FOCUS ON HANDLING storage areas ,” said Christian Rüf .
It is equipped with an automatic circular sawing machine , KASTOgripspeed C 10 , designed for rapid and precise cutting of various grades of steel . This second sawing centre has also been equipped with a handling robot , gravity feed conveyors and a pallet carousel .
“ Having one company manufacture and supply all this storage , sawing and handling equipment gives us the advantage of a single point of contact in case we have any questions or concerns . If a system should malfunction , KASTO engineers can connect via a remote maintenance link and quickly provide assistance to avoid expensive downtime . However , this is rarely needed . The sawing cells are extremely reliable and easy to operate . They are a true asset to our company , enabling us to complete our work faster , better and more efficiently ,” concluded Christian Rüf . n
About KASTO
KASTO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co . KG supplies systems for the sawing and storage of metal bar stock and sheet metal . It has a large product range and offers planning ; design ; software development ; project work ; execution ; service and support from a single source .
Material handling is becoming more and more important . Solutions range from the 150kg roller conveyor via KASTOsort to the container carousel and the manipulator , transporting material to where it is needed . Based in Achern , Germany , with a closeknit network of branches and agencies around the world , KASTO was founded in 1844 and is now in its sixth generation of family ownership . One of its activities is the manufacture of bandsaws , circular saws and hacksaws , either manually operated , semiautomatic or fully automated .
A plastic box ready to receive short cut pieces being placed by robot with the aid of a suction gripper into a wooden pallet , along with other items such as longer cut pieces and a delivery note .
The company also builds industrial warehouses for computer-controlled storage and retrieval of sheet , tube , bar , profile and other materials to provide very high storage capacity . Storage systems can either be stand-alone or interlinked with saws , other machine tools , automation , MRP and ERP systems etc .
KASTO ’ s VisualAssistance online system .
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About EHG Stahlzentrum
Holding a stock of around 45,000 tonnes , EHG offers a range of goods including more than 15,000 items of steel and other metals in over 140 grades and countless dimensions . It makes the facility one of the largest in Europe and ensures a high degree of availability .
The ability to provide a wide range of services is just as important to EHG as holding a large variety of stock .
“ We don ’ t think in terms of products , but rather in terms of solutions . It means that we supply items already cut-to-size and just in time directly to our customers ’ production facilities ,” explained Christian Rüf .
This service encompasses a broad geographical area , not just Austria , Germany and Switzerland but also Italy , Slovenia , Hungary , Slovakia , the Czech Republic and Romania . The company network comprises ten sites employing about 360 employees , serving around 6,000 customers .
Nine in ten deliveries are shipped from the headquarters in Dornbirn , either by a freight forwarder or using the company ’ s own vehicle fleet . www . dreistern . com