Coe
Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, MI, has installed a press-feeding line for
Broan-Nutone, a supplier of residential ventilation products, at the company’s
Tecate, Mexico, facility. The new line, feeding a Seyi-America press, includes
a 42-in.-wide ServoMaster Series 3 roll feed with a 42 by 8-in. dual threading
table; a 3.5 by 42-in. power straightener; and a 10,000-lb.-capacity, 42-in.
coil reel. The line can process 40,000-psi steel coil from 0.20 to 0.063 in.
thick at a roll speed of 367 ft./min.
This is a full turnkey installation with Coe providing personnel and
supervision for installation, startup and training. For more on the company’s
coil-processing capability, visit www.coepress.com.
In the Metal Forming Design Guidelines, it is stated that for
increased productivity, two or more basic metal forming operations can be
combined in dedicated tooling. The transfer tool IS the KING of productivity
tools.
When thinking about transfer stamping you have more than one option to reach your desired productivity. You can choose the traditional large transfer press or a tandem operation with a press to press transfer system.
At the 2015 Tokyo exhibition SEYI demonstrated the latter. Two SD1-88 direct drive servo presses were integrated with an Orri transfer robot and destacker.
Tandem Option Demonstrated at Tokyo
Using a method called "simulating control" SEYI used Crank Motion (from beginning to 3:00 on video below) and link and hold motion (Demonstrated on left side press after 3:00 in video) to show how you can use a tandem press system to match or even surpass the productivity of a traditional press system by coordinating speeds and settings of each device.
Talk to SEYI today and we can assist you in making the right choice for your facility and project.
SEYI never stops working to fit the needs of the ever
changing metal forming industry. Our goal is to assist you in your constant
endeavor for increased efficiency and growth.
With the servo press you have the control that provides you
the desired efficiency and the flexibility to welcome the new jobs that will
lead to the continued growth of your business.
Recently at Blechexpo in Stuttgart, Germany Michael Juhl of
SEYI-Europe spent some time exhibiting some of the features that make the servo
a great addition to any plant as they move into a new age of metal forming.
Watch the videos below as Michael demonstrates the SD2-200 in a variety of
scenarios that professionals in our industry face daily for example controlling
spring back, deep drawing, and fine blanking.
Thank you for taking the time to view these videos. If you
have any questions please contact us today.
SEYI’s SLG model is a heavy duty link motion deep draw press
that will increase productivity on your floor while extending the life of your
tooling.
The link drive design allows the slide of the press to
approach your application quickly, slow down through the draw then return to
the top quickly, this allows for your job to be accurate and efficient.
The SLG is available in two versions “H” and “S”. The H
version has shorter stokes which allows for a faster speed. The S is the
standard stoke but is slower than the H model.
There are a wide array of benefits to adding the SLG to the
floor at your facility including but not limited to easy automation
integration, increased productivity, and extended die life.
Contact us today and a SEYI representative will
assist you in selecting the correct press for your project. Also, watch our
brief video below on the SLG and see this press in action and learn even more
about this industry leading machine.
Hard to believe
FABTECH is here and gone another year. There is no question this show has a lot
to offer under one enormous roof. We hope you had the chance to visit us at the
SEYI booth. If you didn’t, we hope you have been able to follow our updates on Facebook
and LinkedIn. I’d like to take you inside the show with me, and highlight some
things I experienced
Demonstrations
Demonstrations of our SD1-88 servo press
were the main draw at the SEYI booth. Attendees who stopped by were amazed at
the speed and low noise of the servo press as it glided through as many as 35
strokes in seconds in vibration mode. Our neighbor in the metalform
neighborhood had their servo hammering away shaking the ground, while the SEYI
servo make an extrusion look as simple as slicing through a Chicago deep dish
pizza.
The attendees were
also treated to a brief overview of the SEYI servo control HMI with seven preprogrammed
profiles in addition to a free motion profile. The combination of flexibility,
ease of use, and control all led booth attendees to the same conclusion; The SEYI
servo press is an outstanding value that will add life to your expensive and important
tooling and will allow
your company to be competitive in the job bidding process for many decades to
come.
