Automotive Assembly System - Bushing Press System
Fori Mexico recently provided an automated bushing press system for a Martinrea production plant in Queretaro, Mexico.
The bushing press system includes two tooling modules, one to produce left hand modules and one to produce right hand modules. The system includes a single press in the center of the equipment to product either configuration of product. The press system supplied utilizes a Fori servo controlled press system that is capable of 50 kN of force.
An operator loads the busing into a product fixture, which is automatically loaded into the press system via automatic indexing slides. The press moves to the work position via servo controlled slide and performs the insertion of the 
bushings.
Start of production for the equipment was during the 1st quarters of 2019. The system provided improved production rate versus more manual methods of bushing insertion.