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MERCO MACHINESBELGIUM

Johan Rabaeys, Managing Director

Patriek Van Parys, Technical Sales Director

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

MERCO MACHINES History & Profile

MERCO MACHINES Organization

Our mission & Strategy

Product Overview

Newest Generation Equipment & Sustainability

Future Technologies & Challenges

Merco Machines – Nijverheidsweg 14 – 9820 Merelbeke (Belgium)www.merco-machines.com


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MERCO MACHINES HISTORY

Founded in 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Marc & Jeanine Mertens - Cassiman



1988 Construction of Assembly Halls 1 & 2 - Facility # 1

1990 Construction of Assembly Halls 3 & 4 - Facility # 1



1997 New Offices - Facility #1



1999 - Acquisition Machining Department - Facility #2

2017 - Expansion Machining Department - Facility #2

2017 Expansion MachiningDepartment

1999 Acquisition



2019 - New building - Facility #2

2019 - Rebuild & Extension Machining Department



2003 - Acquisition with GMI - Italy


Merco Machines is the sole owner

of the GMI brand and drawings


2018 – Celebration of 40 years Merco Machines

• Machine #10

• Horizontal Seamer - °1980

• In service until beginning of 2018 (38 years of service !)

SINCE 1978


MERCO MACHINES 2019 ORGANIZATION

± 60 Employees

Own Engineering Department (± 20 Mechanical / Automation Engineers)

Own Machining Department (± 15 people)

Own Assembly Department (± 15 people)

After Sales and Service Department

Installation and commissioning at Customer’s site


20 Mechanical / Automation engineers, as well as PLC programmers

Full 3D Design & taylor-made solutions



MERCO MACHINES 2019ORGANIZATION

Machining department with state-of-the art machines formilling - grinding - lathing - turning - drilling - finishing & polishing

In-house production of most mechanical parts


100 % Machines for Drum Manufacturing and Drum Reconditioning Industry

WorldwildeCustomers

Red markers indicate countries, not customers locations



MERCO MACHINES - MISSION & STRATEGY

to be “THE REFERENCE” for drum manufacturing equipment worldwide

to be YOUR PARTNER in machinery

Long term relationship

Co-operation with our clients

Quality (European standards)

Traceability

Custom-adapted design & implementation

Win – win relationship with our customers

MERCO MACHINES now supplied over 2100 machines !


MERCO MACHINES – PRODUCT OVERVIEW


We supply ALL MACHINES

for drum manufacturing and drum reconditioning(except welders, ovens, washing- and sandblasting machines)

Drum Manufacturing Equipment

- Sheetfeeders- Bodylines – cylindrical as well as conical- Body Expanders- Seaming lines with top&bottom assembly- ISO OH neck-in machines- Paint Cap Applicators- Painting & Internal Lining applications- Body & Top Silk Screen Printing- End-of Line Equipment- Drum Palletizing- …

Yes, also turn-key projects !

Ends Manufacturing Equipment

- Decoiling lines- Disc feeders- Pre-curling & Pre-compounding machines- 2” & ¾” Punching- Flange Insertion lines- UN-Embossing- Ends Cleaning systems- Ends Stacker & Destackers- Ends Lining- Closed Loop systems- …


MERCO MACHINESNewest Generation Equipment

High performance drum manufacturing equipment with the focus on

Output of 800 drum per hour (EU Standard)

High reliability

Less (or no) change-over times

Lower energy consumption

Maintenance free and/or maintenance friendly

Remote Access


MERCO MACHINESNewest Generation Equipment

Fully servo controlled technologies(NO hydraulics)

Setting of - Torque- Velocity- Acceleration & deceleration- Pre-ignition on movements

Fine-tuning of machines by virtual programming


MERCO MACHINES

MERCO MACHINESLess or no change-over times


At least2 operator

INSIDE the machine

Change-over in a horizontal line



NEW APPROACH

Automatic toolchange for TH / OH / ISO OH

NO toolchange for bead / W-bead

NO toolchange on N° of corrugation

NO mechanical adjusments on drum heights

Automatic toolchange on seaming rollers

All settings from the operator panel by use of pre-defined recipies



New Approach


MERCO MACHINESLess energy consumption

Servo driven technologies

- no more -continously running- hydraulic powerpacks

- energy recovery during decelaration of operation

Direct drives by high effiency geared motors

- no energy losses by chain or belt transmissions

- no energy losses by clutch-brake units

Optimalisation of critical parameters

like torque, speed,

acceleration & decelaration …

Big energy savings by


MERCO MACHINESMonoblock Design

Exchange your drum production line in only 3 days

Thursday – Unloading from truck




Thursday-evening 10:00pm – End of production & start of disassembly




Friday-morning 7:00am – Clean floor & start assembly new line




Friday-afternoon 1:00pm – Assembly is progressing well …




Friday-evening 8:00pm – Mechanical assembly almost completed




Saturday – Installation of safety guarding & electrical wiring

Sunday – First trials & Production run




Monday morning 6:00am

START-UP OF NEW PRODUCTION LINE

MERCO MACHINES What about Sustainability


High performance drum manufacturing equipment

- Constant line-output

- Continuous Production – no line stoppages

- Less or no change-over time

Reduced energy consumption

Components of well-known brands

MERCO MACHINES – Hot topics


Parameter Process Control & Monitoring

- by application of servo technologies

In-line & automated quality monitoring

- High-end sensing devices

- Vision systems

Connectivity with SAP-system

Total Process Control


MERCO MACHINES – FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

An answer to many challenges



2020 - Smart industry

2010 - Video HD

2000 - Internet

1990 - Mobile Phone & SMS



Mobility (self driving vehicles, connected vehicles, efficient traffic management, …)

Health care (hyperconnected ambulances, drone ambulances, remote monitoring, …)

Security (intelligent HD-Camera’s, drones, realtime connected police officers, …)

Media, leisure and education (Virtual Reality, remote interactive education, …)

Industry & Services (Smart Industry …)

Added value of 5G in various domains



5G … a door to a Smart Industry

Intelligent management of energy & environment

Smart energy meter - Auto monitoring of pollution, noise, temperature & humidity, …

New Generation of Industrial Robotization

Artificial Intelligence - Deep Learning – Vision Systems - Interactive robots or Cobots

Intelligent monitoring of maintenance


Great challenge to helpthe steel drum industry

on its way to a

Smart Industry


Thank you for your attention

Any questions …

[email protected]@merco-machines.com

www.merco-machines.com

SINCE 1978

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