Author: Ganesh Gavhane
As aware this Covid-19 pandemic Globally affected in all the sectors. During these critical situations had planned to design and build a Machine in Tractor manufacturing sectors, who needs to machining Rotary Tiller End Facing and Conveyor Pipe Boring at both the end of the component in a Single Machine. I have started Machine design with machine length of 3500 mm and developed Tool heads and design come up with nicely. And shared with our clients, they have got impressed. Based on there confirmation we have started manufacturing process and build the special purpose machine with nil rejections within a…
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the world over the last year, the engineering sector took a severe hit. Manufacturing ground to a halt, businesses collapsed, jobs were lost; it was a dire time for the industry. In this do-or-die scenario, the industries that adapted to the change survived, and thrived. ATQ Metro is one. Our Story Founded by Mr. Sanjay Desai in 2012, ATQ Metro is a leading manufacturer and service provider of state-of-the-art engineering products in the field of Industrial 2D/3D Metrology, Dimensional Measurement, Reverse Engineering, and Traceability. Built on the principles of Accuracy, Trust, and Quality, we…
This pandemic has taught us many things and made possible many functions which were being considered to execute impossible without office like purchase, sales, Accounts, product launch etc. First thing we made everybody aware and educated them about personal hygiene, social distancing while working and commuting. First thing we implemented the contactless attendance with temperature sensing, staggered lunch timing to keep the safe distancing and serving lunch packets instead of serving with hands. In fact we had implemented Bar code readers for the goods movement couple of years back which helped us during this pandemic to minimize the physical contacts.…
There are big challenges in front of manufacturing companies for survival, sustainability & growth. New situation is forcing people to introspect and challenge the set thought processes within organisations. Pandemic has shown the limitations in the organisations. Drive for higher competitiveness is key for survival and growth. Enhancing productivity & quality has become the most important aspect to achieve the competitiveness on a global level in the new normal. We at Blaser Swisslube, always worked on building business with strong fundamentals which helped to increase the resilience over time. We have been a very agile, evolving and efficient company. Long-term…
The demand for automation solutions in the cutting tool industry is on the rise. From addressing skills gaps to reducing labour costs, while offering improved flexibility and quality – the benefits are significant. Manufacturers are looking to maximise asset utilisation to enable their operations to be 24/7 – for lights out manufacturing. Increased automation reduces production costs, improves product quality, and boosts productivity. ANCA’s latest technology innovation, ANCA Integrated Manufacturing System (AIMS) was launched virtually during the pandemic to our global customers. AIMS offers streamlined manufacturing, with connected tool production processes that are integrated to existing IT systems. It is a solution…
Sandvik has signed an agreement with Battery Ventures to acquire US-based Cambrio, a leading company with an end-to-end portfolio in CAD/CAM software for manufacturing industries like automotive, transportation, energy, medical and aerospace. “This is in line with our strategic focus to grow organically and through acquisitions in the advanced manufacturing space, with special focus on industrial software close to component manufacturing, industrial metrology- and additive manufacturing solutions. Cambrio will enable a broadened customer offering, covering more of the total manufacturing value chain,” says Stefan Widing, President and CEO of Sandvik. Sandvik’s strategic ambition is to provide customers with software solutions…
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Winning with Corona: We are not immune to Challenges that COVID has created, however, we are focused on the positives and quick wins in our control. Increasing Digital Footprint, new skills learning & development as well as value creation for sector as a whole are on the top of our agenda.Automation Initiatives: In a mechanical product development, Life cycle of POC is typically 3-4 months unlike what I have seen in software where it takes 2-3 weeks. As a company, we saw this as a big bottle neck. Instead of time consuming or capital-intensive strategies, we invested in 3D Printing.…
At Fronius based on our 70 years of experience and expertise in welding, we always think futuristic and are customer-centric in our approach. We felt the need to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the need of the manufacturing process. Our ongoing projects during and beyond pandemic was that we had been demonstrating how our IOT enabled welding solutions- “weldcube” can help to usher in a more digitized industrial era in various manufacturing Sectors where welding data management was playing a prime importance. Our advanced technologies for knowledge transfer (e.g. “virtual welder” and “welducation”) were providing the state-of-the-art tutorials and didactical…
Looking back, we see the serious crisis inspired the best in Schmersal India Team members -the administrative staff and Sales who quickly adapted to the new Work from Home scenario by mastering new tools for collaboration with customers and also the Shopfloor employees who ensured that the Manufacturing operations remained ON, since Schmersal was classified as an essential supplier.From the Management side policies were reviewed and new SOP were implemented swiftly. The EOU division ensured business kept running when India was still under lock down (with very less local business) and with further increased order inputs in EOU we inaugurated…
With the world still facing an unprecedented situation due to the COVID pandemic, during the past months we have all encountered new challenges and had to change and rethink the approach to our jobs and to our businesses. The limitations to traveling to meet customers or suppliers became the new normality, as well as worldwide issues in transportation and in material supply, with prices of products like steel growing at an alarming rate. Succeeding in this scenario has been difficult for many companies, but in case of Faccin Group, it just highlighted one of its well-known strengths, its vertically integrated…
Like everyone knows and aware that, we all passing through the most difficult phase of pandemic world over. And as Indian Agents of overseas machine tools manufacturers, we hardly have had any strategy to work on it as the manufactures themselves are in troubled waters.Nevertheless, we all jointly deiced to work on it to face covid difficult market situation. The first was to identify sectors, where we could promote the products and which companies are cash rich, who can even make investments in this crucial period. One of the segment in this was obviously the Govt organization, defence sector etc…
People all around the world are living in difficult times as a result of the current pandemic, which has created a sense of uncertainty. Many families have lost their daily source of income, and organizations have been severely impacted, resulting in the closure of some businesses. In this highly globalized era, with interconnected production and financial markets causing a ripple/domino affect, the consequences are being felt by all, including India. Every industry is impacted, including forging industry. Supply chains have been disrupted, migrant workers have returned home, and retraining them after the lockdown has been difficult. We are still dealing…
“The pandemic has created experiences and trials that we had not even dreamt of. Challenges have developed affecting all spheres of life, yet man’s spirit of not giving up is what is keeping us all going. Throughout this pandemic, Wohlhaupter India was an early mover in the shift to adapt to new technologies. Adapting to the new style of working, being available online for customer support through emails, Teams meetings, and Whatsapp videocalls, and making use of other new online technologies helped us gain advantage over others. We made changes in our procedures to make maximum use of automation processes…
“Technology is the lifeline for every business today. We, at Accusharp, have built our organization on the building block of technological innovation. We have constantly exceeded the expectations of our customers, by creating tools which no other competitor of ours could have conceptualized. This extraordinary combination of radical ideation, nimble innovation and deft execution has made us the service partner of choice for all our customers. Steve Jobs once remarked “Simplicity is the best form of sophistication”. We take this principle to heart and ensure that every tool devised by us would be simple to use, however, at the same…