Questions
FABTECH 2015 gave SEYI the opportunity to help
attendees gain familiarity with our company and our product. SEYI’s team CEO
and President Claire Huo and Cyrus Kuo, Vice President of Sales and Service for
SEYI America, Lanny Griffin, Regional Sales Managers Alberto Garcia, Randy Kish
and Scott Braito, and Sales Managers Rob Hoover, and Efren Tirado were
available to field questions. Popular questions included “How does having a Seyi servo press
increase my die life?”
“What about working with difficult metals?” and “Where are the Seyi manufacturing
facilities?”
At SEYI we love
it when our potential and current customers come to us with questions. We want
to encourage this type of interaction, which is why we have expanded our social
media to communicate with our customers and those who have interest in SEYI. Do
you have a question that you didn’t get to ask at the show? Join the discussion
on our LinkedIn page and we will be happy to answer any
questions you have.
Conclusion
The beautiful
weather brought out a lot of people to see all the new technologies at FABTECH.
I speak for the whole SEYI team when I say it is our pleasure to share our
knowledge and products with such a large gathering. If you have any questions
or want to schedule a time to speak with one of our project professionals,
please do not hesitate to contact us.
In addition to a
sales and service team that spans the globe Seyi has two manufacturing
facilities one in Taoyuan,
Taiwan and in Kunshan,
China which is an hour north of Shanghai. These facilities combined have
over three hundred and seventy one thousand square feet of production space and
employ over seven hundred people.
The Taoyuan plant just outside of Taipei is the home base of
Seyi. The Taiwan plant is the where all production for global markets take
place. At this point presses as big as one thousand six hundred ton have been
built here for a variety of applications and markets across the globe.
The Kunshan facility in China has two production areas
measuring over two hundred and thirty six thousand square feet. Production at
the China facility is only for the China domestic market.
These facilities have an experienced work force. More than
thirty percent of our workers have five or more years of experience. Both
facilities use high end state of the art machinery for fabrication. Seyi has
invested 3.4 million dollars in our own equipment while our competitors
outsource critical machining.
To learn more about Seyi machinery and our presses visit our
YouTube page to see our
machines in action.
Since 1985, SEYI has
been serving the North American metal stamping market. In response to a growing customer base and
ambition to directly serve our customers, in 2000 Seyi invested in its first factory-direct
inventory warehouse and administration office in Walnut, California.
In addition to holding our stock presses, Seyi-California was
set up as an administrative hub, housing Seyi’s logistics and accounting
departments. The Walnut facility is also the home office for U.S. Western regional
sales and parts of Mexico.
In 2006 Seyi continued
its investment by opening a ten-thousand square foot engineering and service facility
in Tullahoma, Tennessee. This facility stores over one million dollars in
essential press parts inventory, houses a continually growing service
technician team that is quickly deployed if the need ever arises, and offers
technical training, demonstrations, and engineering integration.
In 2010, Seyi started a Cleveland, Ohio office for Midwest
territory development. Early in 2015 the Cleveland office added a new sales
manager to work alongside the Regional Sales Manager of the Midwest in response
to continued growth.
In 2014, Seyi once again expanded its North America
investment with the opening of Seyi-Mexico, located in Monterrey, Mexico. The
Mexico facility is similar to Tennessee in that they store important parts and house
an easily deployable service technician staff.
In addition to our factory-direct offices across the continent,
Seyi relies on a vast distributor network. Our
distributors are experienced professionals who can optimize your project with
the right pressroom equipment and integrated automation.
Today, Seyi-America
has over 2,000 presses installed in North America, and have been fortunate to
build a very loyal customer base. As the future unfolds, we’ll continue to
invest in the people and the resources required to stay on top. In addition, we
are a strong proponent of using social media to strengthen our presence. Through LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot, and YouTube, we can extend our
responsiveness and make it more convenient to interact with customers and stay
on top of industry trends.
Gobar Systems, Inc (Matamoros, Mexico) Mexican Contract
Stamper Successfully Shifts Manufacturing Strategy from Dedicated
Automotive to Larger Market Mix with SEYI Straight and Gap Frame Presses
Twenty years ago,
Mexican stampers had a fairly straightforward path to success—often tied
to a stamped parts dedication for one or two different customers. For
these same companies today, survival has led to market diversification,
increased services provided, and often, new manufacturing methods to
improve upon quality and/or production rates. One company found just
across the border from Brownsville, Texas, Gobar Systems, Inc., has met
the challenges of an ever-changing marketplace…and has done so with
the help of SEYI Presses, Inc.
