{"id":56457,"date":"2025-04-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=56457"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T19:23:39","slug":"unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"
Photo by Unisign<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A brand new case study about our customer Sandvik Mining and Construction G.m.b.H.<\/a> in Austria <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandvik in Zeltweg specializes in developing and manufacturing cutting and excavation machines used for the mechanical extraction of mineral and ore deposits, as well as for constructing transportation tunnels worldwide. With a legacy spanning over 174 years, the Zeltweg site serves as a global competence center for the design, engineering, and production of rock-cutting machines and mobile conveyor belt systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The products manufactured in Zeltweg are used both in civil engineering for creating underground cavities\u2014such as tunnels and caverns\u2014and in underground mining for tunnel advancement and the extraction of raw materials such as coal, salt, potash, platinum, diamonds, and more.
Typical products from the plant\u2019s extensive portfolio include Bolter miners, Roadheaders, Continuous miners, Borer miners, and others. \u201cAt our Zeltweg site, we employ just over 600 people,\u201d says Elmar Steinwidder (Manager Production & Process Engineering). \u201cOur mining and tunneling machines are fully manufactured here\u2014from development and production to assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telescopic drums<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To further optimize the machining of core components for their mining machines, Sandvik had long been looking for a suitable CNC machine. Peter B\u00e4rnthaler (Manager Manufacturing) explains: \u201cOur mechanical workshop operates 35 machines. But we only had one machine suitable for machining specific components of the cutting drums used in our Bolter and Continuous miners.
These require a high level of manufacturing depth. We\u2019ve always had the good fortune of having an overload in our mechanical production capacity, which we were able to outsource to local companies.
However, for these specialized components, it was nearly impossible to find an external supplier\u2014at least not without significant additional costs and long delivery times. This created a critical bottleneck for us. The UNICOM6000 vertical milling and turning machine<\/a> with automatic pallet changer solved this problem and brought us one step closer to automating our machining processes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3D model, demo, and time study<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The main challenge for Sandvik was the size of the components that needed to be machined.
\u201cThere aren\u2019t many CNC machines capable of internal machining given the diameter-to-length ratio,\u201d says Elmar Steinwidder. \u201cThrough various contacts, we got in touch with Unisign. They listened to our requirements and tested our specific machining needs using a 3D model. Then, they demonstrated this practically. We provided parts for a trial machining run, which Unisign processed on a similar machine at their production site in Panningen.\u201d
Peter B\u00e4rnthaler adds: \u201cWe were both there in person and saw everything live. That, of course, is better than relying solely on a 3D model. We reviewed the machined components and then customized the machine exactly to our needs.\u201d Elmar continues: \u201cUnisign also conducted a time study on the components. The live demo was crucial in our decision to go with Unisign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installation and production support<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the summer of 2024, the UNICOM6000 was delivered, and installation began. Elmar Steinwidder: \u201cThe setup and commissioning of the machine were carried out very professionally and in a very short time. Production support from Unisign was also very important to us. After commissioning, Unisign supported us for two weeks, helping our operators learn to use the machine efficiently and explore its full range of capabilities. That added a lot of value.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A giant leap<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The introduction of the UNICOM6000 opened up new possibilities for machining components for Sandvik\u2019s mining machines. Peter B\u00e4rnthaler is highly satisfied with the machine\u2019s performance so far:
\u201cWith the Unisign machine, we\u2019ve made a huge leap toward shorter lead times. We no longer need to rely on external capacity and can now perform all turning and milling operations on a single machine\u2014operations that previously required multiple machines. This saves us an enormous amount of time. And time is money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User-friendly and clean<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The UNICOM6000 has also brought many positive changes for Sandvik\u2019s employees. Elmar Steinwidder: \u201cThe machine\u2019s unmatched user-friendliness is worth highlighting. Unisign also put a lot of thought into ergonomics during the machine\u2019s design.\u201d
It\u2019s often the small details that determine how user-friendly a machine really is. One such detail is an integrated vacuum system that allows chips to be easily suctioned from the machine and the setup area into the chip conveyor. This helps keep both the machine and the working environment clean and safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friendly and competent<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These are the two words Elmar Steinwidder uses to summarize the collaboration with Unisign: \u201cThroughout the entire process\u2014from procurement to commissioning\u2014each Unisign department served as a competent and friendly point of contact. Communication was and remains excellent. We continue to receive outstanding support from Unisign in every aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please visit: https:\/\/www.unisign.com\/category\/news\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A brand new case study about our customer Sandvik Mining and Construction G.m.b.H. in Austria  Sandvik in Zeltweg specializes in developing and manufacturing cutting and excavation machines used for the mechanical extraction of mineral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":56541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[2635,617],"class_list":["post-56457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metalworking","tag-lead-time-reduction","tag-metalworking-industry"],"yoast_head":"\nUNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity - EXPO21XX.com NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sandvik boosts mining machine production in Zeltweg with Unisign's UNICOM6000\u2014efficiency, precision, and support combined.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marcel Huegel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/\",\"name\":\"UNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity - EXPO21XX.com NEWS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/unicom-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-25T19:23:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/bd95c8756a923fd2192f30b343b9c719\"},\"description\":\"Sandvik boosts mining machine production in Zeltweg with Unisign's UNICOM6000\u2014efficiency, precision, and support combined.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/unicom-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/unicom-1.jpg\",\"width\":260,\"height\":159},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EXPO21XX.com NEWS\",\"description\":\"Robotics and industrial factory automation, sensors, material handling and renewable energy news magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/bd95c8756a923fd2192f30b343b9c719\",\"name\":\"Marcel Huegel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b7ee516ce2bc875d1bb6767cf374dc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b7ee516ce2bc875d1bb6767cf374dc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Marcel Huegel\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/author\/marcel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity - EXPO21XX.com NEWS","description":"Sandvik boosts mining machine production in Zeltweg with Unisign's UNICOM6000\u2014efficiency, precision, and support combined.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marcel Huegel","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/","name":"UNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity - EXPO21XX.com NEWS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/unicom-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-25T19:23:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/bd95c8756a923fd2192f30b343b9c719"},"description":"Sandvik boosts mining machine production in Zeltweg with Unisign's UNICOM6000\u2014efficiency, precision, and support combined.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/unicom-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/unicom-1.jpg","width":260,"height":159},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/unicom6000-eliminates-the-need-for-outsourced-machining-capacity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UNICOM6000 eliminates the need for outsourced machining capacity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/","name":"EXPO21XX.com NEWS","description":"Robotics and industrial factory automation, sensors, material handling and renewable energy news magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/bd95c8756a923fd2192f30b343b9c719","name":"Marcel Huegel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b7ee516ce2bc875d1bb6767cf374dc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b7ee516ce2bc875d1bb6767cf374dc2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Marcel Huegel"},"url":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/author\/marcel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56461,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56457\/revisions\/56461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}