2017 INSPIRED FOR TUBE
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INSPIREDFORTUBE January 2017 - Number 23 AKRAPOVIČ Laser for speed HK LASERTECHNIK Nothing is impossible! PROFIM Ergonomics, technology and aesthetics, the search for perfection

POINT OF VIEW PDF VERSION AND LATEST INFORMATION ON: OFFICE FURNITURE ERGONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND AESTHETICS, THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION MACHINE TOOLING BLM GROUP experience Every where, every time Business buzz HIGH-QUALITY FURNITURE IN CHINA JOB SHOP TARGET: ZERO REJECTS MOTORBIKE LASER FOR SPEED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAKING A PATIENT’S LIFE A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE provides us with access to an enormous amount of information, which is frequently not used and often not saved. Automatic control theory has accustomed us to simple thinking in categories of control with a feedback loop. For example,...

Founded in 2008 and specializing in laser processing of round pipes and sections, it is a rapidly developing enterprise. Today the company has twelve partners and supplies customers in sectors all throughout Germany. The company is continuously striving to achieve its main objective through very high quality and a comprehensive range of services. The objective is to keep their steady customers, even in a difficult market situation, and HK-Lasertechnik bases its uncompromising production engineering on these objectives. QUICK CHANGES OF ORDERS ARE THE KEY TO EVERYTHING “The market dynamics...

At the end of 2015, replacement of machinery and start-up of the LT FIBER unit was completed without standstills. “The ADIGE company, and Andreas Köster from BKU GmbH, have been at our side for years and have been providing us with any assistance we need. As the distribution partner of the BLM GROUP and BLM GROUP Deutschland, they have worked together in cooperation, with a watchmaker’s precision”, observes Heber. OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION PROCESS Today, the new LT FIBER unit purchased by HK-Lasertechnik is working at full speed for three shifts. Up to ten changes are made to an order every day....

OFFICE FURNITURE ERGONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND AESTHETICS, THE SEARCH FOR PERFECTION PROFIM Profim is a leading European company in the manufacturing of office chairs. Its central headquarters is in Turek, found near Poznan in Poland. This is a plant with an area of 50,000 square meters, employing 2,000 employees and manufacturing approx. 100,000 chairs per month. founded in 1991 with private capital only, profim had revenue exceeding €98M, exporting 70% of its production to 30 countries around the world, including europe, the United states and Australia, thanks to its 1,100...

We are talking about a high level manufacturing facility, with important numbers and complicated problems related to production management. High numbers do not necessarily mean repeat production. With over 50 collections, each consisting of fifteen different office chair models, the number of different components to be processed is extremely high. Thus, there are high numbers, but there is also extreme care for product quality and the need for flexibility, as well as strict cost control. For 25 years, Profim has processed metal pipes to make its products. Because of this, they have become...

Quality is indispensable, but for the right price. The first contract with BLM GROUP and purchase of their TS72 cutter for straight cutting of pipes, resulted in partnering with the BLM GROUP as an exceptional supplier, capable of meeting the requirements of bending and laser cutting. “We had a need to perform die shearing during the bending sequence, and our previous supplier only had one machine for hydraulic shearing. Electromachining was more expensive than the solution from BLM, so we changed our supplier,” Kurcoba adds. “Quality is fundamental, but it also needs to be a reasonable...

MACHINE TOOLING WESTERN QUALITY, ASIAN PRICES INFLOW SYSTEMS Pune is a well-known Indian automotive hub where important companies like Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto and Mahindra have their manufacturing plants. On the other hand Pune is also home for many successful companies from diverse industrial sectors. Such an example is EPS Worldwide, a manufacturer of automatic wave soldering machines for PCBs and its sister company, Inflow, which manufactures welded assemblies and also offers laser cutting services.

Rapid Growth EPS was founded in 1990 by Atul Limaye who is still one of the directors of the company along with his brother-in-law Avadhoot Joshi, and cousin, Sunil Jog. Limaye (his first name Atul literally means unparallel) told us the story of EPS. Having worked for some time with electronic companies in the Pune area, he decided to start his own business to design and manufacture wave soldering machines. The company was started in a small shed with four employees. In a short time the product range was expanded to other systems used in the manufacturing process of PCBs, and the...

This was achieved by appropriately modifying the original frame designs to exploit the advantages of Lasertube cutting to its maximum extent. It was an easy operation because ARTUBE can directly import 3D structures and automatically generate cutting programs for the LC5. Not Only Tubes The LC5 replaced two older laser sheet cutting systems. Even if it opened new doors to tube cutting opportunities, its main task is still sheet cutting. It is extremely fast on thin sheets making it competitive in the marketplace. All the thin sheet cutting is carried out on the LC5 by default. As far as...

OFFICE FURNITURE HIGH-QUALITY FURNITURE IN CHINA 20 SHANGHAI VISION Mr. Shao is the General Director of Shanghai Dimi, a company specializing in processing metal sheet and pipe intended for the office furniture and retail outlets market. The history of Shanghai Dimi is strictly linked to the history of Shanghai Vision. One must go back to the group’s formation to fully understand Dimi’s strategy and business model

Shanghai Vision was founded in 2000 with the intent of occupying a position in the high-end segment of the furniture market in China. At the time, the sector was saturated with small and medium local manufacturers, who offered low-quality products. There was no strong player in the market capable of offering a wide range of innovative products. Vision planned to keep ahead of trends and decidedly aimed for the high-end segment, aware of the fact that the market was slowly heading in that direction. The investment was significant, and included the purchase of different lines manufactured in...