Unimaq is an industrial manufacturer of two-piece aluminium beverage cans decorating machines, printing up to 2500 cans per minute. They provide their sophisticated, advanced machines for world-leading companies including Coca Cola and Heineken.
Unimaq has invested in a range of technologies from the Carfulan Group. This has allowed them to create a seamless inspection process of their components whilst enhancing their overall manufacturing processes.
The Carfulan Group works with world-leading companies, such as Unimaq, providing the most advanced manufacturing technologies available, helping to achieve optimal performance and end-product excellence.
Project Brief:
Unimaq are constantly investing in the latest technology to ensure their machines are of high accuracy, consistency and traceability.
Unimaq were looking to upgrade some of their old machines to the latest technology, and made contact with the Carfulan Group to explore their wide range of technology solutions.
Mark Derry, CEO of Unimaq, said:
“We needed to be able to ensure the consistency, repeatability and accuracy of the components that went into our machines to allow us to give warranties to our customers with the confidence that they are going to work and do what they are supposed to do.”
The Solution:
Unimaq invested in a wide range of technologies from across all divisions of the Carfulan Group to create a seamless inspection process of all their components and give them a complete solution from one provider.
Unimaq invested in a M609 optical measurement system from VICIVISION UK, specialists in providing high performance, non-contact measurement systems as well as QC-CALC data collection software from Prolink UK, an intuitive, scalable and integrated software solution that empowers manufacturers with real-time data monitoring, automated reporting and unrivalled shopfloor integration.
“The VICIVISION M609 is an ideal machine for us,” said Mark.
“It has quite significantly improved our inspection processes and increased the volume of parts being inspected. We inspect an awful lot of parts so we have an awful lot of data and the QC-CALC software has been very valuable to us. Data control is vitally important for manufacturers and QC-CALC software is the perfect solution.”
The Benefits:
Investing in a wide range of technologies from across all divisions of the Carfulan Group has allowed Unimaq to enhance their entire manufacturing processes and upgrade their old machines to the latest technologies. Unimaq is now able to ensure speed, accuracy and traceability across all of their processes.
“One of the keys things for us is archive access,” said Mark.
“We needed to have the ability to go straight back to an inspection report from several years ago, and QC-CALC gives us an instant report. It gives our clients confidence that if they want the data from historical inspections or sizes, we can give them that information quickly and easily.
“We have been able to improve our lead times using the VICIVISION M609, measuring a higher volume of parts than ever before.
“If our experience is anything to go by, I would thoroughly recommend the Carfulan Group. They supply a range of high-quality products, including VICIVISION UK and Prolink UK amongst others, and they do them all expertly well.”
Matt Ingle, Quality Assurance Engineer for Unimaq had this to say about the company’s latest investments:
“Having the VICIVISION M609 and QC-CALC software from the Carfulan Group just makes life easy. They work together seamlessly, and it gives us one point of contact for any questions or support.
“Both technologies are in constant use, not just for production items but also for reverse engineering parts. The VICIVISION M609 offers g-tolerancing, concentricity’s, runouts and cylindricities, all of which are incredibly useful and QC-CALC picks up inconsistencies our previous inspection processes couldn’t.
“The support we’ve received has been really good. There’s a good relationship between the two bits of software and the company that has provided them for us.”
Why the Carfulan Group?
The Carfulan Group works with world-leading companies, such as Unimaq, providing the most advanced manufacturing technologies available, helping to achieve optimal performance and end-product excellence.
Across its five divisions, the group works across multiple industries such as aerospace, automotive, oil and gas, medical, education, design, precision engineering, manufacturing, consumer goods and many more.