Group Rhodes Multi-Daylight Platen Presses are extremely popular with various industries due to their capability to deliver increased productivity with up to twenty component sheets being processed through the press at any one time.
Presses provide manufacturers with an extremely accurate temperature and flatness platform for accepting tooling or flat panel products.
Client faced increased production costs and downtime
We are delighted to summarise a project delivered by the Rhodes Interform team, who worked closely with and supported one client from the flooring industry. This client was experiencing challenges that many businesses face, such as increasing production costs, lost production due to multiple tool changes, and an inability to produce small batches economically.
The Rhodes Interform solution
After fully evaluating the situation, Rhodes Interform built a new manufacturing system complete with automatic magazine-type leading / unloading, utilising twenty platens in one production cycle.
Outcomes
As a result, our client experienced the following outcomes:
- Increased profitability
- 40% increase in production output
- 20% reduction in operating costs
- 30% reduction in tool change time
- 40% reduction in defective products
Benefits
- Increased productivity
- Reduced production costs
- Platens designed from solid steel construction to provide substantial resistance to thermal distortion
Applications
- General PVC floor tiles
- Decorative interior wall panels
- Aircraft interior panels
