Patent ID: 8220384

Claim:
A drive motor upgrade kit for adapting a mechanical press of a flywheel-driven type to a servo press, said mechanical press having a drive motor and an existing drive train, said kit comprising: a servo motor adapted for driving said mechanical press, a drive transmission apparatus connected to the servo motor and adapted for engagement with at least one gear of said existing drive train of said mechanical press, which engagement requires no modification of said existing drive train, a baseplate for fixing to a structural part of said mechanical press, the baseplate having an opening, at least one vertical wall, and at least one baseplate gear, wherein the servo motor and the drive transmission apparatus are mounted on the baseplate, wherein the servo motor and drive transmission apparatus are separated by the at least one vertical wall of the baseplate, wherein the baseplate is fixed to top of a crown of the mechanical press, wherein the at least one baseplate gear cooperates with the at least one gear of the existing drive train of said mechanical press through the opening in the baseplate to engage the drive transmission apparatus with said existing drive train of said mechanical press, wherein the servo motor moves the at least one gear at a variable speed, both in a positive and negative direction, and wherein the kit is removable from said mechanical press after which said mechanical press is fully functional.