The following measures stood at the forefront here:
- analysis of the production chain (upstream processes) and active Support
- optimization of production steps in order to achieve the shortest possible cycle times in the grinding process
- development of startup-oriented processing concepts in order to reduce investment costs
- minimal automation solutions with qualities and cycle times of a mass production
- simple adapting of automation cells at a later time
Results achieved in the project:
- continual productivity increase through further development of the machining process
- optimization of downstream machines
- reduction of cycle time (first project) from 83 sec. within short time to 45 sec.
- continual improvement of unit costs within two years by 34% compared to series startup
