Automated punching machine
Automated copper production
When Siemens needed a largely automated system for copper production, the company turned to Ehrt Maschinenbau. The company installed a gantry system with a punching machine.
The existing system for storing the copper rods at Siemens AG Leipzig was outdated and difficult to operate. In short, it no longer met the company's modern requirements. Ehrt Maschinenbau, a specialist in bending and punching machines for copper processing, which manufactures machines for small and medium-sized production series, replaced the old system with a new gantry and the Ehrt Holecut Professional HC60 punching machine.
The gantry is a storage system with a gantry crane and enables the punching machine to work autonomously. The storage and transfer of the metal rails is fully automated. The HC60 punching machine from the Professional Line works faultlessly even under high loads and is robust. The advantage of the solution: the gantry and the punching machine work together as one machine system and take over the entire work process fully automatically.
"The ergonomics of the process are completely convincing," confirms Michael Kiss, Production Manager at Siemens in Leipzig. The new solution enables a significantly reduced workload for personnel at the machine. Orders, such as checking stock levels, can be conveniently tracked from the office using digital networking.
Limited space
The Ehrt team faced a number of special challenges during implementation. In addition, only a limited amount of space was available in the production hall for the new machine system. In addition, the project had to be implemented largely during ongoing production.
For this reason, the design engineers at the Rheinbreitbach-based company produced a special adaptation that allowed the system to be installed in the exact space available.
A short break in production was scheduled for the installation and conversion of the machines, which then had to be made up for. "The Ehrt team did a great job here," says Kiss, praising the fitters who mastered the on-site installation, commissioning and training of the Siemens colleagues in just two weeks. Another advantage of the system is that the operation of the new Ehrt machines is largely self-explanatory and production was able to resume immediately.
The Siemens AG copper production team is already satisfied with the way the new Ehrt system works after just a few weeks. "We are now saving around one hour of transportation per shift and therefore up to three hours of working time per day. And even better: production volumes are already exceeding expectations," summarizes Kiss.
In the future, Siemens wants to take further steps towards automation and digitalization. Ehrt's products and services will be involved again. The two companies are currently working on new software and IT solutions for Siemens AG's copper production.
According to documents from Ehrt Maschinenbau / ag
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