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Inside the workshop

From CAD design through machining, assembly and panel wiring — every stage happens under one roof in Addis Ababa.

Design office

Where machines start

Engineers working at computer workstations in the ZG design office, with a 3D CAD model on screen
Design officeMachines are modelled and detailed in-house.
An engineer studying a 3D CAD model of a component on a monitor
CAD modellingComponents built in 3D and checked for fit and clearance.
A technical assembly drawing displayed on a workstation monitor
Technical drawingsA technical assembly drawing on screen.
An engineer at a CAD workstation with moulded plastic product samples on the desk
Product samplesMoulded product samples on the desk.
Two engineers working side by side at CAD workstations
Engineering teamMechanical and electrical design working side by side.
Group photograph of the ZG Industrial Automation team in branded work uniforms inside the factory hall
The teamThe people who design, build and commission every machine.

Assembly

Machines taking shape

Technicians assembling machinery in the ZG workshop bay
Machine assemblyMachines being assembled in the build bay.
Two technicians in ZG uniforms fitting components to a machine frame
Component fittingMachined parts fitted and aligned by hand.
Technicians loading a film roll onto a horizontal flow wrapping machine
Film loadingLoading a film roll onto a flow wrapping machine.
Conveyor section of a flow wrapping machine with its servo drive motor fitted
Servo driveA servo motor fitted to the conveyor section.

Completed lines

Filling, packing and sealing

Multi-head linear liquid filling machine with multiple filling nozzles
Multi-head liquid filling lineA multi-head liquid filling line.
Rotary two-station capping machine
Rotary two-station capperA two-station rotary capping machine.
Packaging line with product hopper and conveyor running through the workshop
Packaging lineA packaging line with hopper and conveyor.
Vertical form fill seal machine producing a chain of printed sachets
Sachet productionPrinted film formed, filled and sealed into a sachet chain.
Pre-made bag filling and sealing machine with product hopper and ZG-branded control panel
Pre-made bag filling and sealing machineWith product hopper and ZG-branded control panel.

Control systems

Panels wired in-house

Technician working at an open electrical control cabinet containing servo drives
Panel buildingA control cabinet being wired.
Interior of a control cabinet showing variable frequency drives and wiring terminals
Drive cabinetDrives and wiring terminals inside a control cabinet.
Control cabinet interior with power supply unit and PLC terminal blocks on DIN rail
PLC and power supplyPLC and power supply mounted on DIN rail.

CNC shop

Machining and tooling

Vertical machining centres, lathes and grinding under our own roof — producing mould cavities, dies, gears and shafts for our machines and for other manufacturers.

ZG machine shop with several CNC machining centres on the floor
The CNC shopMachining centres on the ZG shop floor.
CNC vertical machining centre installed in the ZG workshop
Vertical machining centreA vertical machining centre on the shop floor.
Large steel mould plate being machined on a vertical machining centre
Mould plate on the VMCA large steel plate being machined.
Auger screw being turned on a CNC lathe, with white polymer swarf around the workpiece
Turning an auger screwAn auger screw being turned on the lathe.
Freshly machined sprocket with cut teeth and a bored centre
Machined sprocketTeeth cut and the centre bore finished.
Large sheet metal press die tool set up on a machine bed
Press die toolA large die tool set up on the machine bed.

Tooling

Mould cavities and dies

Rows of brass soap mould cavities with engraved detail
Brass soap mould cavitiesBrass cavities with engraved detail.
Pair of machined aluminium soap mould cavity plates
Aluminium cavity platesA matched pair of machined aluminium plates.
Multi-cavity mould base with machined cores
Multi-cavity mould baseA multi-cavity mould base with cores.
Assembled injection mould tool with guide pins and springs
Assembled mould toolAn assembled mould tool with guide pins and springs.
Machined mould plates laid out with springs, bolts and seals ready for assembly
Ready for assemblyMould plates laid out with springs, bolts and seals.

Visit us

Come and see a machine running

We are in Addisu Gebeya, Addis Ababa. Get in touch to arrange a visit or a demonstration.