hey #measuringhero, Jay here. Today we thought we would give you a factory
tour of Carl ZEISS X-Ray technologies, but of course it is a hot and sunny day here in Milan,
so why don't we go inside, cool off and go meet Marco.
So, Ariana it's good to see you. Hi Jay, finally you are here. Good to see you my friend. Welcome
to ZEISS X-Ray technology, finally you're here. Thank you for welcoming us, it is a
beautiful facility. Do we have a time for a coffee and then we start? We're in Italy
there's always time for coffee, right. Okay.
Hello. Thank you Simona. Thank you, thank you. Okay.
Okay, should we go? Let's go! Okay now we will visit the company and on this side we have a sales
department and order management tool with some colleague and my office tool is over there. Perfect.
On the left side you can see it to the window the production, but we will visit later.
Here is a count department and now we will move to a high voltage division, that would be interesting for you
to know. I'm really excited to see that. So, Jay now I will show you what you do not expect to see.
Yes, we here produce also high voltage generator, which is the power supply to supply the X-Ray tube.
So we have a full range of generator 160 kv, 320 kv and 450 kv.
So, each one is ready for one hour system. So each one will be installed in one hour. So each of these
is a own separate X-Ray system? Exactly and are all in-house produced. Is that typical that?
No no no. Wow. Most competitors they buy from other companies, suppliers. We produce
in-house, so we have the full know-how of the system. Yeah. We have the full technology
in-house. That's really amazing. Okay is there any possibility whatsoever
that we can actually see the production of these? Yeah, we can. Okay thank you. Let's go.
Okay, Jay now we are in the heart of the high voltage division, where we make the assembly
of all our high voltage generator. It really does happen in-house doesn't it?
Yes, in-house and most of the work is made by hand, ok so handmade.
Here is the production line of 225 kv units. Then here we have the production line of 225 kv units.
okay?
You see he's assembling my hand. Yeah, the best accuracy for the best parts.
I mean you have to - only in this way we can show the best products - of course you have to make
it by hand, you have to do it one by one. Do it in-house. That's crazy.
Okay, now here we have a production line of X-Ray generator, that means integrated generator.
It means that the high voltage generator and the X-Ray tube are integrated in the
single unit, like all of these. Yeah. The X-Ray tube is something like this. This is a glass tube. It's
a typical kind of tube, which is integrated in the generator. All in one?
For some application, not for all applications. For all the X-Ray system we sell with the cabinet we use a little ceramic
cube, which is not integrated. This is for OEM applications. This is not for us. So, perfect. And we produce over 600.
Out of this facility? Exactly, that's amazing. What a absolute
benefit to be able to do all of this knowhow and have it all in-house. The knowhow of the full system.
You can guarantee the best service, the best replacement,
the best spare part, everything. You know here would be the best. Marco, where
do we go from here? I think it's time to go to the production. Okay let's see it. Let's go.
Now we move to the production department, where we produce all our system.
Here we have a different production line and we produce we have a capability to produce
up to 150 system per year. Wow. A complete system, complete cabinet manipulator and complete one.
Okay we can step down and see the different production lines, we have.
Okay Jay, now we are in the production department. There you can see the production line of MAXs.
Then we have the production line for the HEXs and here we have the production line for the OMNIAs.
Okay, there there is a production line of the WRE thunder system, which is a specific
system we designed for checking alloy wheels. So we're specific for alloy wheels. The name is WRE
is a really special system and we sold till now over 500 units, all around the world. 500 units, wow.
Over there there is the production line of the big size of MAXs and the 450 kv MAXs
So all the big ones are over there? Is the big one. 450 kv is a huge one.
The big ones are there. Now I know speaking of huge ones, I noticed there's a huge crane out there.
This is 20 tons. 20 tons? It looked big, but The reason is because the 450 MAX
the weight is approximately 16 tons. So we have to lift and load on the tractor 16 tons. Sure.
So it sounds like here at the facility you are set up to make all the way up down from your
own power sources to the big tons, to assemble the big. Exactly, plus all the automation
and all the software. Everything, everything here in one facility. Exactly that's amazing.
Marco, thank you for welcoming us. Thank you for coming and you're welcome to come back any time.
Oh be careful what you offer, because I will come back. I told you you can. Okay, my friend thank you and
see you, bye. See you and for you out there hope you enjoyed a tour of the facility out here.
Don't forget to stay safe and stay healthy. We'll see you next thursday.