REPORTAGE - RZ OLDA INNOVATION AB
The first step towards automated production The small town of Landvetter is situated 15km east of Gothenburg, Sweden. Here RZ OLDA Innovation AB produces high-precision metal components. In late 2022, the company ventured on its first step toward automatic production, as Jan-Erik Svensson, CEO of RZ Olda Innovation AB, recounts. EROWA: Mr Svensson, what does RZ OLDA Innovation do? Jan-Erik Svensson: We provide our customers with top-quality production solutions. Today, RZ OLDA Innovation consists of two parts, with one of them producing door fittings and the other being engaged in contract production, which accounts
for the majority of the turnover. At present, contract production consists of 8 CNC milling machines (of which 3 are 5-axis) and 3 CNC lathes. Our production concentrates on milling and turning. This can be parts for the automotive industry, but also for the tobacco or packaging industries. What all components have in common is that they‘ve got to be precise and satisfy the highest quality standards.“ What was the decisive factor that prompted you to make a move in the direction of automation now? In autumn 2021, we almost had a „crisis meeting“ since our production plant was hardly able to cope with incoming orders. We were thinking about how we could increase our capacity, primarily in our milling department. It soon became clear to us that we wanted 5-axis machines with a certain form of automation. After some research, our attention was drawn to pallet changers that could be configured according to our require-
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