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Hytrol Boosts Production and Cuts Costs with IntelliFinishing

Hytrol has significantly enhanced its production capacity and reduced costs by implementing the IntelliFinishing system. The new conveyor technology not only increases efficiency but also allows Hytrol to reclaim considerable in-house space and save on labor costs. This upgrade has enabled Hytrol to handle heavier parts and reduce its operational shifts from two to one.

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Hytrol increased production by 33% with IntelliFinishing systems.

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The upgrade saved over $1.6 million annually by reducing outsourcing.

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Reclaimed 24,000 sq. ft. of space and reduced to one operational shift.

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Hytrol has revolutionized its finishing process with IntelliFinishing, achieving a 33% increase in production year-over-year while freeing up 24,000 sq. ft. of floor space. By replacing its traditional power and free system, Hytrol now benefits from reduced downtime, lower labor costs, and greater flexibility in handling parts up to 1,000 pounds.

The IntelliFinishing system isn't just an upgrade—it's a game-changer, driving productivity, quality, and cost savings to new heights.

The smart controls and friction-driven conveyor enable precise control, minimizing bottlenecks and improving product quality. Training new employees is easier than ever, thanks to IntelliFinishing's intuitive system design.

With improved efficiency, Hytrol reduced its operations from two shifts to one while maintaining higher output. The system's adaptability allows for in-house finishing of previously outsourced parts, saving the company over $1.6 million annually.

The IntelliFinishing system isn't just an upgrade—it's a game-changer, driving productivity, quality, and cost savings to new heights.

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The Intellifiction system has been performing phenomenally. We were able to, by optimizing our processes and interactions with the system, we were actually able to reduce going from a a, two, shift operation to a one shift operation and have been able to sustain that through through the majority of of our time. So we've had the telefinishing system here for now four years and it is a very easy system to train our employees with to to be a ground level where they start out at and as they move along to the factory and it's a easy simple process to be able to train them off the HMI and and teach them things with the system. So the most unique thing about working with telephony machine systems specifically, is that it has that unique, design on how it's getting the carriers coming around the system. They're really easy to work on, really easy to maintenance. My experience with training on the system, has been really easy. We were able to bring in, new family members, into our organization, easily start them off in paint, and it does not take them hardly any time to be able to just jump in and start being, just really value added with the ease of the controls.

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