Series production

Series production can change in volume very rapidly. Demand can increase, causing a backlog in production. Tools may crash, delaying the entire production process indefinitely. Fortunately, voestalpine Polynorm is never far away. With additional press capacity and a flexible workforce, it is able to jump-start the process again.

Traditionally, series production used to be the exclusive domain of the OEM - but not any more. Low to medium volume series production is now in the hands of specialist companies such as voestalpine Polynorm.

Experienced external partners who are on hand to provide support whenever the production process is disrupted. Whatever the circumstances, voestalpine Polynorm can be relied upon to provide a swift solution.



Press shops

The voestalpine Polynorm BV press-shop in Bunschoten can provide its customers with a wide range of services and products such as:

Blanking:
A production unit for blanking, consisting of a blanking line, a Cut-To-Length Line and 5 mechanical presses with table dimensions up to 3100x2100, and press forces from 2500 up to 6300 Kn.
Press Shop:
A Press Shop with 6 hydraulic press lines, automated with robots and feeders, consisting of a total of 46 presses with press forces from 4000kN up to 20,000 kN. The wide range of presses enables the customer to turn to Polynorm Bunschoten for all its press requirements. Either for the quick outsourcing of press capacity, or for the series production of pressed parts or spare part production.
The voestalpine Polynorm Inc press shop in the USA produces via progressive, transfer and tandem processes using 20-1330 ton presses.
The voestalpine Polynorm Grau press shop consists of ultra-modern hydraulic Müller-Weingarten tandem press line:

- Drawing press: 28 000 kN, drawing cushion 8 000 kN, triple action press.
- 5 follow-on presses: each 18.000 kN
- table / measurement: 5.000 x 2.500 mm
- max. size of die: 5.500 x 2.700
- feeder mechanization
- compatibility to all OEM’s
- approx. 1 millions press strokes per year, ( steel and aluminium )
- possibility of “Plug & Play”, this means start of production with
accompanying die optimisation on Polynorm Grau’s premises.

This offers our customers a secured start of production, as well as an increase of productivity of the their press lines because of a reduced try-out phase.

Ultra-modern hydraulic Dieffenbacher press line:
- Drawing press: 16.000 kN; bed cushion 4.000 kN
- 5 follow-on presses: each 10.000 kN
- Table measurement: 4.000 x 2.500 mm
- Robot mechanisation
- Compatibility to all OEM’s

Assembly

In the Assembly department pre-formed outer-, inner- and structural parts are assembled into doors, bonnets, boot lids and other body parts for different automotive manufacturers. To provide our customers with high-quality products we use various production means and techniques such as:

  • clinching
  • sealing
  • different types of welding
  • laser cutting
  • laser welding
  • universal automated assembly cells