Click Presses are also known as the swing arm machines and are employed in a wide range of applications of the manufacturing industry. The swingarm machines or the click presses are simple and safe to operate with the worker having only to place the object on the bed of the press, site the cutting tool on the object and press the twin, operational buttons. The beam inclines under hydraulic power to expurgate the required cut shape from sole or myriad layers of material. For the assurance of maximum access and visibility, the swing arm can be moved without difficulty (or swung) to one side by the operative in order to gather cut pieces and re-locate the tool for the next cut.
Background of the Click Presses
Swing arm machines for cutting are mostly known as the clicker presses because of their famous historical way of cutting patterns in the shoe manufacturing industry. Formerly, leather cutting operators used to make cut parts by employing a hand-held knife, which they would run around a template or pattern. These patterns had a brass edging to shield the template, and as the cutting edge ran round the brass edging, it generates a clicking sound. This is how the operators became known as clickers. With the production of swing arm presses to do this task, the machines became known as clicker presses or clicking presses. The term click presses is still in use to this day.
Applications
The swing arm cutting machine is generally used for cutting shoes, gasket, gloves, bags, balls, sandpaper, carpet, toy industries, etc. Apart from these main uses, they are also employed for packaging, medical products, textiles, disposables, electronic components, clothing, etc.
Reasons to Employ the Swing Arm
These machines are highly efficient and have faster operations. Moreover, there are least chances of any human errors, the energy consumption is also low, and the machine makes no noise as well.