Defining Gobar’s Capabilities
The Gobar name was created as a family operation and is a
derivative of two family names…Gonzalez and Barron. The company started
out as an automotive stamper supplying interior part (especially
dashboards) stampings to the likes of General Motors and Delphi. Then, a
shift to supplying complete sub-assemblies that included a large
amount of value-added operations (IE: welding, fastening, part
insertion, etc.) to this same customer group grew their capabilities
even more. Today, the company is viewed as a comprehensive contract
manufacturer involved in the processing of metals, plastics, and
electronic components/assemblies. Their 90,000 sq ft stamping facility
has been in operation for more than 20 years and employs 75 associates.
World class standards and lean manufacturing principles are practiced.
A total of 25 stamping presses are in operation and tonnages range
from 66 to 660 tons. A second state-of-the-art stamping facility was
added in July of 1998. Both facilities produce a wide range of parts for
numerous industries including automotive air bag components, car
stereo chassis and dashboard components, home appliance
parts/assemblies, fire and safety components for extinguishers and the
like. They also operate a considerably-sized plastics division (87
associates, 7 injection molding machines from 55 to 165 tons). Key
customers include Autoliv, General Motors, Delphi, Bosch Systems, Kidde
Corporation, and others too numerous to include.
Evolving from “Delphi heavy” into Other Non-Automotive Opportunities
“We realized that our 100% automotive roots needed to be
diversified when we had financial issues with a key customer a number
of years back,” states Rolando Gonzalez Baron, Gobar President/CEO. “At
one time in our early stages, we were about 90% dedicated to Delphi.
Both we and the customer knew that this was unhealthy and the goal was
to diversify to other markets and other types of manufacturing
operations. While we still serve automotive customers with pride, our
current customer base is about two-thirds non-automotive. Additionally,
we’re not just a stamper…50% of our current business base is in metals
processing, but our growth toward plastics and other advanced materials
is also key to our success.” A key goal for Gobar is to target an
equal amount of business from automotive, plastics processing
customers, and all other contract manufacturing sectors such as
telecommunications, medical and consumer goods.
While the company has
shrunk in employee size from 600 to 250 total employees, their annual
sales growth has gone from $20 million to nearly $45 million. Key to
that was found in the market and operation diversification, but also
through their growth in the automation of nearly every production
operation, investments in capital equipment improvements, and always
seeking out more value added purposes found throughout their
manufacturing facilities. Part of that rationale includes their taking
automotive work that offered much smaller lot size production than
typical contract stamping operations (although they can perform lot size
production in the tens of thousands, as well).
Tooling Up To Meet Future Challenges
“We were tooled up to do a lot of GM’s component/bracket work in
the mid- to late-eighties,” stated Rolando. “Then, an influx of
competition hit our area. We knew this would take a toll on our
electronic component business. We went from no area competition in 1986
to four local competitors in 1992 to more than a dozen area companies
vying for their type of business today. We knew that we had to change
our lower tonnage, c-frame press stampings to produce larger and more
sophisticated stampings and assemblies.” And that took both a broader
vision and a new mix of presses.
“Our older, lower tech
smaller presses weren’t going to allow us to meet our growth goals,”
states Rolando. “We were using the used equipment from our German joint
venture partner initially and struggled with maintenance issues. We
then started investigating all of the press technologies out there…from
C-frames to straightsides and even link motion presses. We liked what
we saw in SEYI’s presses, both in technology offering and purchase
price. And after twenty years of SEYI’s in operation here, we haven’t
regretted the decision once.” A total of nearly two dozen SEYI
presses have been installed over the last twenty years. Gap frame and
straight side presses ranging from 66 to 660 ton models are used
throughout the plant.
But
it demanded more than just the need for higher tonnage presses for
bigger part production. It required a much broader vision toward
delivering the complete answer to the customer. And to maintain that
competitive edge, Gobar invested in building their own dies, became much
more involved in the design end of the process (overall part design
and the manufacturability of the part’s production), improving
production training and greater understanding of the manufacturing
process for their associates, and driving the organization to become
more value-added in their overall mindset. And a diversification into
markets never served before, as well as increasing their overall
capabilities to produce tougher jobs. “Today, we can produce both simple
stampings and more complex parts/assemblies…our niche is making what
others around us cannot do,” says Rolando.
