EPW 500FP monitors pressing and joining processes and more
Industry 4.0 in practice or monitoring of production processes in real-time
The growing demands placed on products and functions call for seamless quality
assurance today, which above all needs to comply with documentation
requirements. As technology company with comprehensive expertise in
joining/clinching connections of sheet metals as well as the pressing and crimping of
components, TOX® PRESSOTECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, D-88250 Weingarten,
provides users not only with production-related know-how and equipment as well as
tools, but also with the right solution for industrial quality assurance. Based on the
experience of several hundred pressing and clinching monitoring systems that have
been installed in the industry from the product range TOX®-Monitoring, now the
universally flexible TOX®-Pressing Monitor EPW 500FP was developed as costeffective standard solution.
Designed for seamless process monitoring at press workplaces, at stand-alone
press systems or at C-frame/handheld tongs stations, process monitoring always
occurs in real-time according to the principle “work and see”. Strictly speaking, the
TOX®-Pressing Monitor EPW 500FP consistently monitors all processes for which
accurately defined, functional connections between force and displacement must be
proven seamlessly and traceably, for example during pressing, pressing-in,
clinching, joining, riveting and crimping processes. Compact in build and easy to
operate, operators can control as well as document each individual stroke at all
times, and consequently ensure reproducible quality. Furthermore, the data can be
requested at any time as a history report and permit seamless presentation, for
example across the entire period of a batch production or a production cycle.
Easy to install and to connect, the EPW 500FP can be customized for respective
customer- or process-specific requirements by means of the colour touchscreen and
intuitive menu navigation. Configuration and parameterization are to be performed
directly on the unit and the large 7" display allows quick visual control. For
challenging workshop and industrial applications, the housing is made of aluminium
and can be continuously swivelled for ergonomic operations. The following features
are already included in the very reasonably priced standard version: Simultaneous
real-time monitoring of the pressing/joining processes; immediate notification of all
important process functions; monitoring based on window and envelope technology;
up to 128 individual check routines, can be requested via menu or PLC; storage of
measured curves and end values; several password levels; 7" colour touchscreen.
To round off, there are optional extensions like service modules (e.g. remote
maintenance) and the TOX®-Evaluation Box with extended acknowledge function.
Image descriptions:
Image 1 shows the complete unit ready for connection
Image 1 shows the complete unit ready for connection