A wide range of quick release connectors are assembled on various tools and machinery to provide connection to hydraulics, pneumatics, water, or other types of fluid power. Hydraulic quick couplings and adapters provide power to diverse markets and applications such as automotive manufacturing, industrial equipment, mobile equipment, railway, oil and gas and many others. Maintaining reliable and leak-free connections with quality quick release couplings is key to many of these industries meeting productivity goals and safety standards.
Multi-coupling plates
provide the single most significant improvement to reduce tooling changeover
times, while providing many other benefits.
Custom
Multi-Coupling Plate Parameters and Development
Multi-coupling plates provide benefits to many diverse applications such as providing quick connect and release on hydraulic injection molding presses or die casting operations. Stucchi offers various multi-plate solutions for hydraulics, pneumatics and other media custom designed to meet your specific application requirements and always aimed to improve your performance, equipment uptime, and safety. Our hydraulic specialists take the time to partner with our customers to consider all critical parameters including:
● Equipment and application
● Environmental considerations
● Non-spill or leak-free requirements
● Type of fluid or media
● Type of hose and valving system
● Frequency of connection and disconnection
● Method of connection
● Electrical connection requirements
Stucchi designs and manufactures specific multi-coupling
plate solutions based on your application and performance needs. Our
multi-coupling plates are proven in many applications to significantly improve
tool and die exchange time, helping automotive manufacturers to meet Single
Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) goals with a reduction in changeover time as
significant as six full minutes. This case study
explains more benefits provided to this 2nd tier automotive supplier
which included additional capacity and business.
Benefits of
Multi-Coupling Plates in Manufacturing
The benefits of connecting and disconnecting multiple
lines at once are significant and drastically improve efficiency during machinery
and equipment maintenance and tooling changeover times. Many automotive
suppliers operate with just-in-time practices and must meet production demands
quickly for immediate shipping with little time in inventory. The automotive
industry demands suppliers with lean practices and a focus on continual
improvement in all processes.
Reducing tooling changeover time significantly improves
equipment uptime, overall capacity, and productivity, all leading to a more
efficient and profitable operation. Stucchi’s multi-plates are proven to
drastically improve injection molding processes as well as die casting
operations with efficient tooling changeover times.
In addition to significant time saved, multi-plates
improve safety by eliminating cross connection of lines. Stucchi’s multi-plates
combined with our leak-free, easy to connect under pressure quick couplings
improve operator safety while preventing leaks on the shop floor or to the
environment.
Multi-coupling plates with Stucchi’s leak-free connectors provide many benefits such as:
● Significant time saved in tooling changeover
● Improved equipment uptime with reduced maintenance
● Increased safety with elimination of cross connection
● Environmental protection with no spill connections
Stucchi
Multi-Coupling Plates: Quick and Safe Changeover
Stucchi assists manufacturers of all sizes including
automotive OEMs and suppliers to improve tooling changeover time with quality
and efficient quick connect products. We provide specific solutions that
increase efficiencies, safety, and equipment performance. The GRE Series
helps manufacturers with quick connect and disconnect of 4 to 18 lines in the
same diameter with different media including water, air, oil and/or electrical
lines.
Our multi-coupling plates and couplers are helping
manufacturers to meet automotive manufacturers
injection molding and die casting
requirements, with improved productivity and safety.
Stucchi has
been providing hydraulic solutions for more than 60 years, with a wide range of
quick couplings, adapters, and custom engineered quick connect solutions. We custom design your quick connect products
to meet your unique specifications and solve current fluid transfer or quick
release problems. Contact us to learn more about improving your productivity
with quicker tooling changeover utilizing Stucchi’s multi-coupling plates.
This article was previously published at: https://www.stucchiusa.com/blog/multi-coupling-plates-single-movement-improves-tool-changeover-times/
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