This has really helped their profit margin
growth. For example, their initial bracket production only netted 3-4%
profit on average. But as they added more value-added work and contract
manufacturing concepts, the margins grew in leaps and bounds.
Another manufacturing
success key is found in the elimination of most manual secondary
operation-heavy work. “It’s a very labor intensive operation and we
can’t compete with those in China, Vietnam, Malaysia and other areas,”
Rolando says. “They pay much lower salaries in these areas, but we
also have more restrictions on environmental compliances, human rights
issues, and other “democracy” factors…and all of these have a cost that
they don’t have to consider.” Where possible, they help redirect the
overall design and/or build their tooling to eliminate as many
secondary operations as possible.
Link Motion Presses Key To Future Growth
Sometimes, using higher technology can allow you to make the
part/assembly better and/or faster than traditional methods. Gobar sees
SEYI Link Motion technology in that vein.
“We were easily sold on the fact that
link motion could grow our productivity rates in very substantial
amounts over traditional presses,” explains Rolando.
SEYI’s link motion design offers the following benefits:
increased approach and
return slide speeds paired with appropriate pressworking speeds enable
faster production rates (up to a 30% increase in many cases),
reduced material springback due to slide velocity slowdown,
extended die life performance due to decreased shock, noise, heat and vibration,
multiple functions in a single machine…draw work, forming, blanking, etc.
One would think that
getting the customer to believe in a totally new process—moving from
hydraulic pressworking to do the draw work in a progressive die
mechanical pressworking operation—is the toughest part of the job.
“Because we felt confident that we could switch the process over, we
had their blessing to proceed with prototyping, and, with that success,
on to prove all of the production tests for this part,” stated
Rolando. “We said that we could increase production rates by two or
three times over their older methods and so they came in and validated
our processes. And it all worked out beautifully. But it takes a special
kind of trust and respect between the customer and vendor to make
something like this work out. The SEYI link motion presses were key to
this success.”
“And
in the end, most of our customers don't care exactly what type of
process or what type of machinery you use,” adds Rolando. “What they
are interested in is that you are stable on your quality and that you
are competitive in price, and that you can deliver because you have the
capacity to produce what they request. But I can tell you that we feel
very comfortable that our SEYI presses are going to produce a stable
part and that we are going to produce a stable part with processes that
no one in the past thought could be done.”
A big part of these
capabilities comes from a R&D Center that was introduced in 1999.
The operation is focused in developing new tooling designs…engineering
high tech automation and robotics technologies…utilizing the latest in
CAD/CAM design…incorporating wire EDM for tooling production…and most
important, ensuring Gobar’s total involvement of the manufacturing
process—from the front end concepting and design throughout the entire
tooling build and tryout. They have also integrated a strategy of
utilizing press sensors to help with improving press operations and
part inspection.
Pertaining to part
quality, Gobar has met the challenges of tight tolerance stampings that
both automotive and electronics markets are asking for. Dimensional
tolerances can be as tight as one-tenth of a millimeter on some parts.
“We have great presses to make this happen on a regular basis, but it
takes all of the elements of the process…the die design, the precision
of the feed equipment and all other elements are just as critical,”
Rolando says. “It’s important that you've got your coil payoff in line
and you don't have issues such as camber. All of these factors and
more are important to a good quality operation.”
The Importance of Reliability/Uptime to a Mexican Stamper
Gobar
has been utilizing SEYI presses for more than twenty years and the
reliability factor has been key to why they endorse their performance.
And this is especially important when you’re talking about a region of
the world in which next-door parts and service support isn’t readily
available.
“They’ve really held up
to the promises made from the early days,” states Rolando. “ Our press
uptime has been great and whenever we’ve had some type of issue,
they’ve been quick to respond to our needs. These presses have evolved
from dry clutches to the use of more reliable wet clutch technology.
And our uptime seems to be better with the link motion technology…not
to mention it’s faster and delivers better quality parts. In our
experience, SEYI just doesn't sell you and then abandon you. They’ve
worked with us on as-needed repair issues promptly and they’ve set us
up on a good preventive maintenance schedule. They've been training
us so well that our technicians are fairly self-sufficient for
maintenance and repair work. As for the factors of investment price and
overall quality and performance, we are more than satisfied with our
SEYI presses.”
