Bilsing Automation offers a complete line of hot forming tooling.
Bilsing Automation offers a line of beams, grippers (clamps), vacuum cups and couplings designed to withstand the high temperature environment of hot forming, which is being increasingly used to process today's lightweight, advanced steels. Bilsing tooling is modular in design with a standard automatic coupling for mechanical, electrical and pneumatic connections on the tooling. This allows for efficient tool changeover to provide production efficiency and cost reductions.
Bilsing's aluminum tooling-bayonets, extensions, tubes, couplings-for hot forming is sheathed in temperature resistant materials as are the heads of its carbon fiber (CF) beams. Additionally, the CF beams are manufactured with temperature resistant glue capable of withstanding heat up to 700 °C (1,292 °F).
Bilsing offers both clamping and vacuum cup solutions for part holding in high temp applications. Its PSB-20 pneumatic grippers come with a self-locking feature that offers higher production safety and can achieve a clamping force of 800 N. Manufactured from high strength aluminum, they have a protective shield that can withstand workpiece temperatures of up to 1,000 °C (1,832 °F) with temperature sensing for in-line process control and calibration. These grippers are available in fixed jaw, block jaw and L-versions configuration and various connection choices.
The company's WF2 series of vacuum cups is designed to address part holding for a variety of hot forming applications up to 250 °C (482 °F). Whereas grippers need to access a part edge, vacuum cups can handle odd-shaped workpieces. The Bilsing vacuum cups are available in all automotive industry mounts and a full range of shapes.
For more information contact:
Bilsing Automation - North America
20220 Cornillie Drive
Roseville, MI 48066
586-463-0686
info.na@bilsing-automation.com
www.bilsing-automation.com