Stamping sees market upswing

Macrodyne Technologies Inc. is a privately-held company located in the north end of Toronto. The company’s specialized manufacturing facility produces heavy-duty hydraulic press machinery up to 10,000+ tons.

“We have supplied hundreds of customized hydraulic presses for many industries, some of which include automotive, heavy truck and off-road vehicles, aerospace, construction, medical equipment, military, appliance, cookware, oil and gas, pulp and paper and a wide variety of other consumer and industrial product areas,” says Jeremy Neil, business development manager for Macrodyne.

The company predominantly supplies some of the world’s largest Tier 1 and 2 auto parts manufacturers. “Many of the vehicles currently on the road in North America include components that were produced in Macrodyne hydraulic presses,” says Neil. The company’s presses are used by automotive parts manufacturers to produce body components, structural components, engine and driveline components and a variety of interior components.

According to Neil, this is a really great time for stamping manufacturers. “We have been experiencing a very high demand for stamping presses for the last two years, and all indications lead to a continuation of this trend for the near term at least,” he says. “A major source of the current demand for our presses is in the automotive sector.”

In the world of metalforming, the company supplies presses for general metalforming and stamping applications (punching, bending, notching, etc.) and has special lines of presses for other metalforming processes including forging, deep draw, hot stamping, embossing, extrusion, elastoforming and super plastic forming (SPF) in addition to a variety of other processes.

When it comes to stamping, Macrodyne knows its stuff. “One notable advancement [in stamping technology] is the proliferation of systems for the manufacture of lightweight and high strength components with processes such as press hardening (hot stamping) producing high performance steels,” says Neil.

He explains that hydraulic presses remain prominent in manufacturing across Canada.

In addition to hydraulic presses, Macrodyne supplies fully-automated hydraulic press lines and automated (hydraulic press based) manufacturing cells, and die handling equipment (fully automated die storage and retrieval systems, die carts, T tables, die elevators, die openers, rolling bolsters, die storage racks, etc.).

“We also have extensive experience in the supply of repair, rebuild & upgrade services. We routinely retrofit existing hydraulic presses of all makes for our customers,” explains Neil. Retrofits consist of repairs or replacement of damaged components, modernization or complete replacement of hydraulic systems and/or electrical/control systems. Macrodyne also offers modifications to increase performance characteristics, and to facilitate alternate manufacturing processes.

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