On Gobar’s Future…
Gobar views overall growth and
improvements in two areas. The first one can be found in their training
commitments. The company operates their own “corporate university”, a
place in which their people (other local companies send key personnel
there for training, too) are sent for various training disciplines.
Their overall purpose is to “enable our associate’s competencies to
achieve the goals and objectives of the organization with a strong
emphasis on a culture of discipline, quality, precision and teamwork.” A
wide range of subjects are taught including CAD/CAM and other
programming, mechanical engineering, management, quality control and
others. It is a focused learning environment that they feel that no area
training center can match to fulfill their needs.
Secondly, they see a
growth in being able to do more sub-assembly work across a wide range
of materials. “Our customers are continuing to reduce their supplier
base, and for us to keep existing work and grow into new opportunities,
we’re finding ways to process sub-assemblies with metals and plastics
or composites or even the new higher strength steels or other metals,”
adds Rolando. “Our goal is to be able to keep the customer happy with
the increasing value-added services that they are looking for.”
Does your facility currently use a full revolution press? If
so, you should know these types of presses are not compliant with current OHSA
1910.217 standards. A full revolution press is only capable of stopping at top
dead center and safeguarding a full revolution press is more complicated than
it is with air clutch presses. I have had conversations with many engineering
managers who are interested in “bringing the machine into compliance”, but what
these companies are not aware of is that the cost of bringing these machines
into compliance often exceeds the original cost or the cost of a replacement.
Some highlights of the OHSA standard requirements are: 1) The press must have a single stroke mechanism usually this applies to machines with foot treadles. The system would then only run through one cycle and would have to be activated again before it went through another. This is usually accomplished by adding a mechanical retrofit device or a conversion to a two hand trip control system. 2) If the press is equipped with a two hand trip device, it must have anti repeat capability so only one stroke occurs. 3) Two hand trips must require concurrent use of both hands to initiate a stroke. 4) The press must have a main power component capable of being locked off. 5) The press must have an under voltage starter with under voltage protection. 6) The press must also have an appropriate point of operation safeguarding.
You can see this is an involved process and expenses can add
up quickly. There is a very good chance that you would be able to add a new
press complete with a warranty that could make your production more efficient
to your facility for just as much or even less than it would take to modify the
older non-compliant press that is on your floor. We will even discuss the removal
of your old press with you.
Our distributors and project managers specialize in matching
you with a machine that meets your needs and keeps your facility safe from
fines and injuries that can occur with a non-compliant machine. We look forward
to sharing more information with you.
For Immediate Release: SEYI America and SEYI Mexico Double Sales and
Service Support
August
3, 2015- Tullahoma, TN, SEYI America and SEYI Mexico are pleased announce the
addition ofnew hires for
both sales and service support throughout North America. For SEYI-America, three new field service
technicians, an inside technician, and a sales support administrator have been
added at the Tullahoma TN Sales and Service Center. At the Walnut, CA and Cleveland, OH offices,
additional sales managers have been added to bolster territory support. In
Mexico, another service technician and sales manager have been added to the
Monterrey, NL Sales and Service Center.
According
to Lanny Griffin, V.P. of SEYI-America Sales and Service, “With the addition of
the new employees and some internal re-organization, we’ve more than doubled our support
and service in a little more than a year.
We have up-scaled our communication with SEY’s other global divisions, enhanced our large, turnkey project and
servo resources, boosted our factory-direct service and partnered service providers,
and are stocking more inventory presses and spare parts in Tennessee,
California, and Mexico.”
A
major emphasis for the new hires has been in response to more large, turnkey and servo projects:
“Virtually
all of our projects are becoming turnkey, with more and more global
interaction,” states Scott Braito, Large Press Systems Division Manager.
“The additional internal personnel and service partners better prepare
us to manage the complexities.”
“For servo projects,” Says Randy Kish, Servo Press Division
Manager, “we’re developing the next layer. Our current U.S. and Mexico servo technicians
have hundreds of hours of servo experience. We’re adding to this, and can now
fully implement application support and customer
training.”
The
added resources at SEYI-America and SEYI-Mexico have residual gain by
amplifying SEYI’s factory-direct support forcustomers doing business in the U.S., Mexico and other
parts of Latin America.
