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Stama
Maschinenfabrik
GmbH
Siemensstraße 23
73278 Schlierbach
Germany
Area of business:
Manufacture and distribution of
vertical CNC machining centres,
devices, tools and measuring
technology.
Integrated automation: part loading is carried out by a
linear gantry from Festo with suitable grippers. (above)
Tool changer reduces setup times: this tandem gripper/
rotary unit comprises axes EGC, the pneumatic semi-rotary
drive DRRD and the heavy-duty tool gripper HGPT. (left)
“The integrated automation solution
with the loader and unloader as well as
the tool changer from Festo helps to
achieve a space-saving machine layout.”
Gerhard Schweicker, Sales Engineer at Stama
“In Festo, we have a competent
development partner for all of our
machine automation needs.”
Ready-to-install system solutions
When designing the system solutions for
the mill-turn centres, the specialists from
the Festo Technology and Application
Centres were able to call on a wealth of
experience gained while designing
thousands of ready-to-install handling
solutions. This experience is hugely
valuable in projects of this kind, as it
ensures the trouble-free integration of
various bus systems or the I/O interface
in the machine controller. Customer
specific solutions for installation
interfaces and disconnection points are
adapted to the requirements. In this case,
the loader and unloader as well as the
tool changer in the additional magazine
provide a highly flexible solution as the
front end can be adapted to the
customer’s requirements.
“The integrated automation solution with
the loader and unloader as well as the
tool changer from Festo help to achieve a
space-saving machine layout,” says
Schweicher.
“Since three quarters of our machines are
used around the world, it is even more
important that we work with a global
partner like Festo with its extensive sales
and service network. This is particularly
true for China, where we as a machine
tool manufacturer are experiencing
especially strong growth,” adds Boscher
from Stama.