Tim Wilson is a design engineer at Greenerd Press & Machine Co., 41 Crown Street, PO Box 886, Nashua, NH 03061, 603-889-4101, [email protected], www.greenerd.com.
Hydraulic press operators must keep their costs down while meeting shorter lead times and the demand for higher precision parts. New press technology has already outdated some presses that were purchased as recently as ten to fifteen years ago. Is new machinery the only answer? Here’s why the answer is no.