The transition from custom manufacturing to mass production can be that simple: Müllers Produktions GmbH & Co. KG in Mönchengladbach has now made this switch with a new SV 840/6 weld bead finishing machine from Urban.
“Until now, we’ve been plastering all elements with a threshold by hand. Now these components also run fully automatically from the four-head welding machine into the new SV 840,” explains Production Manager Marco Löhr. The highlight of Urban’s automatic plastering machine: Unloading from the new SV 840 takes place on three sides, so that window frames, sashes, and front doors are each discharged on separate sides.
Also fully integrated into this process are the windows with a wood-grain finish, which Müllers supplies in large quantities to the Netherlands.
Another advantage of replacing the previous plastering machine with the new SV 840: “We can now handle larger elements than before and gain about 20 cm in length with each one. This is extremely important to us, as the trend is clearly moving toward ever-larger windows and doors,” says Löhr.
By having Urban’s new SV 840 in operation, Müllers Produktions GmbH experienced an increase in capacity of altogether 10%. „Indeed, we still have upside potentials but our manufacturing process is prepared in such a way that the performance of the SV 840 in single shift operation ensures to supply the hardware workplaces with elements that are handled in two shifts there. That works perfectly” says Marco Löhr.
Automated
The reason why this works is also due to the fact that some jobs which used to be done manually by Müllers’ team in the past are now performed fully-automatically by the SV 840 thanks to its integrated milling head. This includes drillings for cross corner brackets or milling-off of combinations. Urban’s old SV 800 that had been working perfectly in Müllers’ production for 25 years was now released to its well-earned retirement thanks to the application of the new unit upgrade.
