Last month of the Desma inhouse show
05/11/2009
The in-house exhibition that footwear machinery provider Desma has been running for the whole of the autumn has entered its last month.
The company first opened the doors of its factory in Achim in northern Germany in September to showcase its latest automation technology and the invitation to customers to go to see it first hand runs until the end of November.
Desma argues that the advanced automation of increasingly diverse production processes—an intrinsic part of modern industrial footwear production—demands complex solutions.
The company goes on to say that handling systems and robots are increasingly taking over production steps in modern shoe production and that substantial increases in productivity result from turning individual processing stations into automated lines with a high degree of automation.
Both the production of unit soles and the direct-soling process are constantly being further automated. For insertion, product or injection runner removal, cleaning or for other straightforward operations, handling units are sufficient, it says.
More complicated processes, however, may only be carried out quickly and with the required consistency by robots. An important part of the argument, of course, is that using robots results in cost savings that can help to make economical shoe production possible, even in industrial countries with high wage levels.
Desma was quick to realise the benefits that robotic technology can bring to footwear production and, since its interest in this concept began in the 1980s, it has delivered more than 1000 robots to footwear factories around the world.
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