Machining production facility
Overbuilding Building 6
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Building 6 – machining after raising the ceiling height from 5 m to 12.5 m -
Building 6 – machining before removing the old ‘skeleton’ of the building (August 2017)
Flexible manufacturing
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- No “traditional process planning”
- Deployment field for material unloading and transport
- The flexible manufacturing system is controlled and regulated automatically according to a
grid plan (Felios). Featuring a quarterly, weekly and daily preview
- Flexible manufacturing system
- The system is in operation as needed seven days a week, three shifts a day, with two
employees present during the night shift.
Machinery
- The new facility contains three Heller universal machining centres with a 14-pallet storage system and a setup station.
- A new Burkhardt + Weber universal machining centre combined with a 4-level, high-bay pallet storage system for up to 32 pallets.
- Two Hermle C 60 UP MT dynamic 5-axis machining centres with mill/turn function and a PW 3000 pallet changer and a ZM 192 additional magazine.
Energy management
The process heat (specific heat) from the production machines is transferred to a storage system and distributed via a heat/cold convector or converted into cold air in the summer.
New transformer station for building 6. At low voltage, our cable lengths result in an up to 2% capacity loss. However, power is saved by installing the transformer station directly at the consumer.
Facts about the new production facility:
Construction period: January 2016 – end of 2017
Ceiling height: increased from 5 m to approx. 12.50 m
Overall height: approx. 18.80 m
Length: approx. 66 m
Width: approx. 37 m
Reconstructed space: approx. 30300 m3
Floor space: approx. 2330 m2
Plant room: approx. 3700 m3
Floor space: approx. 700 m2
Contact details for journalists/editors:
Maschinenfabrik Berthold HERMLE AG / Marketing Department / Email: marketing@hermle.de / Phone +49 (0)7426 95-0
78559Gosheim
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Mineral casting in Zimmern o.R., Germany
Construction period May 2016 – June 2017
Premises 4 hectares on the Inkom industrial estate
Overall height approx. 23.50 m
Length approx. 102 m
Width approx. 32 m + 6 m administrative building
Production area approx. 3200 m2
