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| The Product | Copper, nickel and then tin plating of a zinc die cast connector for the I.T. and telecom's market | ||
| Annual Volumes | 11 million parts | ||
| The Issue | Customer production to increase by 100%. Concerns over production capability of the two plating suppliers of which Karas was one. | ||
| The Solution | Installation of a new fully automatic bespoke 40" barrel plating plant capable of handling all of the production | ||
| The Benefits | A dedicated process now available for all of the production thus allowing tighter quality control and a 33% reduction in plating charges | ||
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CASE 2 | |
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| The Product | Silver plating of a copper component from a familiar kitchen electrical appliance for global distribution. | ||
| Annual Volumes | 25 million parts | ||
| The Issue | Poor lead times and unacceptable quality control. The product was being manually rack plated in China where labour costs are significantly lower. | ||
| The Solution | Installation of a purpose built semi automatic 40" barrel silver plating line using the latest amp/minute control software. | ||
| The Benefits | Dramatic increase in quality control. The variance in silver plating thickness between components has now been reduced by approximately 70%. Production deadlines are now being met consistently. Price reduction has also been achieved through automation of the process. | ||
| CASE 3 | |||
| The Product | Copper and silver rack plating of microwave filter components for the domestic satellite industry in the U.S. | ||
| Annual Volumes | 1.2 million parts | ||
| The Issue | To achieve the customer's budgeted plating costs and to ensure that the high volume production forecast could be met by a single supplier. | ||
| The Solution | Installation of a new purpose built rack plating line using ultra sonic pre-treatment. | ||
| The Benefits | This product is new technology into a rapidly expanding market so the plant has been designed to a capacity of twice the forecast volumes. Our prices are 18% lower than any of the other five prices tendered for this project. On going development of the process has allowed us now to reduce these prices even further prior to this technology arriving onto the European market. | ||
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