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Schuler to modernize nine tryout presses for Audi

The Hydraulic division of Schuler Service, Göppingen, Germany, has received an order to modernize nine tryout presses for the toolmaking department of Audi AG. The lines were supplied in 1998 by press manufacturer Müller Weingarten, which Schuler acquired in 2007.

In addition to a complete retrofit of their electrical and hydraulic systems, including the sealing of all cylinders and various mechanical overhauls, the nine lines with press forces of 1,200 to 2,100 metric tons also will be fitted with completely new safety technology. Work on the first of six presses at Audi’s main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany, will begin midyear, and the last of three machines at the Neckarsulm, Germany, plant is scheduled to start production again at the end of 2016.