Benefits of the new NCFC joining module from Kistler at a glance:
- Compact lightweight design – ideal for use on robots and stationary or mobile portals
- Better dynamics than systems with comparable weight and similar dimensions
- Optimized design to allow short distances between workstations (small center distance)
- Easy and fast installation of servo press thanks to the new hybrid cable solution
- Visualization, control and documentation with the proven maXYmos NC process monitoring
system – no additional industrial PC required - Improved quality with lower consumption of resources and reduced CO2 emissions compared to conventional systems
The future of clinching is electromechanical
The outcome of the collaboration between clinching specialist BTM and the measurement and joining technology experts at Kistler is an exceptionally advanced solution that will benefit customers across the globe. BTM has earned worldwide renown with its flexible, customized solutions and has accumulated decades of experience with mechanical joining solutions such as clinching and self-piercing riveting. BTM's expertise played a key part in the cooperation partnership with Kistler, providing an ideal solution for customers to switch to electromechanical clinching.
An electromechanically operated clinching system offers significant energy savings as compared to pneumatic or pneumohydraulic alternatives. In this solution, the servo press is controlled by the proven maXYmos NC process monitoring system from Kistler. With continuous force-displacement monitoring by the integrated sensor, positions can be approached reliably, flexibly and at high speed; the solution also includes an additional traverse mode with safely reduced speed. The new system ensures complete control and transparency for each individual production step at all times; deflection compensation for the mounting bracket also allows very precise setting of the residual base thickness (as the quality characteristic).
Advancing the digitalization of production processes
The new NCFC (2163A) joining module from Kistler will be offered in two versions with nominal joining forces of 55 kN and 80 kN respectively. As well as the robot arm application, the NCFC servo press can also be operated as a stationary version or as part of a complete clinching system from BTM.
Clinching delivers major benefits in line with key industrial trends: resource and energy efficiency, transparency, and automation – as well as extensive possibilities for joining components made of different materials. Given these advantages, electromechanical joining systems are set to see significant growth in sectors such as electrical engineering, white goods, refrigeration and air conditioning technology. The world's mechanical engineers and manufacturers can now use the clinch solution from BTM and Kistler to boost the economic efficiency, quality and transparency of their assembly processes – and the digitalization of clinching marks another step along the road to Industry 4.0.