Built for the Lines
That Never Stop.

Refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers. The appliances that show up in nearly every American home start as flat coil on a press line. The presses cannot afford to stop.

Few industries run at the pace and consistency that white goods manufacturing demands. A single appliance line can stamp tens of thousands of parts per shift. Refrigerator door panels, washer drum components, dryer cabinet skins, oven liners, dishwasher tubs. Every part has to come off the press at the same dimension, the same surface finish, and the same cycle time as the part before it.

For eighty years, Sutherland Presses has helped appliance manufacturers and their tier suppliers solve the same fundamental problem: how do you keep a high-volume stamping line running, shift after shift, without the unplanned downtime that costs assembly throughput downstream? White goods OEMs run Sutherland progressive die presses, tandem line systems, and straight side servo hydraulic presses in the 300 to 1000 ton sweet spot, sized for the cabinet panels, drum components, door skins, and tubs that appliance production demands. The answer has not changed. Build presses that run. Back them with controls that see drift before it becomes a problem. Stand behind both.

The Foundation of an Uptime Strategy.

For white goods OEMs, those three things are not separate features. They are one continuous strategy. A press that is reliable but not repeatable still costs you in scrap. A press that is repeatable but not visible still costs you in unplanned downtime. Sutherland builds presses that do all three on the same line.

From Coil to Cabinet, Faster Than Ever.

The next generation of appliance manufacturing is being built around automation, data, and energy efficiency. Sutherland builds progressive die presses, tandem line systems, and straight side servo hydraulic presses tuned for white goods volume, delivering up to 60 percent energy savings versus conventional hydraulics while supporting the multi-stage profiles modern appliance stamping requires. Combined with automated material handling, transfer systems, and robotic part removal, a single Sutherland line can handle multiple part families with fast changeover between jobs.

For legacy presses still running on the floor, I-PRESS retrofits bring older equipment up to the same control standard as new machines. Same touchscreen interface. Same data visibility. Same automation-ready architecture. Extending the life of capital equipment that has already proven itself.

Inside the I-PRESS HYDRO.

Every Sutherland and KC press for white goods runs I-PRESS HYDRO controls with real-time monitoring integrated into the master control. Every stroke, every pressure profile, every cycle parameter flows to a unified data stream. Operators see what is happening on every press before a process drift becomes a scrap part.

From Recipe to Real Time.

Traditional press controls execute a recipe and hope the line keeps pace. I-PRESS HYDRO measures what is actually happening on every stroke and adjusts. Multi-stage profiles for appliance stamping. Closed-loop pressure feedback for consistent panel dimension. Real-time tonnage monitoring flags abnormal load conditions before they reach the tool.

The result is a forming process that holds spec across long production runs, protects tooling life, and reduces scrap rates measurably. On a high-volume white goods line, that difference shows up in yield, throughput, and finished-unit cost.