- 2 Birds with One Stone

An Automated Production Machine builder was building a duplicate dial machine that assembled components for a water pump. Through feedback from the first machine, the end customer was looking for an alternate to the hydraulics used to obtain the necessary forces to press in the components of the water pump. Floor space, leaks, maintenance and oil disposal were their main reasons for looking for an improvement. Hypercyl could provide the necessary force with no problem (approx. 4-5,000 lbs.). The challenge was that the tooling weight was more than the standard 4 ton Hypercyl could lift. Design was too far along to spread the guide rods farther apart to accommodate for the next size cylinder, a 10 Ton unit.

Hypercyl was the natural answer for the end customers first request. Hypercyl is an Air/Oil intensifying cylinder. With plant air, it can reach forces from 1-100 tons - an ideal solution to all the problems associated with hydraulic power units. The second problem of space and tooling weight was our next item of business. When MRM presented this problem to Hypercyl they responded! Within 24 hours they had a special dual retract piston designed! This design gave the standard 4 Ton Hypercyl double the retract force to lift the tooling. Space was no longer an issue because the 4 Ton dimensions were small enough to fit between the guide rod supports. Another great example of MRM, their Customers and Suppliers working together to provide "Solutions By Design".