MACHINERY [ Injection Moulding ]
In the Research and Development Centre , an environment dedicated to design and analysis has been created , equipped with comfortable workstations in a quiet environment
Innovation is one of the key aspects of SPD ‘ s corporate strategy ; this is the reason for the creation of the new Research and Development Centre
above ,” Pola explains “ we are very involved in making our products ‘ intelligent ’ and therefore able to detect information and communicate it in real time . It is for this reason that the people whom we will increasingly recruit for this department will have , as their training base , new digital communication and detection sensors for industrial use . The electro-permanent magnetic technology - that intrinsically has always had control and detection electronics at hand - will also help us in our efforts .”
THE ROLE OF MECHATRONICS Mechatronics is a winning combination of mechanics and electronics , a way to go in this important technological evolution taking place in the manufacturing world in general and in the metalworking sector in particular . Also on this aspect , SPD is particularly attentive to this aspect , as Roberto Pola explains . „ As already mentioned , electro-permanent magnetism has forced us to think , in a mechatronic way , about magneto-mechanical products activated and controlled by electronic systems . Today the challenge is to integrate more and more the electronic side of things into the mechanical one , in order to create products for clamping and part handling applications that merge in a single mechatronic environment . It is a challenge that takes into account technologies based on sensors , eprom ’ s , physical memories operating in very extreme environments and really heavy-duty contexts .” This choice , as well as allowing the company to pursue its own technological evolution , is oriented to ensure SPD customers a number of advantages and therefore greater competitiveness . „ The integration of electronics into the product ,” Pola highlights “ allows a reduction in the overall dimensions and costs of the system compared to what is currently in use . Pilotability and communication are entrusted to protocols well known to the market that make it possible for the customer to interact by controlling in the best way the behaviour of our product
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Roberto Pola on the right , shows one of the departments of the new centre to Heinz Dieter Schunk
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