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Plotter/cutter FMG

The plotter/cutter FMG production system originates from the sail-making sector. The sailing sector has been an excellent development ground for various reasons, primarily for the precision required in the production of panels, and paradoxically, the fact that sail-makers have neither got used to using computers nor come to terms with industrial production logic.

The challenge has been to set-up a system which allows the effective production of series pieces but which also has the flexibility of producing a different sail each time: therefore combining high quality craftsmanship and design but with manufacturing times of mass production.

In other words great flexibility, ease of use, highly efficient production and limited costs are the features that have made plotter/cutter FMG the most widely used manufacturing system among sail makers in the last fifteen years. Furthermore, having only recently been 'discovered' by new and diverse segments of industrial production, the step from the demanding, exciting sail-making sector to the construction of gazebos, from tensor-structures to truck tarpaulins and from swimming pool manufactures to advertising billboards, was a relatively short one.

The installation of the plotter/cutter FMG system into a production line is simple. The average amount of training necessary for a member of staff to use the system is a day and a half. After this short period any employee would be able to manage 80% of it, the rest is rapidly learnt by practice and the learning curve is not steep. The transferral of know-how of the system from one employee to another is brief - a fundamental element for the entrepreneur who has to invest in human resources.

The plotter/cutter FMG cutting machines comply with CE standards, are easy to use, reliable with moderate maintenance costs. The low costs are due not only to the system's reliability, but also to a functional auto-diagnostic software which allows FMG Technologies technicians to identify any possible problem in the minimum of time, then substituting the damaged part by simply sending the spare one. In fact, thanks to the training supplied by us during the installation phase, any defective or damaged parts can be changed directly by the clients themselves, thus avoiding the wasting of time and money. Only in extremely difficult cases would it be necessary for our technicians to effect an on-site visit.

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