PAPERmaking! FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF PAPER TECHNOLOGY Volume 3, Number 2, 2017
MOSCA LAUNCHES HIGH-TECH TRAINING ACADEMY Strapping specialist Mosca D irect Ltd has opened a new high-tech customer training facility, The Mosca UK Training Academy, as part of its recently-completed refurbished head office in Cotgrave, Nottingham.
The £500,000 investment has created additional space in response to the company’s impressive year -on-year success since it was established as a dedicated UK sales and service facility in 2000, and to allow for future growth. As part of this, it was imperative that the redeveloped site should include a modern training facility to further enhance Mosca’s service offering to customers as well as provide be tter capacity to train its own sales and engineering staff in new machine developments. Mosca has offered customer training for many years at two levels - basic Operator Level, which covers the fundamentals of machine operation and daily/weekly housekeeping; and a second, more advanced Engineer Level, which teaches in-depth dismantling and reassembly of the strapping heads for fault-finding, repairs, maintenance and cleaning. The Mosca UK Training Academy consists of a classroom area with TV and white boards, plus a fully-operational workshop which is home to several pieces of key training equipment. The training machines - a SoniXs standard strap way 6 test rig and head, a KSR test rig and head, SoniXs test rig and head, and a MCB head – have been specially commissioned for this purpose and are free from machine housing, allowing working mechanisms to be visible and accessible. This ensures that trainees gain an in-depth understanding of the four key procedures of a strapping machine: magazine, feed, retraction and tension, and cut and seal. In addition, the opening has enabled Mosca Direct to offer additional training options. The Mosca UK Training Academy can accommodate up to four people for a full day of training which can be tailored to whatever the customer needs, for example focusing more on the electrical or mechanical side. For Operator Level training, one full day is required. For Engineer Level, one full day is also required depending on the experience level of engineers attending and the type of machine. At the end of the course, each participant is awarded with a certificate to verify their level of training. This is required by employers for Health & Safety reasons before a machine can be safely operated. Depending on each company’s own Health & Safety Policy, customers may also request refresher courses. Throughout the year, Mosca will also have different machine models situated in a new demo area. This allows customers to see machines in action and they can bring along their own products to test the various strap tensions and see the pack sizes that can be accommodated. Based in Nottingham, Mosca Direct Ltd supplies top of the range manufactured strapping machinery, based on modular design to fit easily into existing lines or as part of a new project. www.mosca.com/en-uk
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