Knowing how to choose the correct safety block capacity starts with realizing you must look for more than just the press’s tonnage rating. A press stamped 200 tons does not need a 200-ton block, because the block is not built to stop the forming stroke. It holds the ram at rest, with the weight it … Read more
A hydraulic safety block holds the ram of a hydraulic press in place while a maintenance crew works beneath it. The block itself is a solid mechanical prop, not another hydraulic device. When a press is down for maintenance, the hydraulic system that normally holds the ram aloft is often the exact thing being serviced, … Read more
Die safety blocks are the equipment a manufacturing plant relies on to hold a press ram off its people during die work, and in a plant, the block’s paperwork matters almost as much as the block. When an auditor, a safety manager, or a customer quality team ask how a block was rated, they expect … Read more
Press safety blocks are one of the few pieces of shop safety equipment that cannot be bought by the size off a shelf and trusted to fit. A block has to match the specific press it protects, its static load, its open height, and its bed footprint, and no two presses on a floor are … Read more
A safety block is the one piece of equipment standing between a technician’s hands and multiple tons of suspended steel when a press is open for service. Set it between the dies or between the bolster plate and the slide, and the ram has a solid mechanical stop if a brake slips, a cylinder bleeds … Read more
Hydraulic press tooling covers the dies, punches, and forming tools that make up the press. Swapping those tools out can completely make or break the whole press. A tooling change puts a setter’s hands in the die area with the ram raised above them, held up by hydraulics that can maintain the duration of the … Read more
Hydraulic press parts wear out the same way any machine’s do. Seals fail, valves stick, and a ram that once held steady starts to drift. A maintenance team replaces those parts to keep the press running, and every one of those repairs sends a worker into the machine. The safety components that hold the ram … Read more
Hydraulic press accessories make sure the technician is safe while the ram is up and the die is open. A hydraulic ram carries tons of deadweight above the bed, and a bled-down cylinder, a failed valve, or a dropped guard lets that weight settle downward while you reach into the die area. The blocks, holders, … Read more
