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SUCCESS STORIES
drive. We also discussed aspects such
as operator training and the provision
of advice on optimising the shapes on
the drawing board or those already in
production. Another topic of conversation
was the use of machines in unmanned
production – which we have
subsequently realised.”
“Ten years on from the management
decision, we now have a department
that also works in unmanned shifts. The
seven injection moulding machines from
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, one of them an
all-electrical machine, has not had a
single malfunction in 13,500 hours of
operation. Today, we produce 99% of
the plastic parts we need for the products
assembled on our production lines
ourselves,” underlines Luca Avataneo,
Head of Plastics Production. A workforce
of around 90 ensures the smooth operation
of the plant in Bossolasco. What factors
have contributed to the company’s
success? Innovation, modern equipment,
a highly trained workforce as well as the
fact that Electro-Parts now manufactures
all plastic components itself. •
Author:
Angelo Grassi – Excerpt from the article
“L’importanza della partnership” with
kind permission of Tecnoplast
Luca Avataneo, Head of Plastics Production
at Electro-Parts (on the left), and
Roberto Sallemi, Managing Director
of Macam srl, the Italian distributor
of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
View into the injection moulding production
For ten years, Electro-Parts has been
using injection moulding to produce the
plastic parts to be incorporated into the
actuators
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