Aries Alliance launches Plug & Form, a cost-effective and versatile new solution for titanium hot forming

Aries Alliance, the parent company of ACB and Dufieux in France and Cyril Bath in the USA, three entities well established in the aerospace industry, is pleased to announce the launch of Plug & Form, an off-the-shelf, premium-quality hot forming press that requires no pit.

Aries Alliance has incorporated the robust and field proven hot forming technology in a versatile and cost-effective press to offer the titanium hot formed components market cutting-edge equipment.

The industry leader in custom-engineered hot forming equipment, Aries Alliance set out to create a machine with an accessible price point, yet versatile enough to cover a majority of aerospace hot forming applications. Using premium material for critical machine elements, the simple yet extremely reliable architecture was engineered to achieve substantial lead time and price reductions while ensuring operator safety and the highest degree of ergonomics.

The Plug & Form press aims at answering common industry challenges and provides higher forming repeatability as well as process control traceability thanks to OPSYS, the industry-leading press control system. Plug & Form presses make world-class titanium hot forming technology available to the entire aerospace supply chain.