This case study describes how we help our customers to achieve more success by studying and realizing innovation. We automated the production process which previously included 4 stages.

What was the challenging request that the customer made of Lamipress?

The main issues were: producing the required quantity (one million pieces per month) in the time set by the customer, with a quality standard able to reduce the percentage of rejects to zero.

Our technical department studied the issue and it became immediately clear that to obtain such a large number of pieces in a standard and reliable way, it was necessary to automate the production process of these metal parts by working on an innovative solution that would concentrate the different work stages through a specially designed automated system. Please consider that 4 work stages were needed to manufacture this product, generally corresponding to 4 distinct and specialized suppliers; out of these four, one is automated trimming, whereas the other three are based on manual work. The latter are ‘bottlenecks’ reducing productivity and increasing the risk of production defects.
Thus, Lamipress designed and manufactured a customized automatic machine capable of delivering the whole production in a single step, with in-line quality control of 100% of the parts.

Lamipress’ automated solution achieved the following:

- Tripled productivity: a minimum of 1,500 pieces per hour compared to the conventional 500 pieces per hour produced with the manual system;

- Ability to produce 24/7;

- Practically zero defects in standard production (reject rate equal to 0.0001) due to quality control throughout the manufacturing process of 100% of the products.

Our customer receives timely, reliable, and cost-competitive deliveries, with the following advantages:

- Increased productivity and product quality (zero rejects) drastically reducing unit cost;

- Decrease in the costs for management and coordination of suppliers;

- Reduction in transportation costs: Lamipress delivers its products directly to the customer, whereas products are generally transported from one supplier to another before finally being delivered to the customer when all the machining is done.

What distinguishes Lamipress from its competitors may be summed up as follows:

- PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY: Lamipress is known and appreciated for its ability to offer effective customized process automation solutions for businesses that need to produce in high volumes.

- PROCESS ENGINEERING, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: The design stage of our automation solutions is obviously followed by the process engineering stage in close partnership with our customers. We are working closely with several universities to develop innovative projects in the fields of automation and robotics (currently electro-spinning and health technologies).

- OPTIMIZATION OF INTERNAL ORGANIZATION AND MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY ON THE TYPE OF SERVICE AND VOLUMES TO BE IMPLEMENTED. Lamipress specializes in the optimization of our customers’ work phases, which is of course also applied within our own departments: design and R&D, tooling, manufacturing, sheet metal stamping, and assembly.

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