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large-tonnage presses to the Strategies for the Indian Following the COVID-19 pan-
US and China, and mid-and market demic, the company intends
small-tonnage presses to South- SEYI has been in the Indian to provide innovative smart
east Asia and India for automo- market for a very long time. manufacturing solutions based
tive applications. “Last year, we had an excellent on the rapid development of
“We can say that this relates performance in India, thanks to AI, Big Data, Cloud Computing,
to the division of labor in the economic recovery in the the Internet of Things (IoT), and
the global automotive supply post-pandemic era. SEYI will 5G communication.
chain,” claims Lee. “Large met- continue to work with our local
al parts, such as body shells partners and directly commu- Smart machines and
and frames, are produced close nicate with the end customers management
to the assembly plants, while for detailed product promo- The company has introduced
smaller auto parts such as fil- tion,” Lee confirms. its own intelligent HMI iCube
ters or brake disks are produced He adds, “Again, we think the with an intuitive and us-
in Southeast Asia.” challenges faced by EV-relat- er-friendly graphical design
The company’s customers include ed suppliers in other countries interface to add intelligent
Maruti Suzuki and Tier 1 automo- will be the same as those of In- functionality to the standard
tive suppliers. Its agents in India dian suppliers. We can use our features of Fanuc, Siemens,
The com- are AY Enterprises for Chennai, experiences based on past suc- and Heidenhain controllers,
pany’s
customers Tamil Nadu; Sakar Engineers for cess cases and share them with providing customers with an
include Mumbai, Maharashtra, and Guja- the local customers. This can enhanced and efficient operat-
Maruti rat; and Goodwill Imex for Banga- eliminate their concerns when ing experience.
Suzuki and lore, Karnataka, and Delhi. implementing a new technolo- “The smart functions are em-
Tier 1 gy such as servo presses.” bedded in the software for YCM
automotive
suppliers. Reducing carbon footprint machines to allow machines to
Its agents in Compared to traditional press- Yeong Chin Machinery rough machine faster while
India are AY es, SEYI’s servo presses use a Industries Co, Ltd (YCM) providing improved profile
Enterprises direct-drive design without Founded in 1954, Yeong Chin accuracy during the finishing
for Chen- flywheels and a deceleration Machinery Industries Co, Ltd process,” explains Wu. “YCM
nai, Tamil
Nadu; Sakar mechanic, thus reaching better (YCM) specializes in machine also provides value-added anal-
Engineers accuracy and energy efficiency. tool manufacturing. Its ma- ysis of the machining process to
for Mumbai, “Unnecessary press movement chine tools have been recog- optimize the machining param-
Maharash- can be eliminated, the produc- nized worldwide for superior eters to achieve faster machin-
tra, and tion output can be doubled, precision, outstanding rigidity, ing with better surface finish
Gujarat; and
Goodwill and up to 50 percent of electri- and exceptional reliability. and tool life.”
Imex for cal power consumption can be
Bangalore, saved,” says Lee. Smart manufacturing Intelligent, flexible
Karnataka, SEYI’s servo presses do not re- solutions manufacturing cell
and Delhi. quire water cooling systems “With over 70 different prod- Equipped with a robot,
to sustain servo motor perfor- uct models and nearly 70 years UV650-FlexCell offers auto-
mance because the motor de- of machine tool manufactur- matic side loading and unload-
sign is based on the concept ing experience, the compa- ing from part storage to the
of high efficiency. “Only a fan- ny’s YCMPS product model machine. The advanced UV650
cooled system is sufficient, lead- promises ‘sustainable devel- 5-axis vertical machining cen-
ing to a more energy-efficient, opment’, allowing YCM to ter provides excellent cutting
space-saving, and economical become the best machine tool performance and high accuracy
choice for metal stampers,” he manufacturer in the world,” for simultaneous 5-axis appli-
adds. “Meanwhile, the noise val- says Hank Wu, Sales Engineer, cations with just one setup. De-
ue of a SEYI’s servo press is re- YCM. “YCMPS, based on the signed to reduce part handling,
duced by 30 percent compared Toyota Production System (TPS) setup, and overall lead-time,
with a traditional mechanical and lean management con- it also improves part quality,
press.” In addition, SEYI's Smart cepts, is motivated to produce precision, and surface finish of
Press Solution deploys small but equipment from metal casting complex shapes and contours
accurate sensors to monitor ma- to machining, assembly, quality required for multiple industries
chine status in real-time, reduc- control, packaging, and all the such as job shop, medical, aero-
ing unexpected downtime. way to shipping.” space, and die & mold.

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