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The costs associated with downtime related to the stamping press crown may include:
These costs can add up quickly, making it critical to take preventive measures to avoid downtime related to stamping press crown failure. Regular maintenance and inspections, in addition to predictive maintenance tools such as continuous vibration monitoring, can help minimize the risk of downtime and associated costs.
Failure of the Stamping Press Crown can cause significant production downtime and can be expensive to repair. There are several common failure modes that occur in stamping press crowns in automotive applications that can be avoided, prevented, or handled before catastrophic failure.
Here are a few of the major failure modes that KCF’s Full Machine Health Platform and remote monitoring system can detect:
Wear and Deformation: The crown wears over time due to continuous contact with metal sheets. This wear can cause deformation of the crown, leading to poor stamping quality and reduced production efficiency.
Misalignment: Misalignment of the crown can occur due to improper installation or use. This can cause uneven wear and deformation, as well as reduced production efficiency.To prevent these failure modes, KCF Technologies’ 24/7 monitoring software, SMARTdiagnostics, provides real-time data for earlier detection. One key element of KCF Technologies’ machine health platform is continuous vibration monitoring. Vibration monitoring can be a useful tool for detecting and preventing the failure modes of stamping press crowns mentioned earlier.
Through partnerships with four of the top five automotive manufacturers, KCF Technologies has identified a press crown failure can cost approximately $800,000/hour. By using KCF Technologies’ predictive machine health platform, SMARTdiagnostics, manufacturers have saved as much as $3M on just a single catastrophic press crown failure.
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