s equipment underline the flexibility and performance of the new automatic blanking and forming presses. The servo drives allow exceptionally flexible adaptation to respective manufacturing needs ?C in contrast to conventional mechanical presses. Because the press movement curves can be freely programmed, users can configure the line extremely quickly for the production of a wide variety of parts. Users can then store their respective configurations in a die database and access them whenever the die has to be changed. As some part suppliers have to change dies several times a day, this means faster changeovers, reduced downtime and a direct increase in productivity.

Investment in the future
Before three of the orders were actually placed, customers took the opportunity to conduct extensive tests with original dies on Schuler??s demonstration line in Göppingen. In addition to the performance of the new technologies, all the trials underlined the enormous potential of the presses for achieving productivity gains. These include greatly reduced times between tryout and mass manufacturing, as well as benefits in setting up the press and increases in output ?C depending on the respective part and process ?C of up to 50 percent and more. Schuler??s new-generation automatic blanking and forming presses thus offer the utmost in productivity and investment security.