Caption: The first new outer skin parts for the ID. Vehicles from the new large press at the Zwickau vehicle plant.

Pic caption: A 2,000 ton press tandem line from DEES with YASKAWA robotic arms, left moving bolsters and rapid heavy die exchange for a key automotive OEM.

Taiwanese press specialist, Chin Fong, has placed smart machinery at the heart of its technological innovations. From a single-press smart solution, the company has moved on to multi-press connections and cloud computing, linking ERP management and even AI computing systems to analyse Big Data.

The addition of a new hydroform deep draw press from Quintus Technologies brings increased capacity, flexibility and production efficiencies to aerospace parts manufacturer, Aeroforma Technologies.

Image caption: Piper Aircraft has installed a high-pressure (11,600 psi) hydroforming press, model QFC 1x3-800 from Quintus Technologies.