One of the largest projects in our production - the renewal of the erosion - has been successfully completed after almost half a year with an investment of almost 1 million euros.
To select the machines, we visited a total of four suppliers who jointly manufactured and measured production parts from our assembly lines. At the end of the selection process, we opted for +GF+ as a supplier who had already supplied our existing machines.
It was important for us not to simply replicate the existing process with new machines, but to go down the path of digitalization and automation.
To this end, an RFID system for identification was introduced in the die-sinking EDM machine and the Zeiss measuring machine for determining position data and offset parameters for the pallet systems and electrodes was integrated as an integral part of the process. All set-up work can now be carried out simultaneously so that we have virtually no downtime.
Two machines were selected for wire EDM, which are identical in terms of basic design, but differ in their ability to measure parts on the machine. Both machines are supported by a separate start hole drilling machine.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the maintenance department for the excellent renovation of the premises and the building services, the IT department for the integration into our network structure and the purchasing department for the negotiations they conducted!
