Beckwood Delivers Advanced Hydraulic Press to Orange County Choppers for Use in New Production Bike Line
Beckwood Press Company (St. Louis, MO) recently delivered a technologically advanced deep draw hydraulic press to Orange County Choppers? (OCC) new facility in Newburgh, NY. The Beckwood Hydraulic Press allows OCC to have the in house capability to form tanks,…
Posted: August 26, 2008
Beckwood Press Company (St. Louis, MO) recently delivered a technologically advanced deep draw hydraulic press to Orange County Choppers? (OCC) new facility in Newburgh, NY. The Beckwood Hydraulic Press allows OCC to have the in house capability to form tanks, fenders and other drawn parts for their production line of motorcycles.
Paul Teutul Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers, chose Beckwood Press Company to provide the latest in hydraulic press technology, integrated with top of the line components such as Rockwell Automation and Parker Hannifin. These proven systems provide OCC, an ideal press for handling advanced deep drawn parts to compliment their line of fully customized products.
The 350 ton 4-post draw press is equipped with Beckwood?s Active Leveling Control (ALC) System which delivers flexibility and precision through a 4-axis parallelism control. A dynamic bed cushion compliments the ALC system by offering control through 4 separate travel zones. The press utilizes ?Green? technology that surpasses the energy efficiency of traditional hydraulic & mechanical presses through the use of a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD).
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