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Automatic storage and sorting
PARTNER TO THE BEST in cutting: correct provision of the
sheets is a prerequisite for secure
production processes and quick
production throughput.

The TG specialist

Glasprofi is

Germany’s largest

supplier of premium

shower and glass

sanitary fittings.
The lion’s share

of all individual A+W Software

glass sanitary

fittings in Germany

comes from this FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION

company in Luhe-

Wildenau, a member CONCEPTS AT Glasprofi
of the Flachglas
ecently, Glasprofi together with a leading ma- workpiece and all produc-
Group. Outstanding improved its efficien- chine manufacturer. tion information.

R cy and flexibility even To maximize A+W real-
product quality, more by replacing an older time optimization in cut- SPECIALIST
PPS* system with A+W ting, the labels are printed IN INDIVIDUAL
varied design, Production, the latest pro- by thermo-transfer printers PRODUCTION

duction software from on the cutting bridges of The robots and production
and enormous A+W. The company has the cutting tables, shortly machines must be incorpo-
delivery capability worked with A+W Enter- before cutting starts. This rated into production logis-
prise ERP* software in the
way, changes to the cutting
tics for maximum benefit.
were achieved commercial sector for dec- sequence and the optimi- At Glasprofi, this has been
zation process can be made
ades; this ensures quick or-
implemented in exemplary
with a flexible der processing and secure until just before production fashion: intelligent DXF
starts, and manual applica-
administrative processes.
and CAM-DXF interfaces
automation concept, Among the company’s tion of labels is not neces- developed by the software
state-of-the-art cutting and sary. Labeling has replaced provider A+W transmit the
whose degree of finishing systems are more 90% of production paper data without detours from
than a few that were pro- at Glasprofi and includes technical order entry to
implementation is duced individually accord- all information required for the CNC machines, where
ing to Glasprofi’s ideas. production. This informa- automatic production can
unique among glass Cutting and grinding robots tion can be called up with begin immediately without
replace manual processes a simple bar-code scanner any further planning work
processors and improve throughput. A and displayed on the A+W on-site.
processing center that can production monitor. The This real-time transfer of
in Europe. process shaped sheets at a machine operator receives production data is crucial
single pass was developed a true-to-scale view of the for Glasprofi’s business

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