“With our customers doing “business without
borders”, there are natural expectations to have “borderless” suppliers,” says
to Alberto Garcia, RSM – Latin America Division. “We know that factory-direct
support this is the best way to achieve this, and we’re making the
investments.”
According
to Horacio Peña Villarreal, RSM-SEYI-Mexico, “The additional personnel at the Monterrey N.L. Sales and Service Center are part of planned expansion since
opening the office last May. “In addition, we are also supplying more spare
parts,” having recently started stocking Wintriss controls components (Wintriss is SEYI’s standard
controls and automation supplier).
This is a huge value to our customers doing business in both the U.S.
and Mexico. We can provide much better
response by having the parts readily available.”
2015 FABTECH Mexico: Attention to Service and Support Most Important to Attendees.
Mexico’s
manufacturing community continues to grow, and there are no shortage of
suppliers ready to assist them with their production needs. This is
great news for buyers who now have more choices than ever before, and
nowhere was this more evident than the 2015 FABTECH Mexico show. There
were more than 11,000 attendees and 530 exhibiting companies both record
highs for this show.
The 2015 show was SEYI’s 11th as an
exhibitor. At one time this show pitted just very few established
stamping press companies against each other for the buyer’s attention,
but now there are dozens of companies many of which have little or no
experience in Mexico. Naturally, with such a competitive marketplace
buyer expectations have soared. As was witnessed in the SEYI booth,
attendees not only came to see more choices in technology, they stressed
the importance of a potential purchase being backed by strong service
and support. On all accounts SEYI delivers.
Technology:
SEYI displayed the latest in servo press technology,
demonstrating to attendee after attendee the flexibility and ease of
use of the SEYI SD1-88 ton direct drive servo press, featuring a
proprietary high-torque, low RPM motor, electronic overload protection,
unparalleled frame construction, and limitless programming
functionality. SEYI’s unique vibration mode was unanimously a crowd favorite, which exemplifies SEYI’s superior drive system and attention to dynamic response.
Support and Service:
Attendees
unfamiliar with SEYI before the show left the booth with the confidence
that SEYI will follow through with outstanding direct support and
service. Launched in 2014,
the SEYI-Mexico office was represented in full force at the 2015
FABTECH Mexico. Led by General Manger Horacio Pena Villareal, service,
sales, and administrative members from the Monterrey-based service
center were available to answer attendee questions and detail SEYI’s
well-established customer base, having more than 120 press and turnkey
system installations in Mexico, including mechanical gap frame presses,
straight side presses, and servo presses. SEYI-Mexico is continually
adding new members to their service and sales divisions, some new
members were even present at the show. What was once an office of three
just one year ago has grown two fold, doubling the number of service
technicians and expanding geographical reach to support several Mexico
regions. SEYI-Mexico will also begin stocking spare parts for faster
service response and turnaround next month.
FABTECH
2015 Mexico was a success for SEYI-Mexico, and a great opportunity to
spread the word about their state of the art technology as well as the
wide reaching service that has been developed in the last year to a
manufacturing community that continues in growth and global impact.
