Control Upgrade the Fountain of Youth for 15-yr. Old Press
Press-operator efficiency and job satisfaction are on the rise at automotive parts supplier...
Simple Setup of Tonnage Monitors for Stamping Presses
Providing invaluable protection for parts, tools and presses, tonnage monitors nonetheless perform only as well as their settings dictate.
Here's how to ensure that your settings are correct…
Are Your Press Controls Safe
Are you using light curtains, have you installed a new brake monitor, do you know how to calculate safety distance,
do your press controls comply with standards and are your operators safe…
The Importance of Tonnage Monitoring
Hydraulic overloads and die sensors offer a certain level of security, but
tonnage monitors take press and die protection to the next level…
Toledo Tonnage Monitor Phone App
HOLLAND, OHIO - Toledo Integrated Systems introduces TT ForceView, which is an Android app
for communicating to Toledo tonnage monitors right from your smart phone…
Mitsubishi Authorized Systems Integrator
Toledo Integrated Systems is proud to announce that Mitsubishi Electric has appointed us as an
Authorized Systems Integrator for their industrial automation products.
Business Day TV with Terry Bradshaw Features Toledo Integrated Systems
Open-Architecture Press Controls
...allow Ariens to modify the look and feel of its user-interface screens and optimize communication between
press-line equipment, including a new servo feeder. And, calibration settings for parameters such as shut
height now reside in a supervised limeted-access area.
7 Press Automation Trends...
Automation trends assessed at FABTECH®, and products introduced throughout 2014, indicate more integration
and acceleration are to come in 2015...
Upgrading Under Fire...
Cooking a press control under deadline pressure isn't the ideal circumstance for upgrading a stamping operation.
But a fire in a 1950s-era hard-wired relay system for a 125-ton C-frame mechanical press sent TH
Manufacturing Co. on an urgent search for replacement technology...
Is Your Press line Out of Control?
As stampers add components to press lines, controlling all of them can become quite a chore, testing the ability to
maintain part production and conduct proper troubleshooting. That’s when a controls assessment and upgrade are
in order...
OSHA Req. - Brake Monitor
The following is a summary of the OSHA regulations as they pertain to
brake monitoring on a stamping press and, in particular, as they relate to
testing and record keeping for stop times on stamping presses...
Stamping At Lear Proves...
With networked PCs on every press, the Lear plant in Roscommon, MI,
enjoys the benefits of live production data, and uses that information for
downtime analysis, die-set reporting and more. Productivity has soared as a result...
Hydraulic-Press Controls Refresh...
Noting that deep drawing in a hydraulic press is not a "set it and forget it" process,
the crew at Toledo Metal Spinning celebrate the benefits of newly updated press
controls: faster setups, improved reliability and safety, and the ability to make
process adjustments on the fly...
Equipping Your Press With the Right Tonnage Monitor...
Tonnage monitoring equipment has been around for several decades. The early models were sometimes finicky,
hard to use, and susceptible to outside electrical interference. Today's tonnage monitors are easier to
install, simpler to use, and more reliable....
