Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
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Handling & automation: We keep our promises<br />
Strothmann plans and integrates the complete automation of press lines ranging<br />
from the blank loading system and the press to press transfer system with linear<br />
robots to the integrated control and information system. The patented Strothmann<br />
RoundTrack ® is designed to support customers in moving heavy machines, equip-<br />
ment and materials with minimal force. The area of industrial automation develops<br />
innovative systems solutions which considerably increase the competitive edge of<br />
our customers!<br />
Handling and automation: higher performance,<br />
higher capacity, and higher effi ciency!<br />
Four start-ups and acceptances in <strong>2009</strong> prove Strothmann’s good<br />
positioning in the overall context of our machinery and plants<br />
business unit. For Chery Automobile in China we implemented<br />
the complete automation of a tandem press line with our new<br />
FEEDERplus product. This transfer robot moves eight to ten large<br />
parts between both tandem presses which are 8,500 mm apart<br />
from each other. This concept is used in thin-sheet forming for<br />
vehicle, structural and body skin parts. For our German customer<br />
Hörmann Automotive Components headquartered in Gustavsburg<br />
we fi nished two projects with acceptances in <strong>2009</strong>. One of these<br />
projects involved the automation of a 3,000 t (3,307 US tons)<br />
<strong>Siempelkamp</strong> side member press which produces side members<br />
for trucks, tank supports, and other structural parts. For maximum<br />
Frame construction with a hydraulic bearing holding<br />
three robots on each side of the transfer press<br />
<strong>Siempelkamp</strong> Machinery and plants<br />
fl exibility standard robots should handle the parts. The basic idea<br />
was simple: On each side, three articulated robots would be<br />
installed overhead, covering the complete press chamber as well<br />
as the feed-in, the side, and the unloading area. As a result the<br />
manual capacity could be doubled!<br />
The other project involved the upgrading of a Strothmann automation<br />
system for two existing tandem press lines in Gustavsburg.<br />
By using new mechanical components as well as a completely<br />
new drive technology and control system, a production increase<br />
of up to 63% for all parts could be achieved!<br />
Last but not least, for our customer Vestas Blades in Lauchhammer<br />
we implemented, in a rotor blade painting plant, a transport line<br />
based on RoundTrack ® technology.<br />
The advantage: The blades remain on the trolley during the entire<br />
painting process; crane handling is obsolete.<br />
Strothmann: RoundTrack ® for painting plant<br />
Handling & Automation<br />
Strothmann: Strothma fl ow production with Ro RoundTrack ra ®<br />
Strothmann: press pre to press transfer sy system<br />
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