Sweden EVIIndustries
Higheff icencywithAMADA autom ation
EVI INDUSTRIES is a successful metal working sub-contractor with two production facilties in Sweden, Kungsängen (Stockholm ) and Vaggeryd. Both sites work togetherto provide a com petitive ofering to theircustom ers. “AtEVI,we provide high quality products,and a shortlead tim e from order to delivery. In Stockholm , we have punching, bending, powder coating and assembly processes, whereas in Vaggeryd, we have laser cuting, punching, bending, power press and welding processes. Both ourcom pany structure and m odern m achines are very flexible,alowing us to be com petitive”says M ikaelLundahl, SalesM anager. With both ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations, the company is commited to investing to both continuously improving their process technologies and working environm ent. As such,the group has recently m ade substantialinvestm ents in both plants.TheirStockholm site recently took delivery ofa second AM ADA EM -ZRT electric punch presswith autom atictoolchangeraswelasautom atic sheetand parthandling. W hilstin Vaggeryd,a new AM ADA VENTIS-AJ fibre laserhas been instaled. In addition,both sites invested in AM ADA’s new HRB press brake,com plete with autom ated toolchanging. The m otivation for these investm ents was to increase production outputthrough m inim ising setup tim e. This high levelofautom ation reflects the com petitive labourm arketin Sweden. Ronny Ericsson, M anaging Director (Stockholm ), explains “Ourgreatestchalenge in the production is to get skiled workers.Autom ated toolchanging helps us with this. Also,since custom ers dem and shorterlead tim es,autom atic toolingsetup,sim plyworksbeterthanastandalonem achine. Forexam ple,we getaround 20% m ore production with the EM -ZRT com pared to ourEM punch withouttoolchanging, despite ourbatch sizes being sm alerin the EM -ZRT line.” Continuing,Ronny added, “M istakes with tooling setup do nothappenwiththenew m achinethankstotheautom atic tool changing and the tool ID system on the punch m achine. The operatorexperience levelneeded forboth m achines is m uch lower.”
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