Process automation is becoming more and more important in modern global society. Things described in science fiction novels by visionary authors have now become reality and they are shaping an increasingly smart future.
On the one hand, doubts remain about the long-term implications of artificial intelligence and process automation, which some fear will result in high technological unemployment; on the other hand, machines have brought undoubted benefits to our everyday and business lives, especially in terms of safety, health, and quality.
Robots will certainly replace human beings in many fields and mankind has the duty to employ these technologies in such a way as to maximise their benefits and minimise their abuse. However, the concept of "replacement" can be misleading. We should not compare artificial and human intelligence, as people have a characteristic that can hardly be transferred to robots: the ability to reprocess experiences and knowledge in a cross-sectoral, creative, and unpredictable way that goes beyond mere mechanisms and functions. Perhaps, as often happens, balance will be found halfway, in a synthesis of human input and process automation.
New System Painting is precisely working towards this goal.
Established at the end of the 1980s by the De Carli brothers as a body shop, this company began to transform in the mid-1990s by focussing on the coating of helmets for the world of two wheels.
New System Painting is now managed by the second generation of the family (the siblings Riccardo, Alessandro, and Eleonora De Carli) and it has established itself in the contracting coating field by specialising in the treatment of plastics.
In the last few years, this firm has expanded its target market by including sectors such as the household appliance one.
"New System Painting primarily specialises in the coating of motorcycle helmets, collaborating with several Italian leading manufacturers. However, the market has suffered a contraction due to the displacement of many productions in Asian countries. That is why we have diversified our offer, applying the expertise gained in the field of motorcycle helmets to other industrial sectors such as household appliances, consumer goods (e.g. professional hair dryers), and
protective helmets intended for fire brigades and police force. Helmets remain our core business, but we are also able to treat other products intended for various industrial sectors and requiring a high-quality level, precisely thanks to the knowledge acquired with the former," says New System Painting Quality Manager Eleonora De Carli.
New System Painting has recently embarked on a new transformation project, with the aim of fully automating its coating processes. In order to achieve this goal, the company has relied on Lesta Srl (Dairago, Milan, Italy), specialising in robotics for the industrial coating sector.
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