WORKHOLDING & PRODUCTION AUTOMATION

HYQUIP is a specialist provider of production automation and workholding solutions. From a single component to a complete system, HYQUIP engineers will provide expert advice and guidance. With the backing and support of specialist component manufacturers HYQUIP has product portfolio second to none.

WORKHOLDING

Workholding is a key area for HYQUIP. With in-house expertise this can include; locating, positioning, holding, supporting and clamping components or assemblies during a manufacturing process. I.e. metal cutting, machining, welding, assembly or fabrication. The benefits invariably are: increased productivity, lower production costs, improved machine utilisation and consistent quality.

The solution could be a simple booster and hollow ram cylinder to that of automating an existing fixture, a complex Hilma or Bock vice system, Stark Zero Point Clamping or swing clamps and work supports in a jig or fixture.

PRESSWORK

For presswork applications, hydraulics and pneumatics are excellent sources of power for punching, bending, forming, riveting, marking, staking and assembly work, without the need for a conventional press. Compact power sources and actuators (cylinders and rams) make it possible for special purpose cellular machines to be manufactured that can be sited adjacent to another process - possibly some distance from the press shop. This cellular production approach reduces the amount of handling and movement of components throughout the factory.

QUICK DIE CHANGE / QUICK MOULD CHANGE

Quick Die Clamping - Quick Mould Clamping, (QDC/QMC), is the quick clamping of dies, press tools and moulds in presses or plastic moulding machinery.

The benefits to the user are a reduction in time taken to switch production from one type of component to another, thus eliminating or reducing the need for massive stocks. This is at the heart of the almost universally applied JUST IN TIME (JIT) manufacturing culture.

PRODUCTION AUTOMATION