“Our customers are telling us our presses are the best they have ever operated. They like the fact that the load-sensing hydraulic system makes the press more energy conscious, more consistent in operation, and quieter. And we all like the fact
that our new hydraulic system is 15 percent lower in price than our previous system.”
Tim Altomare, Fabriweld Controls Engineer

Background
Sometimes a problem may not be evident until a better way is
suggested. That’s exactly what happened when Eaton and a
distributor partner, Sentinel Fluid Controls of Toledo,
Ohio, took a new approach to hydraulic circuitry on a press
made by Fabriweld Corporation of Norwalk, Ohio.

Fabriweld has relied on Eaton® products and the hydraulics
savvy of Sentinel for some 25 years in its fabrication of
presses sold to Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers
and other industries. Among its leading production items
is a massive press used to produce headliners in cars
and trucks. The forming/trim press is a showcase of Eaton
products, including vane and piston pumps and industrial
and proportional valves. The folks at Fabriweld had
no complaints about the overall performance of the
hydraulic system. Sure there were issues with the press’
10-volt command signal and acceleration and deceleration
rates, but weren’t these just “normal” quirks?