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‘Insatiable and never tired’ – industrial robots work day and night and help to keep wage costs low. The new building housing the toolmaking operation provides ideal conditions both for the humans and the ‘high-tech workers’ made of steel and electronics. It is large, bright and full of light.
PRODUCTION WITH LOW WAGE COSTS
SOME WITH CLEVER MINDS, OTHERS WITH HEARTS OF STEEL
Cutting edge products can only be made using cutting edge production equipment. On top of this come innovative manufacturing methods that create a competitive advantage. That alone, of course, is not enough: the right combination of trained workers and automation is one of the keys to economic success, which is often also measured in short production times and low wage costs.
A part is played in the economic success of many manufacturing companies both by workers with clever minds and by those with ‘hearts of steel’ – meaning in the latter case industrial robots. In many areas of manufacturing robots provide valuable services. A ‘worker made of steel and electronics’ can, for instance, feed the horizontal processing centre with material and continuously mould stamped and forged parts without taking a break. Human workers thus have mind and hands free for other jobs. Visitors from all over the world who come to Betek in Aichhalden always take a close, admiring look at the automatic manufacturing operation, complete with its robots. Guests will in future find this manufacturing section in a new environment. The workforce – including robots – has moved into the toolmaking division’s new building, which provides not only bright, well-lit facilities, but also vibration-free floors. The expensive machines run around the clock. If needs be, they do not even come to a stop at weekends, which accommodates fast production and ultimately keeps wage costs low. Just like the machines, the humans too must work at a hundred percent, with 100% checks ensuring that the quality is always right.
