Case Study: an automobile parts manufacturer identifies the cause of stamping press failure with Envista Forensics

Automobile Parts Manufacturer avoids over $1 MM in repair costs with Envista Forensics

The customer, an automobile parts manufacturer, faced significant downtime and repair costs after a 3,000-ton stamping press failed. They retained Envista Forensics to investigate the cause of the failure and determine if an outside party was responsible for the damages following a partial rebuild of the equipment.

Envista Forensics determined that the failure was caused by three critical errors made by the rebuild technicians, which effectively eliminated the press's overload protection system. This led to the press being struck with over 4,000 tons of force, fracturing its linkage. Envista's investigation provided a clear cause of the failure, which resulted in over $1 million in immediate repair costs and several weeks of additional downtime.