MILLING, DRILLING, THREAD TAPPING - THERE ARE VERY FEW SWITCHGEAR MANUFACTURERS WHO LOVE METALWORKING. FORTUNATELY, THERE IS A SOLUTION: AUTOMATED MACHINING CENTRES SUCH AS THE PERFOREX MT CAN HELP. MARK GUEST, PRODUCT MANAGER FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AT RITTAL OFFERS THREE TIPS TO SHOW HOW IT CAN BE USED TO ITS FULL ADVANTAGE. The task of machining enclosures, housings and mounting plates takes switchgear manufacturers a lot of time if they have to carry out the work by hand. It can easily add up to four hours or more - reading through plans, marking out holes, tapping threads, deburring cut-outs and then cleaning the machined parts. In a small company that doesn't have a dedicated metalworking department, electricians and switchgear engineers end up doing the work, which takes up valuable time that they lose when it comes to building and wiring the switchgear.
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