Bito Shelf Technology Bittmann (hereinafter referred to as BITO) is a German medium-sized company with more than 1,000 employees and an annual turnover of more than 300 million euros. With 178 years of experience, it is a full-service leader in racking, container, order sorting and delivery systems, and is one of the market leaders in the field of warehouse technology in Europe.
BITO seeks to continue to expand flexible sheet metal processing in its production in order to meet the needs of producing customer-specific products in small batches directly from coils. The main parts that BITO uses for molding and processing are trusses and brackets in the shelving system. For this purpose, Aku has equipped it with a high-precision, highly flexible coil processing line with a back-end link to a deep-drawn press and a profile forming processing unit to adapt to its production needs to the greatest extent.
Aku is our leading supplier of high-precision and high-quality equipment. We are well aware that the quality of the leveling process is directly reflected in the quality of the final product. Leveling relieves the stresses that occur when the material is bent and ensures that the sheet is as flat as possible for subsequent processing, which is very beneficial to the quality of the end product and to our overall competitiveness. Günter Knecht, Head of Equipment at BITO, explains: "Automation systems now require particularly high precision, which is a challenge for us. Therefore, the processing line must achieve high precision. Only highly flat coils can guarantee the high quality and stability of the final product. In addition, the good operability of the coil processing line is also one of the important reasons why BITO chose Aku equipment.
BITO has been working with Aku for more than 30 years, everything has gone very smoothly, Aku thinks what we want, and Aku has always been our preferred partner when it comes to uncoiling lines and leveling. Knecht concluded.