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Although skilled manual work is still common practice in the heavy steel industry, the sector is also becoming increasingly automated in an effort to reduce cost and meet the intensifying pressure to create a safe working environment in this highly demanding industry.
The automation solutions offered by HGG machines provide a direct contribution to this process by: - Automating labour-intensive, polluting and unsafe processes that are often still carried out by hand;
- Providing a degree of accuracy that practically eliminates the need for post-processing;
- Providing a degree of accuracy that practically eliminates the need for fitting.
The following examples illustrate how HGG, by taking things a step further and following a different approach, has been able to come up with pioneering solutions in the area of health & safety. - We shield the operational process from the people working with the machines by controlled movement of material through stationary cells which incorporate the robots or other devices .
- The cells are being kept compact to provide the operator with a clear view of the entire process (the combined movements of the robot and the Y-carriage still offer a large work range).
- The compactness of the cells allows for controlledsuction of polluting gases and particles.
- We developed a dynamic suction system using multiple suction points containing a control mechanism that automatically adapts to the intensity and direction of the cutting process.
- We automated the material sorting process which up to now was a largely manually performed and labour-intensive task.
- We automated labour-intensive, polluting and unsafe finishing activities (development of the EBL or Edge Breaking Line is one of the results of this automation process).
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