Sheet metal is very easy to form, including the pressing in of intricate shapes with dies and a hydraulic press, but the dies themselves are slightly harder to come by. What if we could 3D print ...

Hydraulic motion controllers enhance the precision and repeatability of hydroforming presses. Hydroforming ... that are impossible to make using a stamping process. Also, sheet hydroforming ...

Inside it is a Schuler SMG hydraulic stamping press, and it happens to be the largest in North America; this one machine can stamp out a new car panel once every six seconds, or 5,000 per day ...

They determined that the cause was “molten aluminum and hydraulic fluid ... a few days due to part supply issues. While the stamping presses are nothing but a small part of Tesla’s operations ...