The operator’s wish was to be able to even better manage the inventory and the flow of raw and finished parts than was possible in the past. That is why the mobile data storage units MDS D160 are placed protected underneath the acidresistant PVC coating of the product carrier racks, which is applied at 160 ☌. Highly corrosive electroplating baths pose special challenges – also for the RFID systems by Siemens employed in the product tracking Metzka mainly sought assistance in planning its first, not so average application of RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification), which was to be used for controlling, monitoring and tracking the flow of goods and flow of product carriers. Siemens has always been Metzka’s preferred supplier for control technology. Also involved in an advisory role was Siemens, itself a customer of the family business, which has been active in the electroplating industry for over 30 years. The Metzka GmbH of Schwanstetten, Germany, designed and implemented the electroplating facility utilizing state-of-theart process and automation technology. Among the customers are many wellknown companies – primarily from the automotive, household appliance and sanitary industries. Its scope ranges from the manufacture of precise technical functional parts made of plastic (injection molding with all associated disciplines) to their electroplating surface treatment (copper plating, chrome plating, etc.) to the assembly/completion into modules. The Kunststofftechnik Bernt GmbH from the Allgaeu region sees itself as a competent development partner and reliable supplier for high-quality plastic parts. To expand production capacities and be able to offer the highest quality and delivery dependability into the future, the Kunststofftechnik Bernt GmbH (Kaufbeuren, Germany) has invested a lot and constructed a completely new electroplating facility from scratch. The maintenance of the highly stressed product carrier racks also becomes predictable. Always staying on top of the process and precisely knowing the inventory of raw and finished parts allow for a sound planning of the materials required.
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The operator of a new plant reduces error-prone manual inputs with them – making the production more efficient and transparent than ever before. RFID systems automate and optimize the operational sequences for the electroplating of plastic parts. RFID “refines” Electroplating Kunststofftechnik Bernt GmbH