Global Business Awards 2020

Issue 4 2020 17 Global Business Awards 2 2 17 complicated geometries to achieve a clean finish. The results often found by fabricators include reduced assembly times, fewer fasteners and smaller part lots. Offering three panel bender models in different sizes, Salvagnini products are flexible to a client’s needs, accommodating different floorspace and product requirements. The material handling feature eliminates the need for tool changes, whilst other features include an integrated shear, intelligent software, single part flow, interconnectivity with other Salvagnini products and fully automated support of robotic systems. As well as improved energy savings, the panel bender also acts as a robust link for IoT practices and communication with ERP systems. Of course, all Salvagnini panel benders are crafted in accordance with the same P.A.R.T principles that set the company’s technology ahead of all others in its field. Dimensional tolerances are rated at ±0.008 inches, whilst bend angle repeatability is rated at ±0.5 inches. Tolerances are not impacted by worker skills, material, sheet thickness, product range or batch size, meaning total precision is ensured. Salvagnini has designed automation of the bending process to work independently of an operator’s skill set. Parts are referenced once during the bending process without the aid of back gauges. The bending process is numeric controlled and can be recorded and documented for IoT, IIoT and big data requirements. To support automation of material flow during sheet metal fabrication, panel benders can be embedded into flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), robotized or integrated at any automation level, enabling them to function as a stand-alone machine or evolve into an FMS with automation. Due to superior machine availability and readiness, Salvagnini’s panel benders can be trusted to handle raw material inconsistencies using an automated bending and material flow which function independently of worker skill sets. High reliability supports accurate production planning and delivery forecasts, whilst the employment of technology with the lowest energy consumption compared to other sheet metal bending processes means Salvagnini panel benders offer minimal maintenance, dedicated tooling options for diverse part requirements and bending sequence solutions for special applications. With over forty years of field experience and a reputation for being the first to bring new technologies and innovation to market, Salvagnini is well equipped with the insight to help customers select the right equipment and software for them. The firm is now looking to share this insight through education, opening a campus in Spring 2021 which will allow customers, employees and academia to come together to share knowledge, incubate ideas and create machines of the future. Facilitating the needs of customers and employees alike is central to Salvagnini’s values, and the campus will provide a nurturing environment for the firm’s constantly growing workforce as they develop their own career paths. Centering around Salvagnini equipment, IoT integration, service and virtual machines, the campus will also feature dedicated areas for learning, training, observation and design-for-manufacturing concepts. This facility will not only seek to attract employees and clients, but will engage academia, offering internships and connecting manufacturers more closely with its community. Using multimedia tools to support virtual equipment demonstrations and remote discussions, as well as implementing social distancing measures with observation decks, the opening of the campus is not to be deterred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Although a colossus of the North American sheet manufacturing sector with vast global reach and successful growth a constant feature for the firm, Salvagnini is still looking to improve. For now, it is through the creation of its groundbreaking campus, which seeks to share its decades of experience and nurture the next generation of manufacturers and engineers. We cannot wait to see what’s next. Contact: Kathy Conrad Web Address: www.salvagnini.com