TPT March 2022

T E CHNOLOG Y

My Steel expands with ISTech tube and bar cutting solutions

machines manufactured by ISTech for cutting to length, which it purchased second-hand. ISTech sawing machines, designed to last, are generally in excellent condition even when changing production requirements make it advisable to upgrade to higher performance machines or machines with different cutting capacities. This is why ISTech takes back used machines when it delivers a new sawing machine and reconditions them to restore their production capacity. It was a set of ISTech reconditioned saws, which formed the first My Steel cut-to-length station. My Steel purchased a Power S7 semi- automatic sawing machine and four automatic saws from the Power NC line, as well as a practical cutting system with an automatic bar feeder. The different saws have made it possible to cut a very wide range of materials to size; as they are all flexible by nature, each of them can also switch easily from one type of material to another by simply changing the cutting parameters. The reasonable purchase cost made it possible to quickly recover the investment, in spite of the fact that the equipment is not used continuously, due to the frequent changes of formats and materials typical of the production of one-offs and small batches, which characterise My Steel’s offer. My Steel’s turnover has grown over the years and the company has therefore discovered, like many users

MY STEEL has been operating in the steel trading sector for around five years, but can rely on several decades of experience accrued by its technical and commercial staff to guarantee excellent service for its customers. The company’s streamlined structure allows customers to receive quick and decisive solutions, it said. My Steel’s strength is its flexibility: the company is organised in order to provide a cutting-to-size service for all types of steel without requiring minimum orders. Whether it is chrome-plated, forged, rolled, peeled, ground and drawn bars or tubes, My Steel can quickly supply the required quantities and lengths. “70 per cent of our customers’ requests are for steel products cut to size,” My Steel’s general manager, Luca Benzoni, explained. “Customers particularly appreciate our ability to meet these requests even for small batches or one-offs; this naturally requires a high degree of flexibility, which we are able to guarantee thanks to a fairly wide range of cutting solutions.” Purchasing a variety of industrial sawing machines for different types of cut, however, requires investments that are not easy to reconcile with a highly customised service. My Steel has managed to combine these different requirements thanks to the complete and varied offer provided by ISTech, a Lombardy-based company known for its automated metal cutting systems and its ability to always supply the most suitable solutions for every need. Since its foundation, My Steel has used

My Steel’s general manager, Luca Benzoni

of ISTech sawing machines, that the equipment can become undersized for production requirements while still being in excellent condition. For this reason, when it came to expanding production capacity, My Steel had no doubts: it asked ISTech to take back some machines, which were still in working order but no longer suited to the pace of production and replaced them with other ISTech solutions. This enabled My Steel to expand production capacity with a minimal additional investment. Machines, whether new or used, have parts that are subject to wear and require maintenance; in this respect, too, My Steel appreciated the excellent service provided by ISTech. In addition to sawing machines, My Steel also uses blades supplied by ISTech; here too the wide range is highly appreciated, just like the expertise of the technicians, who are always able to provide advice on identifying the best blade for each particular cutting requirement from the vast range in the catalogue.

My Steel www.mysteel.net

Grind Master Machines offer tech innovations GRIND Master Machines has added two new offerings to its line-up, the Grind Master Robofinish fettling machine, which is an advanced and reliable machine for fettling of ferrous castings and the Grind Master Nanofinish range of machines, used for superfinishing of automotive powertrain, transmission, suspension and steering parts. workplace. It is ideal and economic for fettling operations including riser and gate cutting, parting line grinding, deburring of sharp edges, milling inaccessible areas and breaking of holes. The machine addresses specific problems in the foundry industry such as unhealthy working conditions, heavy components and stock software. Quick change fixtures make the machine suitable for wide range components like motor housing, differential housing hydraulic housing, pump housing, flywheel housing, engine and transmission housing/covers. The Nanofinish model SMP1000 is built to achieve both size and finish in one process.

removals, complex shapes, variation in components by selection of right processes, tools and specially developed

The Robofinish is a heavy-duty machine, which increases productivity and quality and helps create a healthier

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