Gentlepressure,
great performance
Newserviceunit increases thesafetyof apilot installation
Stiwa isa leader in innovativeautomation.
Inoneof the latest systems from the
Austrianmachinebuilder, amodular feed concept increasesefficiency. Thenew
serviceunitMS9-SV-Coffers improvedperformanceand reliability.
S
implicity canbedifficult to
achieve. Take thenewhigh-speed
system fromStiwa for the
productionof flow control valves,
for example. The faster itmoves, themore
complex it becomes. Countlessaxesmove
incessantly.Handlingsystemspickup
partsand transport them for processing.
Grippers, conveyorsand feedingsystems
grip, accelerate, cushionand rotate inan
apparentlynever ending cycle. Brandnew
flow control valvesareproduced in
fractionsof asecond. TheStiwapilot
installation redefines the fascinationof
automation. Another newaddition is the
serviceunitMS9-SV-C,whichwasalready
an integral part of themachineeven
before itsofficialmarket launch. The
MS9-SV-Cdoesn’t just deliver better
performance– it also improvesoperator
safetyand increases theservice lifeof
central components.
Highlyflexible
Whatmakes thenewStiwasystemunique,
not tomentionextremelyflexible, is its
modular design. At itsheart isa rigid
interlinkingsystemwhich transportsand
assembles componentsat highspeed.
Linked to thisare tendecentralised
feedingmachineswhichsupply the
manufacturingprocess. Thesemachines
canbeattachedand removeddepending
on the typeandnumber of individual
parts required.With twopathsper
feedingmachine, it is thereforepossible
toplaceup to20 individual components
in thesystem. The innovativesystem
structure is thefirst of itskindat Stiwa
anddeliversa further increase inmachine
availability.Withminimal retooling times,
thenewmachineseamlesslyproducesa
diverse rangeof flow control valves. The
assemblyworkshopsat Stiwaarea
perfect exampleofwhat theflexible
factoryof the futuremight look like.
Compact combination
The lifebloodof thisgroundbreakingStiwa
development issurprisinglysimple–
compressedair. Ensuring that there is
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