Innovative and economical solutions usually emerge when people think outside the box. When it comes to automation, this often means combining individual production steps so that workpieces pass through several production stages automatically.
When a sports car manufacturer was running short on structural parts, it put its trust in the process expertise of the mechanical engineers at Wenzler. In order to meet ambitious deadlines set by the automobile manufacturer, Wenzler pooled its expertise with tool manufacturer MAPAL.
Virtuo-R™ is an innovative decarb solution that Fives developed for reheating furnaces. It offers fully automatic control to ensure accurate operations at optimal pace and heating points. Automation is appealing to customers because it reduces energy consumption, lessens emissions.
To manufacture the countless product lines with thousands of new, re-sharpened and serviced tools being delivered each week, Systco has 11 Vollmer machines – three were delivered in 2022.
When the Schlote Group built a new factory in Harzgerode in 2017, it was designed to mass produce only a single part. MAPAL supplied all the cutting tools. By optimising the tools, the foundation has now been laid for a future with new products.
When the automotive supplier Schabmüller received a huge order in 2013 with almost one million parts to be manufactured per year, tool management became necessary for the variety of tools used. The manufacturer placed its trust in MAPAL and has since implemented a whole series of projects together with the tool manufacturer.