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Introducing one-piece flow assembly, Haas Schleifmaschinen from Trossingen, Germany, have improved the quality of their production planning and cut down throughput time. The new assembly line consists of nine stations. Every 3 days, the assemblies are moved one station ahead. Therefore, customers can be given the precise acceptance date 7 weeks before the start of final assembly.
RoundTrack technology from STROTHMANN Machines & Handling enables ergonomic, resource-friendly transport of the machines. The intralogistics system is plain and unobtrusive. Three rails were installed in the shop floor and backfilled with screed. The polished RoundTracks pose no obstacle when walking across. The grinding centers weighing several tons are placed on two compact carts. Due to the system's minimal running resistance, even fully loaded carts can be moved by hand. The one-time investment in floor rails and multipurpose carts enabled Haas to realize a long-life intralogistics solution that creates no extra operating costs.
Related Glossary Terms
- centers
centers
Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.
- grinding
grinding
Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.
