Drive system for a forming press

A drive system for a multi-point forming press, having a plurality of pressure points, for movement of a slide having a surface for mounting a tool thereon, the drive system comprising direct drive modules aligned in a longitudinal or a transverse axis of the press, each or each pair of the direct drive modules being mounted on a respective one of a pair of uprights for the direct drive modules, and each of the direct drive modules comprising a respective servomotor and a respective crank mechanism, and the direct drive modules further comprising a holding device for at least two of said modules, and pressure point housings of the slide arranged laterally of the tool mounting surface and extending into space between the uprights, each of the pressure points being operatively connected to the pressure point housings of the slide by one of the crank mechanisms controlled by one of the servomotors, each of the servomotors together with another of the servomotors being jointly controlled in an electronically or in a mechanically synchronized manner.