Case study
Truck Tarpaulins
The Customer
Albers Zeilmakerij is a long-established Dutch company and a market leader in the tarpaulin industry, specializing in the production of advertisement banners, industrial PVC covers, and truck curtains and roofs. With a solid reputation built on craftsmanship and quality, the company serves a demanding market that requires flexibility, durability, and products that are aesthetically pleasing.
The Challenge: Overcoming the Bottleneck of Traditional Production
For years, Albers manufactured its truck curtains through a manual process. While this approach ensured excellent quality and high versatility, it came with two major drawbacks:
Unsustainable production times: Each curtain required a significant number of labor hours, creating a bottleneck that limited overall production capacity.
Limited scalability: Responding to spikes in demand or taking on large orders was difficult and risky, ultimately constraining the company’s growth.
Albers Zeilmakerij needed a solution that would radically automate their production, dramatically increase productivity, and maintain the company’s exceptional quality standards.
The Solution: Full Automation with the SM-370-HA
After a thorough evaluation of the solution proposed by Cutting Edge Automation Machines, Albers chose to invest in the SM-370-HA static-bed automatic welding system.
The SM-370-HA was custom-engineered to meet Albers’ specific production needs and to fully automate the manufacturing process. Instead of manually measuring, cutting, and welding each belt and pocket, the SM-370-HA handles the entire process in a continuos workflow.
While most of our customers prefer a machine dedicated to a single product — side curtains, anti-vandalism curtains, or truck roofs — to maximize manufacturing volumes, Albers opted for versatility.
The SM-370-HA installed in the Netherlands features a wide range of cutting, marking, and welding tools mounted on the tool bridges, allowing it to weld all reinforcement belts, anti-vandalism belts in 100 x 100 mm or 150 x 150 mm grids, and perforated roof belts. The system can also create a large bottom pocket and punches holes with a powerful punching unit.
The Result: A Significant Leap in Productivity
Today, Albers Zeilmakerij does its manufacturing in a fraction of the time previously necessary, redefining its competitiveness in the market and unlocking new opportunities for growth — both in the Netherlands and in neighboring countries.
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