To provide visual die protection on the pressroom floor, Schuler Pressen GmbH has partnered with Germany-based Imaging Development Systems (IDS), a provider of industrial image-processing technology, to develop a solution for avoiding expensive die damage and its consequential costs in stamping and forming technology. And the solution is retrofittable for existing lines. Equipped with industrial cameras from IDS and intelligent software, the production process can be monitored as required. The visual die-protection (VDP) system detects possible causes of die damage in the press shop at an early stage and, say company officials, stops the line in fractions of a second before damage and downtime occur. Different monitoring functions can be set up for the various areas in the press installation space. The probability of failure is reduced, and the safe operation of the systems is ensured.
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