Machine elements are not so standard
An
Elesa (UK) product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 24, 2006
Standard machine elements, such as knobs, handles, clamps, handwheels etc, are so commonplace it would be easy to think there could be no further developments in this area.
Standard machine elements, such as knobs, handles, clamps, handwheels etc, are so commonplace it would be easy to think there could be no further developments in this area.
But one company that has made its business to specialise in these items is increasingly applying materials and production technologies in a way that is changing the way we interact with manually operated equipment.
Elesa now has products that actively kill bacteria on their surface and a whole new type of soft touch products that are more comfortable to hold.
Each of these required major technological advances: the first to incorporate active silver ions into the plastic without destroying their bacteria-busting action in the moulding process; and the second in development of a complete new moulding methodology with a new configuration of moulds and special injection machinery to operate them.
"Whatever you want so long as it is black" used to be the mantra of machinery accessory suppliers.
Elesa has changed all that with lean, flexible manufacturing processes that deliver multiple colours as standard; logos, warnings and instructional markings to order and fixing systems by selection from plain bore to clip-fix.
These same processes can also handle high impact thermoplastics and increasing requirements for stainless steel - ultimately providing quality and choice to OEMs and end users.
Simply by extending this philosophy into the supply chain, minimum quantity deliveries can be scheduled over 12 months, thus spreading the cost and effectively dealing with stock and cash flow issues.
By pushing forward the boundaries of its standard products, Elesa can now also offer that same novel (often patented) technology in the development of custom products, thus adding definition to a customer's own niche equipment.
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