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to Jason , the company is expecting this development to expand Southwest Electric ’ s capabilities . “ We are continuing our capital investment in equipment as well as reallocating our current brick and mortar facilities to offer expansion and growth within our manufacturing organization . With the diversification of product offering comes the need for more floor space and operational capability . The typical oil and gas product flows well through our established manufacturing facilities . However , with the focus on new product offerings comes the challenges of fitting non-traditional operations inside of our well-defined operations today .
“ Additionally ,” he adds , when explaining the role that automation will play in improving the business ’ overall efficiencies , “ for our distribution transformer business , we have made large investments in our coil winding and winding support functions . We recently acquired new automated winding and insulation slitting machines . Although this is a small percentage of our overall manufacturing processes , these machines continue to allow us to build in more repeatable results and efficiencies , which provide us with the capability to run at higher volume levels . We also invested in automated steel cutting and bending and breaking equipment in both our distribution transformer and switchgear businesses , which expedites those operations and allows us to focus the efforts of our team on other tasks .”
Furthermore , Jason shares that the company is upgrading its electrical test systems to allow parallel operations throughout the final testing and certification of its products . “ Although we have limited capacity in these departments , with the planned investment in 2024 , we will more than double our capabilities ,” he says .
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