Brustia Alfameccanica made the most of the latest edition of the exhibition to put the corporate potential in the limelight and to display the competitive benefits of an ongoing innovation process, in line with sustainability and energy efficiency requirements
“Overall, the feedback has been positive,” stated Fulvio Brustia at the latest edition of Simac Tanning Tech. “Due to contingent reasons, Asians and American visitors could not attend the fair, yet the turnout levels of Italian and European professionals have undoubtedly exceeded all expectations, featuring a driven, committed participation. We deemed imperative to take part in the event to encourage the recovery phase; during the pandemic, we have learned that many activities can be carried out remotely, but the value and pleasure of face-to-face meetings are unparalleled.” Headquartered in Vigevano, Brustia Alfameccanica is a leading company in the production of heel nailers, heel prefixing machines, backpart moulders and toe moulding technologies for the footwear sector: during the exhibition, the enterprise put on display cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technical solutions for shoe factories and leatherware manufacturers, paying close attention to quality assurance and to production/warehouse traceability. Among the smart solutions at the service of the fashion industry launched by the BAT (Brustia Advanced Technology) division, a special mention goes to inspection machinery provided with non-destructive, X-ray systems, devised to detect foreign objects or any defect in the article under examination, in compliance with its own quality standards, as well as to products that rely on the potential of the RFID/NFC and QRcode technologies, to improve corporate efficiency and to optimize logistics and warehouse management processes. As for the footwear sector, thanks to the RFID radiofrequency identification technology, it is no longer necessary to regulate the machine according to the different models processed, because the machine is able to recognize automatically the type of shoe and, therefore, it manages to set the required parameters accordingly. Moreover, RFID helps ensure the article’s traceability throughout the production-distribution-sales cycle: through tags, that is, peculiar electronic labels inserted inside a product, able to save data and to respond to remote queries by specific readers, either fixed or movable, it is possible to map out the shoe factory’s whole processing cycle. These systems interact with the management software of the customers so as to outline the shoe’s DNA: from the making of the semi-finished article to the finishing phase, to the storage in the warehouse to the completion of daily billing, up to shipment and delivery to the store, every single step is traced and identifiable via the product’s massive analysis. At the same time, RFID technology simplifies goods monitoring operations as well: thanks to a specific gate/tunnel for maximum RFID reading, the system verifies automatically that the end article, placed in a box or stacked on a pallet, fully complies with the order, thus reducing mistakes and blunders by 99.9%. The RF60, RF120 and RF240 platforms can guarantee multiple functions: besides automating handling operations, both incoming and outgoing, they can calculate automatically both the weight and the volume of the articles to be shipped. BAT is able to provide customers with all-in-one solutions, encompassing both the hardware components and the software programme, the latter including the management system. In line with the sustainability and resource efficiency requirements, all the machines on display feature the Carbon FootPrint Green Tag promoted by ASSOMAC, namely the labelling system applied to the energy-environmental performances of the sector’s technologies.