Reducing emissions, energy consumption and coolant use often depends on doing more with less. MODIG’s
machining centers are fast and multifunctional, meaning that compared to conventional machining solutions they can perform tasks in less time and with fewer pieces of equipment. Ultimately, this is a way of reducing
your organization’s environmental footprint by improving efficiency.
Keith Lopez, president of MODIG’s North American operations, explains that this approach has benefits for both profitability and sustainability. “We did a business case recently, for a customer in the automotive sector,” he says. “It showed that they would need 28 pieces of MODIG technology to get the results they needed, versus 120 pieces of conventional equipment. MODIG does the job with far less manpower and floor space requirements – which is great for profitability – but also uses far less electricity.
“And it’s not just about electricity,” he continues. “One of our HHV machining centers might use more coolant
than a single machine tool, the kind you might see marketed by other companies. What you need to bear in mind, though, is that you might need five or six of those machines to do the job that one of our machining centers does. That’s where we’re far ahead in terms of efficiency and sustainability” MODIG machining solutions can also deliver significant reductions in raw material use.
Their HHV range machines bars and extrusions directly, without the need for pre-cutting.
As a result, MODIG customers have minimized wasted metal – in one case, a manufacturer of aerospace parts reduced their annual aluminum consumption by over 35 US tons (32,200 kg) by switching to MODIG.
Text: Brian Cloughley.