FIELDS OF APPLICATION OF PHOX PLANTS - Smallware (screws, nuts, washers, hinges, small plates) - Home furniture, doors, windows accessories (handles, keyhole plates, hinges, supports) - Bath accessories (taps, showers, hangers etc) - Automotive components (metallic & plastic) - Oleodynamic components (valves, cylinders, jacks) - Moulds and moulding components - Electronic components - Electrotechnical components

PHOX SRL PROFILE

Phox srl is the industrial division of Cinetix srl, an important company operating in the business of hardware and software for telecommunication in Italy.

Headquarters: Borgo Valsugana (TN)

Operative units: Padova, Vercelli, Legnano(MI), Roma

Phox capabilities package includes : turn-key galvanic lines, existing plant retrofits, accessories and assistance service. In Phox a group of specialists in plants and processes is available for checking and verifying enquiries over existing or new production units and for developing proposals for the optimization of production capability, automation and quality of resulting product. Such services include:

- offers - determination of operative costs and investment costs - financial evaluation of investment amount - analysis costs/benefits - opportunities for waste waters recycling & treatment - process optimization - analysis on the efficiency of operating costs

Phox operates in the area of industrial design and automation, in particular in the field of the galvanic industry.

The team is formed by technicians and engineers with long experience not only in the design and manufacturing of galvanic lines , but also of special machinery, lifting equipments, oleo-dynamics etc

The strength of the group is that the specialization of the technicians fully covers the whole project development path: technology, design, automation and electrical plants, assembly and startup.

For what concerns the software area it is worth to mention that Phox provides a complete automation and supervision system at the actual state of the art, but the synergy between our company and the mother company, Cinetix, is bringing new and more advanced SW and MMI technologies coming from the advanced sectors of mobile, wireless and telecommunication systems.

PROVIDED SERVICES

1) PLANTS AND MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE

Improvements, modifications on existing plants

Repairs - Preventive maintenance on mechanics, components, sensors

Containment basin under a series of tanks

Appendix made on an existing line for post processing in centrifuges of smallware

Retractable service platform on hoists and service monorail on existing line

2) SOFTWARE-AUTOMATION MAINTENANCE

Automation and supervision systems for new and existing plants

Improvements, service and maintenance over existing plants

Example of supervisor page made on automation/software renewal on an existing arm type line

Example of supervisor page made on automation/software renewal on an existing rack line

Here follows the reference list of the main companies which are served by Phox for this kind of activities:

Bossini (bath accessories-showers) new automation system - maintenance

Salice (furniture smallware : hinges) new automation system - maintenance

Colombo Design (door handles and bath accessories) new automation system - maintenance

Cromaplast (plating on plastics – automotive) new automation system

maintenance and plant improvements

Cami (oleodynamic components recover) plant improvement

GSM (Nickel-Chrome plating shop) new automation system

BiTicino (switches and electrotechnicals for domestic networks) maintenance, SW improvements

DrahtZugStein (components for electrodomestic industry:) maintenance - new automation system

Effebiesse (Nickel-Chrome on brass zama) maintenance, SW improvements

Cisal (Nickel-Chrome on brass zama) new automation system Fosfantartiglio LEI (workshop : Zinc-Nickel on bolts smallware) maintenance, SW improvements

Bertola srl (Ni.Cr plating workshop – automotive) new automation system - maintenance

Sata srl (phosphating, bonderizing workshop) new automation system - maintenance

3) PLANT ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Thanks to its specialized and flexible organization and network of suppliers Phox can handle

complete turn-key projects including:

- Feasibility study and customization of plant - Cross-check and customization with chemicals supplier - Emission of plant specification and assemblies - Plant & mechanical design - Electrical and integrated automation design - PLC and supervisor software design - Customization of man-machine interface - Customization on data entry and data handling for company info retrieval - Assembly and supervision of assembly works - Startup and tests - Assistance during pilot production phase - Post-commissioning service, maintenance and spares supply - Local and remote (modem) software maintenance

REFERENCES The list of the main companies where Phox has built new plants or new parts of plants is the following ATOS SPA – oleodynamic components – complete turnkey project for automatic rack-line for zinc duplex + in line topcoat + waste water and air treatment plants SALICE SPA – hinges for furniture – tilter and automatic loader for normalization oven

– automatic transfer trolley and belts connected to existing line and post treatment centrifuge line

– special electrodeposition barrel line connected to the main existing one

COLOMBO DESIGN – design handles post cleaning system (US and special dryers) on automatic rack line

CAMI - US cleaning system (manual)

NALE - hard chrome manual line served by overhead crane

Saita srl ( water treatment and pharma-chemical units)

- reactors steel structure and oleodynamic automatic system and bottom opening closing doors for reactors

- special centrifuge line for post chromating

CROMAPLAST - new Chrome trivalent unit - new monorail service crane - new loading unloading stations (6) see picture -new tri-axial agitation systems for Ni satin (4) - new loading unloading stations (6) see picture

SATA new phosphating and browning plant

ZEP - new oil separator unit

GALV.CIVATESE - new oil separator unit

ALITALIA - complete feasibility study and tender emission for the retrofit program on landing gears galvanic line in Roma Fiumicino airport

VIGNATI (hard thick chrome workshop)

Titanium hard chromating tank & accessories

COBO SPA (automotive components factory) new US cleaner tank

4) PHOTO – GALLERY

5) SPECIAL DEVICES

The following devices were developed to achieve special customer’s requests and they have become independent units which can be installed in any plant as special accessories 5.1 OIL SEPARATOR Very useful to separate the oil out coming from raw pieces during the immersions on the first degreasing baths. Stainless steel construction. Independent automation system.

5.2 THREE AXIAL MECHANICAL AGITATION Unique design Three independent inverter controlled movements to achieve the best surface quality on high performance electrodeposition bath (satin Nickel for instance..)

5.3 ALKALINE ZINC DISSOLUTION TANK WITH EXTRACTABLE BASKETS The buffer tank is provided with an oleodynamic system that lift/lowers the zinc baskets to achieve always the right dissolution of zinc in alkaline baths

5.4 SPECIAL DRAINING/DRYING SYSTEM FOR WET/LACQUERED COMPONENTS

This special device allows the contemporary draining and air-drying of particularly difficult component minimizing the use of high consuming heated ovens for drying of parts

5.5 ULTRASONIC CLEANING SYSTEM

5.6 RAILRIDE IN-LINE TUNNEL OVEN

5.7 ACCELEROMETRIC INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR FREE VIBRATIONS FREQUENCIES CHECK Phox has cooperated with her sister company Oxys srl for the development of an accelerometric integrated system that performs the analysis of

health conditions of telecom lines wooden poles on the basis of free vibrations

frequencies check.