Interview to Rafael Ortega, administrator of Raorsa
In the current economic moment the companies have to devise them to sell, which wits employ in his company?
Certainly cross a stage of decadence never known up to now, and that already lengthens from does a few years. This definitely notices in our market, as in other a lot of, and yes is true that in these moments owe to support to the maximum to the final customer so that it can realise the necessary investments to base of wit, collaboration and sensatez, but always with the feet in the floor... It is the only way that will be able to go out forward of this situation of crisis. We can not remain expecting the external help, that will take in returning.
The requests of the transformer of plastics, are today different to the ones of the good times, like the year 2000, for example?
Is evident that the situation of the market has changed a lot from that period to the one of today day, a lot of sectors of the plastic even have disappeared or are about to to do it. Today day to try show that it has capacity, quality and good do precise of the best possible technology, of the most advanced systems that exist in the market and no thus without neglecting the price that it was necessary to pay by them. The way to be able to be competitive is investing in technology, and this notices in the requests that that arrive of the transformative day after day.
It mention 2 markets consolidated, 2 markets with potentials, and 2 markets that were important but no longer are it.
The path that has brought us this crisis has gone leaving important sectors to unknown levels of stagnation and even disappearance and on the other hand, have reinforced and have grown other sectors that were not so present previously. Although it is true that the R&D in the plastic sector grows day after day and this causes that every time they manufacture more components of our material. It is clear that the sectors of construction and toys are not what were but by against consolidate the alimentary sectors and chemist.
it is going back To the purchase of machines simpler or the transformer follows convinced that only with machines of high technology will go out forward?
The acquisition of simple and conventional machines is not the path that reigns in the last times, but well the transformer looks for machinery that contribute technology and that it was efficient energetically, since it is the only way to be able to compete in the national market but especially in the international for the those that the export was his main exit. This involves a cost of initial investment something higher but with enormous guarantees of success to short/half term. The transformer that invest in high technology today, will be bigger morning.
Robots
Until it does some years the available potential of robots (cartesianos) in Spain was important, given the delay of the Spanish transformers in matter of automation. This keeps on being like this?
When a transformer wants to robotizar a process, sues simply the purchase of a robot or requires usually advice?
Every time the transformer trusts more in the advice by part of the professionals of each sector, this means that the provider also has to be qualified to offer the best option for each project of each customer and, of course to offer help, advice and continuous learning. A good service to the customer always is successful for both parts.
It has increased the purchase of lines of injection with the robot, that is to say, all integrated cheese cheese? Or it keeps on being more usual the sale of robots apart from the machine?
Really the tendency of the transformer to trust an alone provider for the acquisition of the group of the equipment has improved that each day integrate lines of complete injection with robot incorporated by part of a same provider. This circumstance is giving some tranquility to the transformer if has full confidence with the provider that have chosen for said implantation. Nevertheless the sale of independent robots still keeps on being the strongest in these moments with a lot of difference for new machines, and obviously for which already are in production and require to be automated.
Which have been the main improvements or technical evolutions of the robots in the last five years?
Really the main evolution of the robotics in the last times has been ‘the speed'. Since the sector packaging has experienced a remarkable growth and a level of exigencia very high, this has caused that the transformer have to manufacture products every time in the lower possible time... This involves that the robotic has to go to the compass of this need and therefore the manufacturers have had to develop robotics of high and very high speed with the end to satiate this sector of market, by means of robots cartesianos and sides mainly.
