Helping You Reduce CostsCustom Group engineers work with you to make your product easier to manufacture, more reliable and ultimately, less expensive to manufacture and service. Keeping Gilbarco petrol pumps pumping Custom Group Engineers assisted in the design review of the latest generation of Lowline & Enterprise service station fuel pumps. Cost reduction initiatives revealed how best to assemble frame, how to use tabs to make the frames self jigging. CBSM has been manufacturing all internal and external the sheet metal components, mountings and electronic housings for Gilbarco pumps for over 10 years. A key part of the process is the 6 stage zinc phosphate powder coating pretreatment, allowing the pumps to last in the harsh Australian environment far longer than any of its competitors. This protects the investment of service station owners, and has helped keep the Gilbarco fuel pump the undisputed market leader in Australia. 27% unit cost saving at Lifestyle Barbecues The Lifestyle barbecue, a relatively new entrant to the Australian market, is one of the few barbecues still competitively made in Australia. Designed CBSM engineers redesigned the cart to take advantage of the latest automation technology, and came up with a better looking product, not to mention a 27% unit cost saving! Customers also appreciate the difference. The number of fixings has reduced from 50 to 20, and the assembly process is far easier Nesting Components to Improve Material Yields Sigma Coachair Group (formerly Air International Transit) rely on CBSM to manufacture Air conditioning units for rail cars. A vital cost saving part of the process is the layout of component parts on a steel sheet to maximise material usage. Advanced software and high speed computers used by CBSM routinely yields better than 92%, compared to 60-70% when carried out by traditional methods.
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