Mini Plant Swindon (www.mini.co.uk) has ordered a new Schuler servo press line to form steel and aluminium body parts for its iconic small car.

The new line (www.schulergroup.com), with a total press force of more than 10,000 tonnes, is fully compatible with the existing lines in Swindon, ensuring maximum flexibility.

It can deliver up to 18 strokes per/min, and its ServoDirect technology guarantees the best possible quality. There is a blank loader, which feeds the individual sheet metal blanks.

After the subsequent centring, the main forming of the blank takes place in the drawing station — a 2,500-tonne servo press.

In the five subsequent stations, various cutting and forming processes are used to create up to four high-precision parts at the same time, step by step.