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Berco PeopleNOT JUST TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEWTRACK ROLLER ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENTof the General Systems Division, headed by Orazio Astolfi,to tell us about his experience in the initial stages of thework: from the laying of the foundations for the productionlines and automated storage unit to the constructionof the building.Despite his outgoing, communicative personality, Adrianoat first seems reluctant to acknowledge his role as oneof the protagonists of this “adventure”,but when he does start talking it'sdifficult to stop him, and we realiseMuch has been written in recent issues of this magazine about the newtrack roller assembly department. Up to now, the subject has alwaysbeen approached from a strategic or technical point of view, but in thisarticle we want to look at it in a different way, through the eyes ofthe people actually involved in constructing the new building, installingthe equipment and, finally, starting up the new production lines.We interviewed some of the people who have been working in the newdepartment for months to hear what they have to say and, throughtheir words, to find out how the various implementation stages of thisambitious project actually took place.We asked Adriano Del Vecchio, in charge of the building works department“The initial plan - he tells us -was for a three-span building, buteven before the suppliers haddelivered the materials, we knewit would be necessary to add a fourthfor a line dedicated exclusively to CTLtrack roller assembly. And so we are preparing an areato the south of the building for the new extension.The land has been bought, the buildings clearedand the new routing of the public natural gas pipeplanned.Quite a few problems arose in the initial preparatorystages. First of all, there were two big public electricitypylons, which had to be raised up to allow for theheight of the new building. Then there was thecomplication of laying suitable foundations for theautomatic storage unit in the centre of the building.This kind of storage unit , weighing about 12 tonsper square metre, has to be capable of withstandingthe continuous load variations, in both weight andpositioning. So, we had to make a reinforcedconcrete bed, 60 cm thick, and rest it ona set of piles (64) going down to a depthof 22 metres. The concrete block was insertedinto the flooring like an island, separatedby expanded polyurethane padding ofthickness 4 cm”.immediately how much effort and enthusiasmhe and his team put into this project.When we finally get to asking Adriano, whohas been with Berco since 1992, for hisoverall impression of this experience, hesmiles and tells us he's “seen it all before”,meaning that in all these years at Berco,this isn't the first time he and his colleagueshave had to take on such a demanding task.Adriano's account is interesting, and so fullof little details and anecdotes that we want4BN46 > April 2006
FRANCO BRANCALIONHead of Department“This isn't the first time in my 19 yearsat Berco that I've had the chance towork on the start-up of new lines. Inthe 1990s, in fact, I was involved inthe launch of some work centres inthe die machining department.This time it's different though, first of allbecause this is an entire department andsecondly because I am now head ofdepartment. This is a really importantopportunity for me and I want to fulfil itto the very best of my ability, workingtogether with the men assigned to me.These personnel have been newly recruitedand I shall be trying to transmit tothem the desire to do their jobs well andtake care of the machines they'reto ask himmore, but hemakes it clearthat our time isup, and we haveto carry on withthe other interviewsanyway.working on. One thing I particularlywant is that the department maintainsAnd so we chat withFranco Brancalion, whonot only its functionality over time has just beenbut also the orderly, efficient look thatit has now. I am really proud andsatisfied that the company has putits trust in me to carry out thistask”.appointed head of thisnew department. At firstsight, you get the feelingthat he is a man whoreally puts a lot into hiswork, and this feeling isborne out entirely by his account.His Berco career, which began in 1987, has beenlong and varied and, last October, after lots of moves andchanges, he was put in charge of all the installation phasesof the process lines, working under the direction of FrancescoBuriani.As we listen to him, what shines through yet again is thesame passion, dedication and love for the factory that hascharacterised the many previous generations here at Berco.This is the kind of spirit that became familiar to us in theinterviews we made for the newly published book on the eightyyears of life of this great company of ours.MICHELE CAGNONIEngineering staff“I'm going to be incharge of the team offour newly recruitedmaintenance workers thatwill be looking after thisdepartment. I shall also be handlingrelations with spare parts suppliers”.Michele Cagnoni,with Berco since1994, will be incharge of linemaintenance. Hehas accumulateda wealth ofexperience in robots y s t e m sinstallation,working alongsideGiuliano Neodo.For him too, following all the installation stages, working ona daily basis together with the SIR engineers on theconfiguration of all the assembly lines in the department,has been a new and exciting experience.Giuseppe Friani, with Berco since 1997, comes to meet uswith a big smile. He works in the systems engineering officetogether with Luigi Franchini, under thedirection of Leonardo Bellini, and has beeninvolved for some years with electricaldesign, automation and line implementation.Here, he is workingspecifically on trackroller lubrication andfilling tests. To helpus understand whathe's doing he takes usto see how thisoperation works.Word of our presence in the department has gotaround and everybody wants to come and tell usabout themselves and their personal experiences,but time is running out and Francesco Buriani,head of the New Track Roller Assembly Area,comes up to the office and exchanges a fewwords with Franco Brancalion, the head of thedepartment. We gather that the time has cometo let them get back to work and, before going,we take a few more photos of the new lines,still clean and shining, which will soon be runningat full production rate.Berco PeopleGIUSEPPE FRIANIEngineering staff“It's a beautiful experience, and it givesyou great satisfaction to see a plan ona sheet of paper being translated intoreality, thanks also to your efforts andyour work”.ALESSANDRO FERRANTIWorker“I've been at Berco since last September.I did two weeks in the old track rollerdepartment and then I was transferredhere, to the roller painting line. The productiontechnology here at Berco is really advanced.I've never worked in such a highly automatedenvironment. It's a real novelty for me and I likeit".BN46 > April 20065
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