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Site 3
The expansion of UFS in a mountainous area - which inevitably imposes certain limits in terms of availability of space - required moving production which could not be absorbed by the main factory; premises were found in an area just a few hundred metres away.
This necessity entailed in-depth changes to the organisation of production, and a rationalisation of technical processes. This applied particularly to heat treatments, which use kilns for tempering and PVD coatings, making them autonomous in both logistics and management terms.
This led us to Site 3, an ultra-modern facility that has been in full operation since 2020, containing all processes related to the manufacture of blanks, profiles and tempered items which form the base of all other processes, since they are produced to basic characteristics of shape, length and diameter.
Here we find the turning, tempering and vulcanisation departments and metrology lab A, which carries out all the necessary checks on incoming materials and tempering.
All metal properties are meticulously checked by analysing bars of special steels using a mass spectrometer.
The factory contains an automatic machine that can handle over 40 tonnes of raw material, divided into over 260 barcodes, with conventional diameters of special steels and sintered powders. Tempered materials are analysed for hardness and checked for carbides. Over the years UFS has identified the best-performing processes for every type of alloy. Residence and cooling times are fundamental in heat treatments, guaranteeing certified quality in
the products before they are moved to other departments for finishing.
The commercial department of UFS was recently moved to new premises, with a reception area, offices and a meeting room. This was necessary in order to accommodate visiting customers, which was not possible in the busy and crowded Site 1.
Customer requests to visit the UFS factory are extremely welcome and constantly increasing. Tapping products - a niche segment in cutting tools - require expertise in the field and constant updating by the manufacturer. It is therefore important for customers to view the construction of the tool and understand the difficulties of achieving maximum performance in a wide range of applications.
This necessity entailed in-depth changes to the organisation of production, and a rationalisation of technical processes. This applied particularly to heat treatments, which use kilns for tempering and PVD coatings, making them autonomous in both logistics and management terms.
This led us to Site 3, an ultra-modern facility that has been in full operation since 2020, containing all processes related to the manufacture of blanks, profiles and tempered items which form the base of all other processes, since they are produced to basic characteristics of shape, length and diameter.
Here we find the turning, tempering and vulcanisation departments and metrology lab A, which carries out all the necessary checks on incoming materials and tempering.
All metal properties are meticulously checked by analysing bars of special steels using a mass spectrometer.
The factory contains an automatic machine that can handle over 40 tonnes of raw material, divided into over 260 barcodes, with conventional diameters of special steels and sintered powders. Tempered materials are analysed for hardness and checked for carbides. Over the years UFS has identified the best-performing processes for every type of alloy. Residence and cooling times are fundamental in heat treatments, guaranteeing certified quality in
the products before they are moved to other departments for finishing.
The commercial department of UFS was recently moved to new premises, with a reception area, offices and a meeting room. This was necessary in order to accommodate visiting customers, which was not possible in the busy and crowded Site 1.
Customer requests to visit the UFS factory are extremely welcome and constantly increasing. Tapping products - a niche segment in cutting tools - require expertise in the field and constant updating by the manufacturer. It is therefore important for customers to view the construction of the tool and understand the difficulties of achieving maximum performance in a wide range of applications.