SEYI America stamping presses is pleased to announce its exhibit at the
upcoming FABTECH show, November 9-12 in Chicago, IL. Held in booth S4235 in the METALFORM area, live demonstrations will feature SEYI’s single point 88T Direct Drive Servo Press making 10mm/.4” deep extruded holes using SEYI’s unique vibration motion profile. By taking advantage of the direct drive capability to apply constant energy within programmed repeatable stroke steps, key takeaways from the demonstration are how to remove the risk of cut- edge fracturing while maintaining complete control over material expansion limits, and reducing heat and lubrication in the forming process. By programming 35 up (.3mm/.01”) and down (.8mm/.03”) stroke steps within a 45mm/1.77” distance to BDC, a 10mm/.4” deep extruded hole with an 8mm/.31” i.d. is formed in one press cycle. The extruded hole has 2mm/.08” thick side walls with a 45 degree top bevel and a very tight base radius. The process starts with a pre-blanked hole in a 4mm/.16” thick piece of Domex 240 hot rolled, extra high strength, cold forming steel, commonly used in vehicle chassis and other load-bearing and structural applications. Along with the live demonstration, attendees can examine numerous parts formed on SEYI servo presses, receive a virtual demonstration of how the parts were made, and how servo programming capabilities can be implemented into everyday production. About SEYI Founded in 1962, SEYI has established a position of global leadership in the press building industry over the past 50 years. SEYI manufactures mechanical presses, ranging in size from 25 to 2400 tons, at facilities located in Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China. At its original location in Taoyuan, Taiwan, SEYI operates a 12,500 square meter facility, and in 2003 the Company began production in Mainland China at an 11,000 square meter facility located in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Combined production capacity at the Taoyuan and Kunshan plants approaches 4,000 presses annually. Construction of a second 11,000 square meter facility in Kunshan was completed in 2009 and began production in 2011. The new facility in Kunshan can manufacture up to 300 presses annually, ranging in size from 300 to 4,000 tons. SEYI products have been sold to customers in over 40 countries around the world, and the Company is the dominant foreign supplier to Mainland China, India, South East Asia and the Americas in terms of volume. SEYI is the recipient of numerous quality awards from around the world. The Company completed an initial public offering of its common stock in 2002 and is traded on the Taiwanese OTC (4533 TT) market. For more information, please contact: Randy Kish Regional Sales Manager Cell: (909) 455-4876 e-mail: randy@seyimerica.com
The link drive design allows the slide of the press to
approach your application quickly, slow down through the draw then return to
the top quickly, this allows for your job to be accurate and efficient.
Demonstrations of our SD1-88 servo press
were the main draw at the SEYI booth. Attendees who stopped by were amazed at
the speed and low noise of the servo press as it glided through as many as 35
strokes in seconds in vibration mode. Our neighbor in the metalform
neighborhood had their servo hammering away shaking the ground, while the SEYI
servo make an extrusion look as simple as slicing through a Chicago deep dish
pizza. 
FABTECH 2015 gave SEYI the opportunity to help
attendees gain familiarity with our company and our product. SEYI’s team CEO
and President Claire Huo and Cyrus Kuo, Vice President of Sales and Service for
SEYI America, Lanny Griffin, Regional Sales Managers Alberto Garcia, Randy Kish
and Scott Braito, and Sales Managers Rob Hoover, and Efren Tirado were
available to field questions. Popular questions included “How does having a Seyi servo press
increase my die life?”
“What about working with difficult metals?” and “Where are the Seyi manufacturing
facilities?”
Defining Gobar’s Capabilities
Evolving from “Delphi heavy” into Other Non-Automotive Opportunities
Tooling Up To Meet Future Challenges
But
it demanded more than just the need for higher tonnage presses for
bigger part production. It required a much broader vision toward
delivering the complete answer to the customer. And to maintain that
competitive edge, Gobar invested in building their own dies, became much
more involved in the design end of the process (overall part design
and the manufacturability of the part’s production), improving
production training and greater understanding of the manufacturing
process for their associates, and driving the organization to become
more value-added in their overall mindset. And a diversification into
markets never served before, as well as increasing their overall
capabilities to produce tougher jobs. “Today, we can produce both simple
stampings and more complex parts/assemblies…our niche is making what
others around us cannot do,” says Rolando. 
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“And
in the end, most of our customers don't care exactly what type of
process or what type of machinery you use,” adds Rolando. “What they
are interested in is that you are stable on your quality and that you
are competitive in price, and that you can deliver because you have the
capacity to produce what they request. But I can tell you that we feel
very comfortable that our SEYI presses are going to produce a stable
part and that we are going to produce a stable part with processes that
no one in the past thought could be done.”
Gobar
has been utilizing SEYI presses for more than twenty years and the
reliability factor has been key to why they endorse their performance.
And this is especially important when you’re talking about a region of
the world in which next-door parts and service support isn’t readily
available.
Gobar views overall growth and
improvements in two areas. The first one can be found in their training
commitments. The company operates their own “corporate university”, a
place in which their people (other local companies send key personnel
there for training, too) are sent for various training disciplines.
Their overall purpose is to “enable our associate’s competencies to
achieve the goals and objectives of the organization with a strong
emphasis on a culture of discipline, quality, precision and teamwork.” A
wide range of subjects are taught including CAD/CAM and other
programming, mechanical engineering, management, quality control and
others. It is a focused learning environment that they feel that no area
training center can match to fulfill their needs.
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