Plastics part supplier to Hero Group raises productivity using Yudo's solution
With an aim to improve productivity and reduce manufacturing cost, Gmax Auto, a part of AG Industries and a supplier of plastics parts to Hero Group's two wheelers, turns to Yudo Hot Runner India for solution
Vishal Agarwal, President, Yudo Hot Runner India (left) with Geeta Anand, Owner and MD, AG Industries
Last Updated : Apr 17 2014 | 3:33 PM IST
In the modern era biggest challenge in the manufacturing industries is manpower, productivity and running cost of production. Nowadays, skilled manpower is not available easily in India and cost of hiring them is very high. At the same time, increasing productivity with conventional system is next to impossible. It is very difficult to keep one’s margin intact in a highly competitive market.
Offering a complete solution To overcome all these problems, Yudo has designed, developed and installed automatic production lines for the Bawal (NCR Area) based Gmax Auto Ltd, which supplies high-end solution to Hero Group for all plastics parts for its two wheelers. This plant is designed to reduce the running cost of the plant in terms of electric power consumption, manpower free production lines and space management and most important to increase productivity.
Some of the key highlights of this plant are:
Automatic production lines for the plastic parts
Operator free machines, no operator is required on the machine
Manpower management by automation
Space management through elegant design of the production lines
Energy-efficient electric injection machines
Automatic takeout robots: High speed, high efficiency, collision-free robot
Specially designed chiller using special refrigerant. Latest technology used in pipe line to arrest temperature drop. It saves more than 30% electric power
Delicately designed heating and cooling units to ensure perfect quality
Mass storage silos with load cell to handle raw material efficiently and minimum handling with minimum man power; high efficient thrust loading; and easy access of the stored resin
Matrix based automatic centralised feeding system with SS304 piping to ensure to meet all the requirement of different machines
Efficient drying to ensure quality and dosing unit to ensure correct feeding and mixing
PC base supervisions installed for feeding system and chiller
High speed robots integrates with all machines to ensure optimum cycle time
Specially designed conveyors to control the movement of finished goods
Traffic controlled conveyors to ensure smooth movement of all products
Yudo together with Gmax team together designed the plant, as a result Gmax is producing approximately 30% more parts with same number of machines compare to others in India with very less manpower and saving 30% electric power too.
(This was featured in Business Standard newspaper on April 15, 2014)
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