Heated Edgefold Upholstering and Trim Press

challenge

The JR team had to develop machines that were able to press laminate three part types. Two critical elements for the press were constant heat for bonding, and a focus on preventing wrinkling and puckering of the fabric. JR created a custom solution using rolling carts and closed loop water heating with ported tooling.

solution

Because all three of the parts require a similar process—a vertical press, horizontal actuators, and heat—the JR team designed one safety and control system with multiple rolling tooling carts, a huge cost savings for the customer.

The rolling tooling carts each house its own mechanical, electrical, and fluid power components.

To change part types, simply disconnect and roll out the tooling, switching it with another. The customer can build additional tooling carts for new similar part types.

To create the bonding heat source, JR used closed loop water heating with ported tooling, which provides more consistency than electric heat. To prevent wrinkling and puckering, tunable compound motion edgefolds with single actuators stretch the material following the contour of the part.

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outcomes and benefits

Cost saving design, Easy part type changeover, Economically add tooling to run similar products, Fabric does not wrinkle or pucker

Tooling Carts Save Customer Time and Money

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Industry

Automotive

Technical Capabilities

Assembly Solutions Material Handling Solutions Plastics Processing

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From the client

"The JR team designed one safety and control system with multiple rolling tooling carts, which created a huge cost savings for the customer."

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