The future isnow:
Itshighdegreeof complexitymakes
thenewsystem fromStiwaextremelyversatile.
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 theproduc-
tionof 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. Brand-new
flow control valvesareproduced in frac-
tionsof asecond. TheStiwapilot installa-
tion redefines the fascinationof automa-
tion. Another newaddition is theservice
unitMS9-SV-C,whichwasalreadyan
integral part of themachineevenbefore
itsofficialmarket launch. TheMS9-SV-C
doesn’t just deliver better performance–
it also improvesoperator safetyand
increases theservice lifeof central com-
ponents.
Highlyflexible
Whatmakes thenewStiwasystemunique,
not tomentionextremelyflexible, is its
modular design. At itsheart isa rigid
interlinkingsystemwhich transportsand
assembles componentsat highspeed.
Linked to thisare tendecentralised feed-
ingmachineswhichsupply themanufac-
turingprocess. Thesemachines canbe
attachedand removeddependingon
the typeandnumber of individual parts
required.With twopathsper feeding
machine, it is thereforepossible toplace
up to20 individual components in the
system. The innovativesystemstructure
is thefirst of itskindat Stiwaanddelivers
a further increase inmachineavailability.
Withminimal retooling times, thenew
machineseamlesslyproducesadiverse
rangeof flow control valves. Theassembly
workshopsat Stiwaareaperfect example
ofwhat theflexible factoryof the future
might look like.
Compact combination
The lifebloodof thisgroundbreakingStiwa
development issurprisinglysimple–
compressedair. Ensuring that there is
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