Innovative pressing concepts and complete production lines

Building on the many years of experience as a major ceramic plant engineering contractor, LIPPERT has designed and developed a new kind of press (patent pending) that does without a hydraulic system, even for large pots.

This new series of presses relies exclusively on electro-mechanically generated power and a screw roller for the transmission of forces.

For a certain pressing force on up, two different drives are employed for lowering the pressing head: a high-speed motor for the vertical travel, and a powerful low-speed motor for the pressing motion. All traveling and pressing movements can be programmed and stored quickly and easily.

The draw arm, with its integrated fettling, smoothing and stamping fixture, is mechanically linked to the pressure stroke, so the press cannot open against the arm. The pots are not knocked out, but instead lifted out of the bottom-half mould by a suction head on the draw arm. This ensures superior-quality bases.

Main merits

• maximal availability and minimal maintenance thanks to the absence of a hydraulic system
• low energy consumption and long service life thanks to smaller, optimized drives
• high product quality thanks to stepless programmability of all pressing data
• high product quality thanks to suction-head settings
• fully flexible production thanks to quick retooling via stored (optimized) product pressing data
• fast, reliable pressing cycles thanks to mechanical linkage of pressure stroke and draw arm
• complete production lines

Of course LIPPERT also has numerous associated components and modules to offer, e.g.,

• slug cutters, magazines and placers
• scrap conveyors
• dryers with automatic loading and unloading functions
• kiln loading and unloading systems
• getting and storing systems
• handling systems

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