That of Omso is yet another success story of the Emilian Packaging Valley, that long strip of excellence that follows the Via Emilia and that knows no crisis, exporting automatic machines all over the world. Omso Spa, a Reggio-based company founded in 1952, with branches in the United States and Germany, is a world leader in the production of automatic machines for direct printing (screen printing, flexo, off-set and digital) on objects of various shapes, mainly intended for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors. For over ten years, Omso has been supplying the Flexlifting crane model GZ1000 as a first plant, together with its machines.
“The GZ1000 model was born from a specific request from Omso, which needed a ballasted cantilever crane that could lift loads up to 1,000 kg – explains Marco Marabini, Managing Director of Flexlifting -. As always, we made ourselves available to work on an ad hoc project for the customer, and thus the GZ1000 line was born, which then successfully entered our catalog “.
Omso automatic machines are designed, built and tested in the Reggio Emilia plant, and then partially disassembled, packaged and shipped all over the world, always together with the GZ1000.
“The Flex Lifting crane is an essential part of the supply we give to the customer – explains Luca Bigliardi, Omso Purchasing Manager -, it is used both to reassemble the machine once delivered to the customer’s premises, and for subsequent maintenance and / or interventions. The dimensions, the overhang, the maneuverability of the GZ1000 crane make it the perfect complement to our machines. We propose the use of the GZ1000 crane to our customers to ensure efficiency and safety in the handling of components, for the protection of personnel and the groups themselves “.
The GZ1000 is a model equipped with two fixed wheels and two steering wheels with brake on the guide rudder, this allows extreme maneuverability, also for picking up and moving loads directly on or inside the Omso automatic machines, as in the case of the proposed video. in this page.
“In this case we are working on a machine destined for the US market, designed to decorate plastic bottles – explains Fausto Bassoli, Head of the machine testing department at Omso -. It is a machine that includes six printing stations inside and each of them, during the installation phase, must be positioned with the cantilever crane.
Subsequently, the customer can use the GZ1000 crane to enter the machine, hook, lift and extract each individual printing unit on which to carry out maintenance. Without having to intervene invasively on the rest of the machine “.
The GZ1000 is equipped with a double delivery manual pump for lifting the boom. The GZ1000B, GZ1000BP and GZ1000BSE versions are equipped with an electric motor, but Omso’s choice is to supply the manual pump version.
“The motorized versions require much more stringent certifications and tests than the manual versions – explains Marabini -. In some parts of the world, where these machines are shipped, it would be very difficult to obtain these certifications. In any case, the manual pump system installed on the GZ1000 is extremely smooth and requires minimal effort ”.
“We are extremely satisfied with the collaboration established with Flexlifting and AxA Group – says Bigliardi -. The ability to create an ad hoc model for our needs, as well as the availability to intervene in customizations, are determining factors for us in providing a very high quality service to our customers “.
“Customers like Omso allow us to continuously improve and grow – concludes Marabini -. A ten-year relationship that has led us to design a new crane model and modify it over time to obtain better and better results, giving us ideas and stimuli to continue to enrich our range of products “.
