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PLANT DESIGN & FITOUT
Precision installation for plastics perfection
MAIN PIC FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
MD Laurie Green, national sales manager Bill Novak and technical sales engineer Swapnil Chavan next to the Morbidelli behemoth.
BOTTOM LEFT: Out with the old...
we have the right people with the right tools to do a comprehensive job.”
The machine produces high precision, light and durable machinery parts and complete products from plastics companies that CTSP is national distributor for: Licharz, Gehr and Beck-Wefapress.
The plastics include Nylon, Acetal, Teflon, UHMWPE, HDPE, PVC and PP. Green says these are widely used
to substitute metals in applications that require:
light weight, ease and speed
of handling for maintenance and parts replacement; low wear; and product contact applications, which may also involve resistance to chemicals in the processing operations.
“Its high-speed, vibration-free technology will be used to produce light, strong, hygienic and chemically and corrosion- resistant machinery components and custom- engineered products for industries such as food and beverage and agricultural crop and livestock and primary processing applications.
“Such plastics are particularly valued for automation, packaging, processing and washdown advantages,” Green says.
Components which can be engineered on the new machine include sheaves, gears, rollers, channel guides, chain guides, actuators, and impact pads.
It can also deliver internally lubricated no-maintenance machinery components, and parts for: pumps; cranes and elevators; vibrating screens; gear housings, production automation and safety, including machinery shields and insulated tool holders. ✷
Installing a 3500 kilogram piece of machinery into a fully operational factory has brought big dividends for Cut To Size Plastics. Food & Drink Business reports.
CUT To Size Plastics (CTSP) managing director Laurie Green says the installation of
its 3500 kilogram Morbidelli Author M100F heavy duty CNC router and machining centre was a “precision installation”. CTSP is a supplier of engineering plastics to the food and beverage industry as well as the agricultural sector.
The installation took two days from delivery truck tray to factory floor production ready, Green says.
The new machine was eased into place by truck, crane and careful planning. It was manoeuvred through ongoing production in the factory, 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 through busy factory floor space among other high-tech machinery, then introduced into production without a hitch,” Green says.
The M100F will save 60 per cent of time in machining cycles compared with older technology, he says. “It is part of our ongoing investment in technology and skills to ensure
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