REPORTAGE - SONDERBORG VAERKTOJSFABRIK
Only PERFECT is good enough In the medical Industry, quality of life may depend on a few microns. This is why the Danish high precision mold makers of Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik has been focusing on what they do best for more than 40 years: quality tools for injection molding. And this of course is why EROWA proudly supports the highly respected specialists with know-how on process automation. EROWA and Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik joined forces in 1998. During the 20 years of active cooperation, many projects were realized for the benefit of both companies. Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik developed their highly automated tool shop based on the EROWA flexible manufacturing concept. EROWA profited from professional feedback on the products involved in the four main steps of application.
An important part of the success at Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik is the inclusion of all stakeholders in the improvement projects. Tool room staff, production planning and management realized the huge advantages that could be made available by consistently applying EROWA technology. First steps During the late 1980s, the EROWA ITS electrode holding system was used, as in all important tool and die making companies. But unlike many of our customers back then, the people at Sønderborg Værktøjsfabrik realized the potential of the full EROWA concept almost immediately. Therefore they soon followed up on PreSetting and registering the offset values for automatic transfer to the CNC control of the EDM machines.
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