High-Performance Production: More Parts, Less Energy

For Služba Nitra, the transition to automated production marks a defining step in its evolution as a modern automotive supplier. The company has invested heavily in FANUC technology to improve performance across its manufacturing operations, from injection moulding to final assembly.

“I can say that opting to partner with FANUC was one of the key decisions within my career to date,” says Miroslav Fülöp, Managing Director/CEO of Služba Nitra. “The brand strength, alongside the proven reliability and stability of the solutions, were decisive factors in selecting FANUC.”

From the position of a simple workshop performing mostly manual assembly, Služba Nitra has almost completely automated both final production and semi-finished product manufacturing, become one of the leading flag-bearers for automation and robotics in its region. 

“FANUC contributed fully to our goals with its injection moulding machines and industrial robots,” states Fülöp. “The robots ensure consistent, repeatable processes on our production lines while reducing our dependence on manual labour.”

Operating in a highly competitive automotive environment, Služba Nitra identified three key metrics to evaluate the success of its automation project: labour productivity, energy consumption and product quality. 

Concerning energy savings, because the mould shop is one of the plant’s economic centres, Služba Nitra replaced seven of its 14 injection moulding machines with high-efficiency, all-electric FANUC ROBOSHOT models, ranging from 130 to 500 tonne capacity. 

“As a result, we have cut the energy consumption of our entire mould shop by approximately 50%,” reveals Fülöp. “From a factory-wide perspective, this contributed to an overall reduction of around 30%.”