Solving the industry 4.0 gap! SCHMACHTL

SoLVING ThE INDuSTRy 4.0 GaP!

SCHMACHTL GmbH, a leading Austrian industry provider, is dedicated to creating and selling innovative product solutions to its customers across Austria’s wide range of industry sectors. Emma-Jane Batey spoke to division manager Florian Martin to learn more.

Founded in Linz, Austria over 70 years ago, product and systems provider SCHMACHTL GmbH prides itself on its reactivity, flexibility and eagerness to solve its clients’ issues. With locations in Austria (Linz (HQ), Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck) Czech Republic (Prague (HQ), Zlin) and Slovakia (Bratislava (HQ)), Schmachtl has built its success on representing leading German and Italian manufacturers and today serves many of the leading Central European names in their activities across Europe and Central Europe.

Within the Schmachtl industry automation portfolio, the common thread is its attention to quality and intense focus on customer satisfaction and customer service.

Industry Europe spoke to Florian Martin, SCHMACHTL’s division manager for its inspection solutions range, who explained how the company’s activities come together to create a cohesive offer. “Schmachtl is dedicated to providing the right solutions to its customers, with each of our divisions offering a technically-advanced element, such as machine vision equipment. We are particularly active in the field of detecting defective products in the manufacturing process. This is where our AI solutions are really proving to be a game changer as we now have the ability to learn in record time from a vast number of situations and can adapt processes accordingly or simultaneously.” Vision for success

The quality inspection solution division headed by Florian Martin works to create and integrate quality inspection systems with smart camera solutions. Mr Martin said, “We are different to other suppliers and to our competitors in that we focus on guaranteeing our customers a return on investment, therefore providing the right solution rather than automatically opting for a standard solution.

“Our approach is to understand our customers’ needs and deliver a system that fully answers that need. And we don’t just hang them out to dry! We are available all day, we are close by, ready to answer any questions, make any changes...it’s a true support system.

“We don’t just make and sell an inspection system; we also make sure our customers know exactly how to maximise their products’ performance and how to interpret the technical data they receive about their products.”

Mr Martin noted he has worked with customers that previously invested in expensive systems from other suppliers which did not perform as well as expected. He was keen to point out that the guaranteed focus on problem solving means this does not happen when a customer chooses SCHMACHTL. He said, “There are lots of carefully-designed steps in the SCHMACHTL process of delivering a complete solution. We start by analysing the customer’s need,

machine vision division manager Florian martin

complete a full evaluation of the challenge ahead and have carefully designed implementation steps. After the delivery we’re still in contact, ready to make any tweaks or advise the customer. We know that this is the only way to make sure the customer is always totally happy with the system; it can be that they wouldn’t get in contact about ‘a little thing’, but as we’re always here, always on hand and in touch, those little issues can quickly be ironed out, making sure the customer is always completely happy with the SCHMACHTL system they’ve invested in.”

Never say goodbye

This ‘always at the customer’s side’ promise is a continuing mantra for SCHMACHTL. As the company looks forward to its next half century and beyond, Mr Martin explained how it plans to stay at the forefront of the electrotechnic systems solutions industry. “We are currently working on finding our upgraded business model that is inclusive of Industry 4.0, where we see great opportunities for growth as it is perfectly in tune with our expertise and customer base. We see our abilities as a leading industrial provider, plus an integrator of solutions as key differentiating factors. Our turnkey solutions are the right answer to many Industry 4.0 issues, with one of these being our vision systems. ”

Mr Martin concluded by illustrating how SCHMACHTL’s vision systems can provide highly valuable technical information in a digital form such as total traceability throughout the production process – ‘but we take it higher, with more analysis’ – and that the company’s real-time learning algorithms mean customers can seamlessly integrate their solutions. He said, “The end customer can use our real-time learning algorithms to teach their production systems how to approach any possible issue without having to parametrise new software. It’s incredible!” n

Should your company have a need for a quality inspection system within your production processes, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr Florian Martin. His contact details are below.

Product Manager Machine Vision Schmachtl GmbH Pummererstraße 36, A-4020 Linz, Austria Phone number : +43 732 7646-38 Mobile phone : +43 664 8366987 Fax: +43 732 785036 Email: f.martin@schmachtl.at Website : www.schmachtl.at