Industrias Guidi's 60th Anniversary

RETROFITTING:
UPGRADING OF THE
PRESSES IN IGB.
All the presses in IGB were upgraded by electric
retrofitting and other type of improvements.
Thanks to that investment the level of reliability of
equipment raised to 99%.
Another improvement that was implemented
throughout this decade was the upgrading
of the stamping presses at IGB. The process
consisted in transforming old machines from
their original electric logic of relays to one
based on Programmable Logic Controllers
(PLC). The main objective was to improve the
reliability of Burzaco Plant stamping presses
to face a greater production demand, which
was expected. At the same time predictive
maintenance was established. Before this was
implemented, IGB had high levels of stops
due to problems with vibrations in engines or
axles, the fall of air pressure or overheating of
contactors. Gradually sensors were included in
all process which allowed to prevent problems
before they appeared. Thanks to this decision
the performance of the machines of Burzaco
was optimized. By the end of 2019 IGB reached
an important achievement: the levels of
reliability of the press shop reached 99%.
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