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Created by Mecolpress for forging statistic control, Calipso is a software that allows to control the press activities during the entire production cycle, and it is an useful instrument for analyzing the production and for intervening where it is necessary to optimize it.

Having available all data related to the activity of his own press is certainly an advantage for the forger that can analyze the productive process and, if it is necessary, intervene on time to optimize it beyond. That’s the reason why Mecolpress makes available Calipso software to its customers, internally developed by Mecolpress, and able to collect the forging data also thanks to some transducers and sensors installed on the press.

The software can detect till 18 different parameters during each forging cycle for the entire duration of the working shift.

In this way it is possible to control very important data, such as billets temperature or the developed strength by machine every stroke.

Calipso software is installed as standard equipment on the hydraulic presses, while it is possible to have it on request for the mechanical presses. The customer can already see it working at our premises, and once you bought the machine, all the necessary instructions will be given to the operator during the delivery phase to use it.

Once that forging data are collected, these are compared to values set up by the user and each cycle it is possible to check if these parameters remain in a narrow tolerance band established by the operator according to the criticality of the part to be forged or to requirements established by the end user.

Regarding the hydraulic press, in case of a strong discrepancy between the wished value and the effective one related to controlled parameters, the produced part is deviated in a separated unloading area so that to carry out further controls.

Therefore, the operator can plan if and when the machine has to stop the production in automatic cycle, establishing after how many ejected parts it has to stop forging.

Matched with the hydraulic presses, Calipso software offers therefore as advantage a better management of non-conformities, with a consequent reduction of machine stop times and facilitating the control operations on the forged parts not compliant with the set-up parameters.

Mecolpress software allows to create graphic representations of several parameters inside the same diagram. In this way it is possible to have an overview and to understand, for example, how the input strength of the punches presents a variation connected to billet temperature modification, and it is possible to see the trends of both parameters during the productive cycles.

Our Calipso software brings numerous advantages, including the possibility to carry out forging tests and to have all the necessary data for analysis in depth before starting with the production of a new part.

Connecting it to customer company network, it allows to file data related to every forging cycle, to have them available and to share them. Moreover, Mecolpress has remotely access to the data and in this way can reduce the intervention times for assistance.

In the end, thanks to Calipso it is possible to reject automatically not-shaped parts and to have available graphic reports of more parameters on the same diagram.