November 2024 Volume 6

INDUSTRY NEWS

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: FICEP

on committees and FIA and FIERF boards, to presenting technical workshops and contributing articles to the FIA Magazine. This engagement supports FIA's mission to promote and strengthen the forging industry in North America. FICEP’s line up of forging equipment is built around their excel lence in innovation, engineering and design. They are world leaders in manufacturing state-of-the-art forging solutions. Their lineup includes high efficiency screw presses, high speed hydraulic presses with many variants in force, energy, stroke and accessories and mechanical presses that assure high productivity and precision.

F ounded in 1930, the Italian company FICEP is the world's largest producer of automated systems for the fabrication of structural steel and plate, as well as a leading manufacturer of equipment for the forging industry. With over 90 years of continuous development, FICEP maintains its position of global leadership, offering an extensive range of innovative products and strategically penetrating international markets, supported by creating numerous subsidiaries worldwide. This year, FICEP further strengthened its presence in the United States by joining the Forging Industry Asso ciation (FIA), a significant step to reinforce its commitment to the American market. A crucial aspect of this strategy for the forging division is the part nership between FICEP and Campbell Press Repair, a company founded in 1973 in Lansing, Michigan. Campbell is the exclusive sales agent for FICEP's forging presses, saws, and shears in the United States. This collaboration allows Campbell to offer tailored engi neering solutions that meet the production needs of clients while adhering to the highest industry standards. As a second-generation family-owned business, Campbell is guided by deeply rooted family values and a commitment to excellence. Campbell’s role extends beyond commercial intermediary. It plays an active part in the North American forging landscape through its involvement with the FIA. Campbell president, Peter Campbell, contributes significantly to the association’s activities, from serving

FICEP's Direct Drive Screw Press (DD model) (pictured above) achieved significant technical and economical innovations over other designs on the market. Powerful new software utilized to simulate the mechanical stresses of the press, enabled them to develop several new capabilities. Their DD design minimizes mechanical compo nents to lower maintenance costs and increase efficiency. The propri etary KERS energy recovery system is engineered to cut forging producers power needs in half. The programmability of the system allows for direct and specific inputs to increase efficiency and quality. It minimizes excess energy from going into the press frame providing excellent long-term accuracy and dependability. The FICEP Mechanical Forge Press (MF model) is designed to obtain a high degree of strength: each part of its structure is elec trowelded, thermally normalized, and consisting of hot rolled steel elements. The ram is a steel casting, the shaft is forged of alloy steel, and the connecting rods are forged steel. The presses are designed with a planetary gearbox to eliminate additional driveshaft components. The variable speed motor allows the modification of the deformation speed and energy. The Desch press drive offers compact design, high efficiency, easy assembly and use, low moment of inertia, reduced brake angle, and maintenance-free while achieving a high rate of cycles. Additionally, the drive mechanism can be arranged with a flywheel and inverter, or could be servo motor driven providing excellent control over the press output.

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