All tools and workpieces at a large Austrian tool and carbide manufacturer are cleaned of all kinds of impurities before or after certain production steps or after completion.
By switching from a lift-and-push system with fixed process sequences to a system with two independently operating transporters/translators, individual washing programs can now be implemented.
For example, it is now possible to flexibly repeat or skip individual cleaning basins - completely adapted to the respective requirements. The system has a total of nine aqueous basins, four cleaning basins and five rinsing basins to be precise.
The system also has an upstream demagnetizing station, a 5-stage continuous dryer and a circulating conveyor system.
This investment has raised the cleaning quality to a a new level. And this directly benefits the adhesion of the hard coating. Thanks to the high capacity of the cleaning system - twice as much as before - the end customer is optimally positioned for the future.
The flexibility of the individual cleaning processes and the ability to optimize and, if necessary, accelerate the cycle also help to reduce costs. A barcode system in conjunction with the process and data recording of the individual cleaning processes ensures the traceability of each indexable insert.
Thanks to the OPC UA interface, this data can be evaluated and processed using an MRP system and the findings can be used to maintain a permanently high quality standard.
