MORE EFFICIENCY, MORE PRECISION, NO BEND MARKS
FIMAB MANUFACTURES ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE CABINETS WITH THE RAS UPDOWNCENTER 2 AT A NEW LEVEL OF QUALITY.
The foundation for deep electrical enclosure cabinets is formed from a large-format sheet blank in a single operation.
With the RAS UpDownCenter 2, FiMAB has taken the production of electrical enclosure cabinets to a new level. A 66 % reduction in bending time, 22 % faster welding processes, and bend mark-free visible surfaces clearly demonstrate the benefits. Manufacturing enclosure cabinets from a single blank with automatic setup and precise step bending enables economical batch size 1 production while maintaining exceptional quality.
Today, the second-generation family business employs around 30 people and remains committed to training skilled young professionals.
“ Preserving what works while embracing new ideas perfectly reflects who we are,” says Markus Fiedler, Managing Director of FiMAB. Investing in the RAS UpDownCenter 2 was the logical next step in bringing this philosophy to the shop floor.
Electrical enclosure cabinets
Around one quarter of FiMAB’ s annual turnover is generated in the electrical enclosure business. The company manufactures high-quality steel and stainless steel enclosure cabinets for customers in the special-purpose machinery and mechanical engineering industries, where dimensional accuracy and repeatability are critical.
“ Our customers require enclosure cabinets in a wide variety of sizes and configurations. Producing this level of product variety economically is one of the biggest challenges in manufacturing,” explains Markus Fiedler.
Orders from an online configurator are transferred directly to production. CNC programs for laser cutting and metal folding are created automatically and transferred directly to production, enabling economical batch size 1 manufacturing.
Previously, enclosure cabinets were produced on a press brake, requiring multiple parts, extensive setup work, manual turning of the sheet metal between bending operations, and numerous weld seams.
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