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Punch Press Hot Air Cold Stake Systems Ultrasonic Welding Robotic Application Automated Assembly Lines Clip Press Tooling Edge Fold Assembly Tables Vibration Welding Refurbished Equipment

Punch Press

Hill Machinery offers a wide range of presses; from single axis pneumatic presses to hydraulic up-acting presses. Each press is sized to accommodate a range of products and tonnages. Each press is designed to create the required power to perform the intended operation: from material trimming to the removal of substrate material. Optional features allow the press to be loaded/unloaded from either side by operator or robot.

Up-Acting Punch Press

Stand Alone Custom Punch Fixture

Trim Die

Flexible Quick Change Up-Acting Press

Hot Air Cold Stake Systems

Hill Machinery offers these systems as our most cost effective method for mechanically attaching thermoplastic components. The process forms molded studs or bosses into a mechanical bond. Each stud or boss is softened using a controlled flow of heated air. When the desired flow condition is achieved, a tool is extended and the stud or boss is formed in accordance with the tool shape. During the forming phase, the heat is extracted (cold stake) ensuring solid and secure assembly.

Hot Air/ Cold Stake machines can simultaneously form a large number of bosses on various planes, levels and angles; thereby, staking two or more components together. It is affective for fastening dissimilar materials as well

Flexible quick change up-acting pneumatic press

Flexible quick change hot air cold stake tooling

Shuttle machine with removable tool pack

Ultrasonic Welding

Hill Machinery integrates ultrasonic equipment suited for a specific application. Each application requires prototype evaluation to properly fit the equipment to the expectations. As an integrator, we continually evaluate the application provide the best fit for a given project based on specification, cycle rates and product size.

Ultra-Smart Sonic tooling

Flexible Quick Change Up-Acting Press

2-up door assembly Ultra-Smart Sonic

Robotic Application

Hill Machinery integrates virtually any type of robot based on customer requests. Each application is approached with cost and flexible in mind to allow our customers the ability to support current and future programs.

Auto feed screw drive station

Robotic vision inspection

Robotic vision inspection close-up

Automated Assembly Lines

Seat Frame/slide Assembly Cell

assembly

Body mount clip drive tooling

Automated Assembly Lines

Hill Machinery's expertise allows us to evaluate the application and provide a cost effective production solutions for high volume, multifaceted assemblies. From single station process equipment to automated palletized production lines, Hill Machinery has the capacity and the dedicated employees to support your tooling and equipment needs.

Clip Press Tooling

Hill Machinery offers a robust clip tooling design to properly orient and insert the clip. Our tooling is designed to hold the required clips and fasteners in the proper orientation and are integrated with sensors to validate for presence both within the tool and when installed.

Center console bezel clip drive

Nav console bezel clip drive

Edge Fold

Hill Machinery's edge fold experience allows us to work with your designers and manufacturing personnel to provide effective edge fold solutions. Hill Machinery has developed a wide range edge fold tooling from simple flat parts to extreme 3 dimensional pieces. We have the knowledge to support your edge fold tooling and equipment needs.

Up-acting door panel edge fold with quick change tooling

Pre edge wrap

Post edge wrap

Assembly Tables

Hill Machinery offers a wide range of adjustable-height ergonomic kit tables to assist in the assembly process. The basic table allows the operator to assemble the components prior to processing. The tables can be expanded to add PLCs, process sensors, color verification systems, etc.

Features:

12" vertical adjustment
Steel tubing construction with integrated bushing
Compact motor â€“ lead screw posts for smooth operation
Integrated Hi-Lo access
Leveling feet and casters
Optional equipment
- Electrical receptacles
- Compressed air manifold
- Tool balancer rail
- Tilt table
- Operator overhead light
- Operator fan

Kit tables are available in many shapes and sizes. Please contact us with any application that requires operator ergonomics.

Seat track assembly

Seat pan assembly

Door assembly

Vibration Welding

Hill Machinery integrates Vibration Welder process for assembling large and/or complex shaped thermoplastic parts. Our equipment can be tooled to assemble multiple smaller parts simultaneously. The process can bond virtually all thermoplastic materials, whether injection molded, extruded, formed or thermoformed. Dissimilar materials (with compatible melting points), materials with fillers as well as composite materials and fabrics can also be bonded.

The process of vibration welding is based on simple physics. One part is held stationary in a lower tool. Under applied pressure, the mating part is vibrated against the stationary part in a linear direction. This combination of linear motion and pressure creates friction, which in turn, generates heat in the weld joint. The friction brings the two parts to their melt temperatures and bonding occurs.

2-up Vibration weld tooling

Upper bolster vibration weld

Refurbished Equipment

Why buy new when Hill Machinery Co. will rebuild or retool the equipment you own now? We are always trying to find new ways to help our customer's save money. Simple repairing, rebuilding, retrofitting, and re-manufacturing can increase the productivity of an older machine. We have the capabilities to do simple fixture and tooling upgrades, to full equipment rebuilds.

Maintaining machinery through rebuilding offers numerous benefits including:

Cost saving solutions
Reuse of capital equipment
Ability to modify older equipment with new technology features
Safety updates

Refurbished equipment before

Refurbished equipment