Components to be engineered on the new
machine include sheaves, gears, rollers,
channel guides, chain guides, actuators,
impact pads, internally lubricated nomaintenance
machinery components,
pump components, crane and elevator
components, vibrating screen components,
gear housings, production automation and
safety components including machinery
shields and insulated tool holders.
The new machine was eased into place
by truck, crane and careful planning
as it threaded its way among ongoing
production, coming to rest besides the
machine it replaced, which was still working
at full capacity until the switchover.
“This was a real team effort to ensure that
the high capacity new machine – which
is about 6.5m long installed – could be
efficiently threaded though busy factory
floorspace among other high-tech
machinery, then introduced into production
without a hitch,” says Cut To Size Pty Ltd
managing director Laurie Green.
The new machine moved smoothly into
production last month (March) to produce
high precision, light and durable machinery
parts and complete products engineered
from the materials of international leaders
in plastics technology for whom Cut To
Size Pty Ltd is national distributor, including
Licharz, Gehr and Beck-Wefapress.
Cut To Size’s latest investment in Morbidelli
machining technology complements its
comprehensive CNC machining facility at
its Yennora HQ, where it is coupled with
GibbsCAM and SolidWorks software to
optimise the company’s ability to produce
high-quality product from customer
specifications and design briefs for local
application or export.
The performance and flexibility offered
by the new M100F includes a 60% time
saving in machining cycles compared with
older technology, says Mr Green. Morbidelli
(part of the SCM Group) has a history of
nearly 50 years of innovation in machining
technology
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
Benefits to Cut To Size customers of the new
machining technology include cost-efficiency,
quick changeover flexibility and consistently
excellent attainment of global quality
standards.
The machinery’s rapid working cycle times
and reduction of idle times also enhance Cut
To Size’s ability to cost-effectively supply
high precision components from versatile
engineering plastics including Nylon,
Acetal, Teflon, UHMWPE, HDPE, PVC and
Polypropylene. These materials are widely used
to substitute metals in applications requiring
light weight, ease and speed of handling for
maintenance and parts replacement, low
wear, and product contact applications, which
also involve resistance to chemicals in the
processing operations.
“This new machine is part of our ongoing
investment in technology and skills to ensure
we have the right people with the right tools to
do a comprehensive job for our customers,”
says Mr Green, whose company has been
supplying engineering plastics to Australian
and International customers for more than 40
years. The company is committed to meeting
Australian and International Quality Standards
and to working within the guidelines issued by
State WorkCover safety authorities, he says.
This includes producing durable products that
are clean, easy to handle and enhance OH&S
conditions in applications such as maintenance
and installation of machinery components for
industries ranging from food and beverage
manufacturing to mining, mineral processing
and bulk handling.
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