The collaboration of Terenzi Srl with Luceplan began in 1995. Over the years we have industrialized many products for this lighting leader company and started a partnership in Elementi of Luceplan. The first work tackled was a real challenge that saw us winning: to print the methacrylate components that characterize Agave's design in its three different versions.
The methacrylate in fact, acting as a light conductor, would have also denoted the smallest anomaly, most amplified by the light source of the lamp. The thickness of 14 mm of the plastic material, for obvious aesthetic reasons, should not therefore present any distortion or defect.
Following preliminary evaluations, it was decided to use a Cartesian robot able to remove the ribs from the mold, and to manage, in automatic, all the phases of the production cycle. To balance the molding, we decided to produce two components at a time and divide them after the cooling cycle. The injection point was provided in an aesthetically less important area and in any case performs a polishing operation in the area concerned. The work cycle was carried out with 26 movements of a robot synchronized with the movements of the servos, and through a PLC control. With the controlled cooling process we are able to develop a method capable of producing methacrylate cèntines on an industrial scale. These are without defects, crystalline and luminous, perfect harmony of matter, light and color.
