Stamping operations, such as drawing, blanking, piercing and forming are perfomed on the presses that can be genarally divided into three main types based on their drive:
Mechanical presses that have mechanical flywheel that stores the energy and then transfers it to the puch and to the workpiece.
Hydraulic presses that use hydraulic cylinders to deliver a controlled force. Hydraulic presses, and similarly hydraulic cushions, can deliver the full power at any point in the stroke, variable tonnage with overload protection; and adjustable stroke and speed.
Servo presses that are the presses driven by AC servo motor. The torque produced is converted to a linear force via a ball screw. They usually offer programmable stroke and slide velocity as well as dwell in the stroke.