SHELVING FOIBLES--Kasto relies on studies to improve efficiency beyong faster cutting speeds

摘要

Slicing steel and metal products at faster speeds is one area worth improving, but how quickly materials are stored and loaded onto saws also is critical. Kasto Mechanical Engineering GmbH & Co. KG, with headquarters in Achern-Gamshurst, Germany, and locations in the United States, takes the idea of automation to new levels as the company seeks to improve the overall production process rather than simply increasing cutting speeds. In Austria, many companies are employing an automated approach to the service center business. "As far as we know, Kasto is the only supplier that can supply both saws and storage systems with fully integrated systems (as in automated sawing centers, combinations of honeycomb storage systems and sawing centers, etc.)," says Christian Ruef, assistant general manager of EHG Steel Center GmbH & Co. OG, Dornbirn, Austria. Ruef says each of the equipment's control systems is compatible with one another and operators can interchange from one system to another easily. "Automation is a key factor to our order fulfillments, and Kasto is the best choice for us," Ruef continues. It's important to EHG Steel that Kasto provides quality machines because the company provides more than 10,000 different steel and metal products to customers, "which we process with 24 Kasto saws," he says.