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oil quench bath. The rings are then facility, which makes all of Beneri’s tools. It lies tomorrow is the accumulation of all our
centrifugally spun to remove oil, washed, and at the core of this business’ commitment to experience over 50 years, which is not
fed into one of two batch furnaces for quality and production efficiency. Coarse something that can be replicated instantly.”
annealing. For smaller rings and for washers cutting and drilling operations are carried out No-one who has seen the Beneri operation
an integrated line is fed by a vibratory hopper. on a range of modern centre machines before could argue. Nor is Beneri in any doubt about
Larger diameter rings are manually fed onto the tooling goes out for heat treatment, the importance of maintaining outstanding
the belt of the third line. For annealing the returning for grinding and surfacing. Final availability across a 2,500 item range. “Our
larger rings are jigged to prevent distortion, detailed work is carried out on no less than advantage is to have the whole range
the very large diameters being controlled both five spark eroders, linked directly to computers available for immediate shipment.”
across the flat plane and in diameter. To avoid
transporting the jigs back from the main
packaging operation, at the company
warehouse, these rings are shrunk wrapped,
labelled and manually boxed in the heat
“Toolmaking lies at the core of
treatment building. Quality control for
hardness, compression and metallurgy is also
Beneri’s commitment to quality
carried out in this building.
and production efficency”
Most packaging is carried out on a series of
automatic or semi automatic lines in the
warehouse building. Rings requiring
phosphating or special surface finishing are
shipped to sub-contractors from heat in the tooling design office and capable of If there is a concern it is that these are not
treatment and returned to the warehouse, operating unsupervised through the night. In simple fasteners – many of them end up in
where they undergo inspection before the last three years all of Beneri’s tooling has safety critical applications. “We continue to
packaging. Several sizes of DIN 471 and 472 been completely renewed, itself a reflection of find a concerning lack of technical knowledge
rings are also sent out to a qualified a remarkable commitment to staying ahead. in the market. These are safety elements and
subcontractor for heat treatment in salt to The new tools have been manufactured from cannot be considered simple fasteners. The
meet specific customer requirements. Storage special high grade steel, with “carbide insert” best quality in application must be assured in
is in an automatic pallet warehouse, again which give the punches and matrix a very high order to avoid line stoppage or major damage
reflecting the size of batches Beneri produces. resistance and longer working life during the to the machinery on which they are installed –
Customer orders are read from a PC and boxed blanking operation and improves the quality of mainly automotive applications, home
stock is transferred from the warehouse to a the items during cutting. appliances, mechanical
conveyor, along which each box is weighed, “It is not for us a matter of construction, wide
the weight recorded against a packing list concern to face new ranges of machinery
reference printed clearly on each box, before competition from China and
and engines.
being palletised robotically and prepared for India,” says Giampietro
Quality must be
despatch. Bernabeo. “The cost of
ensured
If any doubt about the level of Beneri’s labour is not the critical
consistently.”
investment lingers, and it certainly should not, issue for Beneri because of
Beneri’s
a visit to the company’s toolmaking operation the sophistication and
objective
will dispel it completely. Giampietro Bernabeo efficiency of our produc-
continues to be
has clearly never forgotten his roots and the tion. More importantly,
to improve the
result is a quite superbly equipped engineering what we do today and
capacity and
quality of
manufacturing
in standard
ranges.
However, the
family is in no
doubt it has the
capability, resource and knowledge to react
to market developments.
“It is necessary to always keep your
eyes open. You cannot become complacent
– you cannot sleep even though you have
attained the number one position in the
market.”
Beneri, of course, is ISO TS 16949 and
ISO 9001 accredited. The real assurance of
quality, though, is the extraordinary depth
of commitment and involvement the
Bernabeo family demonstrates from one
generation through to the next.
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