VISITING THE PLANT IN PESCARA
The industrial site of Pescara is mainly oriented to the design and manufacturing of machines belonging to the "cold range".
Before they are used in the production process, materials undergo all quality checks to ensure the full compliance of items with required quality specifications.
The first plate processing step takes place in the plant sector where numerical control machines are located. These machines operate in accordance with programs previously elaborated by the plant engineering department.
Then, punching and cutting operations are performed on plates, which may be galvanized or plasticized, with 10/10, 12/10 or 15/10 thickness range, in accordance with requirements. The plates forming the cabinet are coated with an atoxic plastic material, with various colors, to avoid any further painting.
Processing continues with bending operations carried out through paneling machines for 70% of production; these machines are technologically advanced, and provided with numerical control systems. Particularly small products are bent with manual bending machines.
The assembly of distributor cabinets is operated through calking. This technique consists in ´clipping´ panel edges in contact, with special pneumatic clamps. Thermoformed cells are installed inside the cabinets, and form the internal part of the distributor.
These cells are entirely manufactured within the company, by using a special thermoforming machine, which processes atoxic polystyrene panels, and adapt them to the various shapes and sizes required for all the models of machines manufactured.
The next step of the process consists in the distributor heat insulation (foaming), playing a double role of insulating and consolidating the cabinet structure.
The two-component polyurethane liquid (foaming), injected into the cabinet interspaces, solidifies within a few minutes, and the cabinet and the cell it contains become one single block. During the cooling time, the cabinet is compressed and its shape kept in a heated template. The duration of the entire process is about 15 minutes.
The last processing step takes place on a driven line, which takes the mounting kit from an automatic warehouse controlled through a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). The Kit, which will be installed on the cabinet, includes the refrigerator unit, the cabinet door and the distribution trolley, customized in accordance with the various product types. These three elements are also made within the Company.
To ensure the quality of automatic distributors, a number of tests are performed on every single distributor, through simulation of the distributor function during normal operation.
Test results must confirm the compliance with functionality and safety specifications provided for by the European Union legislations. Sample testing is also carried out in the climatic chamber, on the models including the refrigeration unit.
Tested machines are stored in the automatic warehouse through a bar code recognition system, before they are taken and shipped to Customers