Optimal results and production efficiency—these are the two key requirements for any industrial press. To ensure these requirements are met over the long term, the sigma3D team supports you with all metrological challenges related to inspection and maintenance.
We combine state-of-the-art measurement technology with our experience from over 400 successful projects in the field of press measurement. From practical experience, we know that forming metal in a wide variety of initial states is a simple task for the machine—but the challenges of maintenance are always highly specialized.
Your benefits at a glance:
We support you with our measurements, regular inspections, and repairs of your industrial presses. Our goal: to reduce downtime through efficient measurement processes and to ensure long-term quality by detecting wear and damage early on. To achieve this, we inspect the guide rails, press table, and press head of your hydraulic or mechanical press in several measurement steps.
When working on guide rails and the press table, we ensure that material distortion caused by welding can be identified and corrected by your on-site staff. A final measurement ensures the exact parallelism of the rails relative to each other as well as their perpendicularity to the press table.
When measuring the press head, we verify that the various bearings and shafts are precisely parallel to one another—and thus that the drive shafts are as well. If machining of the bearing races is necessary, we support your staff with multi-step measurements until everything is running precisely again. In this way, we help you achieve the most wear-free and long-lasting operation possible for your industrial press.
We typically perform measurements on your industrial presses using one of our laser trackers: This mobile 3D measuring instrument enables fast and reliable measurements—with an accuracy of 0.01 mm/m. This enables our team to fully digitize machines of any type and size in order to obtain precise and meaningful measurement data.
Whether it’s a walk-in facility or hard-to-reach locations—our team brings the right measurement equipment for every job. Thanks to a wide range of specialized equipment, such as heavy-duty tripods and a variety of adapters and extensions, we can set up a suitable measurement configuration on-site for even the most complex situations.
Laser tracker with lateral adapter in use for measurement
Mounting a laser tracker to the press head using a magnetic base
Laser tracker with angle extension
Heavy-Duty Tripod with Extension
At the end of our measurement, we’ll discuss the results with you and prepare a customized report for you. This report will contain a detailed documentation of all measurement results in the form of tables and graphs—including the requested labeling of all elements. This way, you’ll be able to clearly interpret all the results at any time, even months later.
