Press & Die Protection with Brankamp Process Control

By commissioning Marposs Brankamp process control systems on more than 50 cold-forming machines, we have standardized our practice focused on press and die protection, prevention of nonconforming parts, and full traceability. The system is designed to secure repeatable production across all stations.

Brankamp reads force/tonnage signals at high sampling rates and generates a characteristic force–time curve for every stroke. Manufacturing processes are monitored with dynamic windows around this curve. Deviations such as die/punch wear, material variation, wrong feeding or punch breakage are detected very quickly; the press is brought to a safe stop or the defective part is routed out of the system via an automatic reject chute.

The goal is not only protection but also shorter setup times. Thanks to authorization levels, the right intervention is performed by authorized personnel and recorded. With trend monitoring, station-based wear tracking and alarm history, planned tool changes become more predictable and unplanned stoppages decrease. The system can be integrated with production tracking and quality reporting via data output, while events and statistics are stored by lot/operator.