Ceramics
ITA Ceramiche looks to the future with SACMI automation

ITA Ceramiche looks to the future with SACMI automation

Installato un nuovo forno, più grande e produttivo del precedente, e tutti gli stoccaggi laserguidati dalla smalteria alla scelta. Così l’azienda di Fiorano Modenese, che oggi si presenta sul mercato con un rinnovato brand “I.TILES born in Maranello”, completa con SACMI il primo step di un ambizioso piano di investimento che mette al centro qualità ed efficienza produttiva

ITA Ceramiche looks to the future with SACMI by completing an ambitious project that aims to implement total process automation. This latest order centers on a new SACMI kiln, a high-performance model equipped with the latest heat recovery systems that has an output capacity of over 10,000 m2/day.
This is nothing less than a revolution for ITA Ceramiche, as it includes all the handling systems upstream and downstream from the kiln. In fact, all pieces leaving the glazing department for the new kiln are handled on SACMI-supplied LGVs (laser-guided vehicles). Moreover, automated storage means the customer can use the full output capacity of the kiln (117 meters long, with an effective width of 2,950 mm).
Kiln loading-unloading is also automated. Automatic racking machines deposit the pieces onto further LGVs that take them to the sorting and grinding lines, configured to handle 16,000 m2/day. The two new lines - each equipped with 7 stackers - were designed by SACMI to respond to the production needs of the customer, who makes, alongside the traditional 320x320 mm tile, a broad mix that includes 170x620, 220x900, 200x1200, 300x600, 600x600, 600x1200, 450x450, 200x400, 200x200 and, lastly, the 900x900, which will go into production by May 2021.
“This investment in SACMI technology”, observes the President of ITA Ceramiche, Andrea Spagni, “allows us to pursue a twofold objective: to boost product quality even further and increase the versatility and flexibility of the 6 press-glazing lines. This, in turn, will let us create new products to intercept customers in high-end, high-added-value market segments”.
Production is expected to increase by 5,000 m2 per day, bringing overall capacity to 24,000 square meters. “In 2022 we’ll move on to phase two of the project. This will involve a complete renewal of the handling systems that serve the other two kilns, with the older of the two being replaced altogether to take output to over 29,000 m2/day”.

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