{"id":10635,"date":"2023-02-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/news\/crist-shipyard-to-expand-production-with-microstep\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:47:21","slug":"crist-shipyard-to-expand-production-with-microstep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/news\/crist-shipyard-to-expand-production-with-microstep\/","title":{"rendered":"CRIST shipyard to expand production with MicroStep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Iuyoe6-f0-54583.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>CRIST\u2019s yard in Gdynia, Poland at the coast of Europe\u2019s Baltic Sea<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Launching of a&nbsp;new ship is an occasion of pride and joy in a&nbsp;shipyard. The conclusion on many months of hard and diligent work, it is a&nbsp;moment to celebrate and toast the future. The people in the Polish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crist.com.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRIST<\/a> shipyard know it well. Established in 1990 in Gdynia, a&nbsp;seaport on Europe\u2019s Baltic Sea coast, the company has been active in shipbuilding, steel constructions and ship-repairs ever since. From fishing vessels and ferries, through pipe laying and wind farm servicing ships, to lock gates and specialized coastal structures, their undertakings have been varied and numerous.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, CRIST\u2019s representatives visited MicroStep headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia along with one of our production facilities for a&nbsp;factory acceptance of the newest addition to their machine pool: anchored to the ground but a&nbsp;flagship nonetheless, a&nbsp;brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstep.eu\/machines\/plasma-and-oxyfuel-machines\/mg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MG cutting machine<\/a> tailor-made to CRIST\u2019s specifications will soon help the shipyard create more of the projects that have brought them success.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IqzZnj-f0-54581.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>CRIST\u2019s representatives and a&nbsp;crew from our Polish partner SupraElco paid visit to MicroStep\u2019s headquarters in Bratislava for a&nbsp;quick chat before the FAT<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Bigger than most commercial fishing boats, with a&nbsp;work area 36&nbsp;m long and 4&nbsp;m wide, the machine of the MG series is equipped with MicroStep\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstep.eu\/accessories\/plasma-cutting\/plasma-rotator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plasma rotator<\/a> (360 A) with an integrated laser scanner, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstep.eu\/accessories\/marking\/inkjet-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inkjet marker<\/a> with 16 nozzles capable of writing barcodes and 2D data matrix codes. The beveling technology is enhanced by MicroStep\u2019s patented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstep.eu\/solutions\/additional-beveling-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Additional Beveling Process (ABP)<\/a> feature that utilizes the in-built scanner for cutting of precise additional bevels on straight-cut parts \u2013 all highly automated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86PCw-z9dT4?rel=0\" title=\"MG cutting machine for the Crist shipyard\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Factory acceptance were tests performed on customer\u2019s own material<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The machine acceptance ran smoothly: demonstration of performance, technologies and software, cutting of samples from customer\u2019s steel plates, review of documentation. Thanks to the personal visit the customer\u2019s representatives were able to identify and order a&nbsp;few modifications that would make the machine an even better fit than what they originally specified.<\/p>\n<p>Together with our Polish partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supraelco.pl\/maszyny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SupraElco<\/a>, we wish the customer a&nbsp;lot of productive machine hours with their new production tool and many successful shipbuilding projects for the years to come.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5YOZm6-f0-54582.png\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Various samples were cut to test the machine: thicknesses ranged from 5 to 35 mm and angles from 20 to 45\u00b0 &#8211; constant and variable bevels cut directly into full material as well as by MicroStep&#8217;s&nbsp;patented Additional Beveling Process.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Polish shipbuilding and ship-repair enterprise from Gdynia invested into MicroStep\u2019s high-end plasma bevel cutting machine MG with inkjet marker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10640,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10635\/revisions\/10640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsl.sk\/microstep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}