Hydraulic Presses From Wickert For The Manufacture Of Safety-Related Components In The Defense Industry
Wickert Maschinenbau considers itself well positioned for the manufacture of safety-related components in the defense industry. For many years, the German family-owned company has been developing and manufacturing complete systems consisting of hydraulic composite presses with automated loading and unloading and efficient temperature control for customers in the defense sector.
Steve Büchner, sales engineer, emphasizes: “We have earned the long-standing trust of customers in the defense sector, who manufacture complex safety-critical components on our high-precision press systems.”
Wide range of applications
The systems can be used to process numerous thermosets and thermoplastics. These include, for example, fiber-reinforced high-performance composite materials such as aramids and high-performance polyethylenes such as PEEK, PTFE, and UHMWPE (ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene). They are often heated together with glass, ceramic, and metal fibers made of aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, boron carbide, aluminum, and armored steel in composite presses and pressed into fiber composite panels.
Customers use Wickert’s press systems to manufacture armor for protecting civilian and military vehicles, ships, and aircraft from gunfire, – including for military and civilian vehicles, aircraft, and ships. The systems are equally suitable for the production of ballistic protection plates for personal protection, such as helmets and shields.
All press systems are manufactured in Germany to customer specifications
Wickert develops and manufactures all hydraulic composite presses according to customer-specific requirements at its headquarters in Landau. They have a modular design and are individually adapted with regard to pressing force, temperature control, and automation. The machines are designed precisely for the desired tools or – in the case of corresponding confidentiality requirements – prepared in a way that allows customers to carry out the adaptation themselves.
Numerous design options
The company offers its customers a wide variety of options when designing press systems. Processing temperatures of up to 500 °C are possible, as are freely selectable press forces of over 100,000 kN, built up within seconds.
On request, heating rates of 55 Kelvin per minute and cooling rates of up to 100 Kelvin per minute can be achieved. All systems are characterized by high temperature homogeneity with a deviation of less than 5 °C across the entire press surface.
The dimensions of the presses and their precision heating plates can also be freely selected. One of the outstanding features is the precision of the systems with plane parallelism of less than 0.1 mm and a maximum side offset of 0.02 mm.
High productivity
Smart design and fast pressure and temperature control save energy and shorten the production cycle. This increases output and enhances flexibility in production scheduling.
On request, the press systems can include automation solutions, including raw material handling, press operation, removal, and post-processing. Planning is carried out by Wickert’s in-house development department, which designs individual concepts for automation and special solutions. This allows systems with fully automated production to be implemented.
In addition, presses and peripheral components can be networked with other plant participants and higher-level process control systems as part of a smart factory setup.
Complete plant from a single source
On request, Wickert can take on the entire project management as a general contractor, from planning to commissioning. The worldwide service includes real-time remote maintenance and on-site support.
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