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Inside the workshop

From CAD design through machining, assembly and panel wiring — every stage happens under one roof in Addis Ababa.

Design office

Where machines start

Engineers working at computer workstations in the ZG design office, with a 3D CAD model on screen — Design officeMachine concepts modelled and detailed before a single part is cut.

An engineer studying a 3D CAD model of a component on a monitor — CAD modellingComponents built in 3D and checked for fit and clearance.

A technical assembly drawing displayed on a workstation monitor — Technical drawingsAssembly drawings released straight to the shop floor.

An engineer at a CAD workstation with moulded plastic product samples on the desk — Product samplesCustomer product samples used to size pouches and cavities.

Two engineers working side by side at CAD workstations — Engineering teamMechanical and electrical design working side by side.

Group photograph of the ZG Industrial Automation team in branded work uniforms inside the factory hall — The teamThe people who design, build and commission every machine.

Assembly

Machines taking shape

Technicians assembling machinery in the ZG workshop bay — Machine assemblyFrames, drives and guarding brought together in the build bay.

Two technicians in ZG uniforms fitting components to a machine frame — Component fittingMachined parts fitted and aligned by hand.

Technicians loading a film roll onto a horizontal flow wrapping machine — Film loadingThreading laminate film through a flow wrapper for setup.

Conveyor section of a flow wrapping machine with its servo drive motor fitted — Servo driveServo motor coupled to the conveyor for synchronised motion.

Completed lines

Filling, packing and sealing

Multi-head linear liquid filling machine with stainless steel filling nozzles — Multi-head liquid filling lineStainless nozzles filling several containers per cycle.

Rotary filling and capping station with stainless steel head — Rotary filling stationRotary head for continuous filling and capping.

Packaging line with product hopper and conveyor running through the workshop — Packaging lineHopper, conveyor and packer running as one line.

Vertical form fill seal machine producing a chain of printed sachets — Sachet productionPrinted film formed, filled and sealed into a sachet chain.

Vertical form fill seal machine with product hopper and ZG-branded touchscreen control panel — VFFS with HMI panelTouchscreen control mounted at the operator position.

Control systems

Panels wired in-house

Technician working at an open electrical control cabinet containing servo drives — Panel buildingDrives, breakers and terminals laid out and wired to drawing.

Interior of a control cabinet showing variable frequency drives and wiring terminals — Drive cabinetVariable frequency drives feeding the machine axes.

Control cabinet interior with power supply unit and PLC terminal blocks on DIN rail — PLC and power supplyPLC and 24V supply mounted on DIN rail.

CNC shop

Machining and tooling

Vertical machining centres, lathes and grinding under our own roof — producing mould cavities, dies, gears and shafts for our machines and for other manufacturers.

ZG machine shop with several CNC machining centres on the floor — The CNC shopMachining centres and lathes under our own roof.

CNC vertical machining centre installed in the ZG workshop — Vertical machining centreVMC cutting complex 3D geometry to tight tolerance.

Large steel mould plate being machined on a vertical machining centre — Mould plate on the VMCA large steel plate roughed out for a press tool.

Auger screw being turned on a CNC lathe, with white polymer swarf around the workpiece — Turning an auger screwThe dosing screw used in our powder filling machines.

Freshly machined sprocket with cut teeth and a bored centre — Machined sprocketTeeth cut and bore finished ready for a drive train.

Large sheet metal press die tool set up on a machine bed — Press die toolSheet metal forming die set up on the bed.

Tooling

Mould cavities and dies

Rows of brass soap mould cavities with engraved detail — Brass soap mould cavitiesEngraved cavities that shape and brand each bar.

Pair of machined aluminium soap mould cavity plates — Aluminium cavity platesA matched pair machined for consistent bar weight.

Multi-cavity mould base with machined cores — Multi-cavity mould baseBase and cores built up into a complete tool.

Assembled injection mould tool with guide pins and springs — Assembled mould toolGuide pins, springs and plates assembled and checked.

Machined mould plates laid out with springs, bolts and seals ready for assembly — Ready for assemblyPlates, springs and seals kitted before build.

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We are in Addisu Gebeya, Addis Ababa. Get in touch to arrange a visit or a demonstration.

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