LONATI dismantlement of their centralized system
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Lonati is sixty years among the leading world manufacturer of sock-knitting machines. Lonati produces approximately 10,000 hosiery machines each year, 85% for the foreign market. LEADING WORLD MANUFACTURER OF SOCK-KNITTING MACHINES, LONATI CHOSE AR FILTRAZIONI AS PARTNER TO INSTALL AIR CLEANERS OF FUME AND OIL MIST ON THEIR MACHINING CENTERS, IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY, THE QUALITY OF THE AIR IN THE WORKSHOP AND DECREASING THE RISKS OF DOWNTIME. 256 TECNOLOGIE MECCANICHE September 2014

by Edoardo Oldrati and Ezio Zibetti 10,000/12,000 hosiery machines each year, 600 employers, an area of 80,000 square meters of which 24,500 are occupied by buildings and the control of 65% of the world market of sock-knitting machines. These facts are enough to explain the industrial importance of Lonati SpA, historical company founded sixty years ago by the knight Francesco Lonati and now rooted in industrial foundations, LONATI GROUP benefits from absolute world leadership in the textile machinery sector, a position supported by reliability and efficiency, the best know-how, ongoing...

NEW AIR IN THE WORKSHOP A model of Lonati machine in action A modular approach In the past the plant for suction of oil mist and smoke produced during machining processing of machine tools was centralized. The centralization worried about the possibility of an arrest. “As maintenance responsible – Pasotti explains – I needed to avoid that a problem on the vacuum system involves a production standstill of 47 machine tools, with very heavy effects for our company. Furthermore, the large dimension of the vacuum system needs several days in the event of a repair of it. But not only the...

AR FILTRAZIONI air cleaners have reduced by 15% the oil consumption In Lonati the first maintenance intervention has done 18 months after the installation AT ZERO EXHAUST EMISSIONS ARNO series stands out from the other ones . A line of air cleaners for oil mist, fume, dust complies with TECHNICAL ENCLOSURE N. 32 ISSUED ON THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE LOMBARDY N.2 OF 10TH January 2012. These plants allow the suction and purification of every type of atmospheric pollutant emits during machining processing of lathes, machining centers, grinders, laser machines and so on. Characterized by a...

On the right: before shipping, Lonati tests every machine per 8 hours. Below: The technical Dept. designs their sock knitting machines._ system. “Now if there is a problem on a filtration system it’s enough to sign off the involved machine - underlines Pasotti but the production can go ahead. Furthermore, the maintenance of the AR Filtrazioni plants is very easy and speedy. Significant quantity and quality of the recovered oil; “Every single air cleaner recovers the oil, conveying it immediately to the machine tool, avoiding contamination with another types of oil. In this way we reduced of...