CPT International 02/2019
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COMPANY<br />
sand is required every day – and it has<br />
to be moved by pneumatic vessel conveyor:<br />
from the sand silos to the sand<br />
mixers which, as a result of the hall’s<br />
infrastructure, had to be specially modified<br />
so that they could stand on the<br />
floor. Then the sand flows via more<br />
pneumatic vessel conveyors to the<br />
core-shooting machines in Hall 1. The<br />
filling level of the silos will in future be<br />
networked with the sand suppliers to<br />
secure the sand supply to the silos at all<br />
times. After hardening of the cores in<br />
the core-shooting machines they are<br />
transported to the climatized depot,<br />
where nine different core types are stored<br />
with the help of an ERP system.<br />
Whereby expertise on the storability of<br />
inorganic cores is also used and taken<br />
into account when selecting the storage<br />
spaces. In view of the sensitive climatizing<br />
situation the depot at Inacore is<br />
not only monitored by the company’s<br />
own team – there is also real-time networking<br />
with the BMW depot, resulting<br />
in transparency on both sides, intended<br />
to optimize production reliability and<br />
collaboration.<br />
The partners also consider quality<br />
very important: they have invested<br />
more than 200,000 euros in quality<br />
assurance equipment. This includes a<br />
laboratory core-shooting machine for<br />
determining sand quality, the quality of<br />
the mix, and core breaking strength, as<br />
well as a measurement system by Zeiss,<br />
Oberkochen, Germany, with which,<br />
among other things, measurements are<br />
carried out as proof provided by the<br />
supplier for the customer. The sand<br />
grain size is also determined in the<br />
laboratory. The average grain size at<br />
Inacore is 0.32 micrometers. There is<br />
also a small furnace available for moisture<br />
measurement.<br />
Employee discussions in the production hall. More than 30 personnel are currently<br />
working at Inacore.<br />
Inacore to increase process<br />
understanding<br />
Production could start in Ergoldsbach<br />
shortly before the sampling took place<br />
in early December 2017. 30 core packages<br />
were sent off to BMW punctually –<br />
and they met the carmaker’s requirements.<br />
The gambit had worked, and<br />
machine and plant constructors<br />
R. Scheuchl GmbH and Laempe Mössner<br />
Sinto had become core-makers. The two<br />
partners deliberately exceeded their traditional<br />
business fields in machine and<br />
plant construction in order to gain operator<br />
expertise. “The demands have<br />
increased; process understanding is<br />
required nowadays. How can one plan<br />
plants without understanding the<br />
details?” asks Andreas Mössner, adding:<br />
“We want to understand the daily activities,<br />
and thus also improve the machines.”<br />
Another motivation for the investment<br />
by Laempe and Scheuchl, however,<br />
was undoubtedly to win the order<br />
from BMW. But the new company does<br />
not want to be dependent on a single<br />
OEM so it is currently acquiring more<br />
customers for the high-tech core shop.<br />
All those involved in the new company<br />
are confident about its future<br />
pros pects, as became clear during the<br />
opening ceremony in September 2018.<br />
The founders of R. Scheuchl GmbH<br />
attended, alongside high-ranking guests<br />
from the worlds of politics and commerce.<br />
Finally, the BMW team was also<br />
screened in the production hall. The<br />
men in the BMW waistcoats were showing<br />
solidarity with the Inacore team –<br />
and were thus also celebrating an exemplary<br />
collaboration between supplier<br />
and customer.<br />
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