REVIEW ON DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AUTO LOADER AND AUTO CATCHER PRESS MACHINE

– The Press Machine is a project that is designing a new way to improve the previous press machines in industries which has a few weaknesses in safety while operating processes. The new press machine is a project to improve previous press machine which have weakness in safety while operating it. This matter creates a lot of problem and at the same time the operators and technician have the higher risk to have an accident in industries. The solution for this problem is a development of a new program of machine which running same operation but the machine is more safety and easy to setup when machine pressing the radio panel using external timer. This machine controlled by the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). It consists of 6 pneumatic cylinders which each cylinder has their own function. This project contains in 2 parts first one is autoloader and another one is auto catcher. The autoloader will place the hot billet into the lower die of press and the auto catcher will catch the finished product and place it onto the conveyor.