HELLER solutions at WF Mechanik
Increasing productivity and reducing downtimes
The company has been processing high-quality metals since 1979 and soon needed a new production facility in Varna, where it currently has around 50 employees. The early automation and the use of digitally controlled machines, robots and fiber lasers make WF Mechanik a market leader in the processing of high-quality metals and the manufacture of finished and semi-finished parts for the mechanical engineering, electrical, tool and automotive industries – not least by commitment to Industry 4.0 and the use of non-metallic materials as well as innovative 3D technologies.
Task
- reduce the existing production time
- establish a stable manufacturing system that produces the parts in time, with high quality and without any faults – 24h per day
Project scope & solution
- 5-axis milling/turning machining centre CP 4000 with Fastems system for combined mill-turning processes. The CP 4000 performs approx. 70% milling and 30% turning operations.
Result
- full automated project with the 5-axis milling/turning machining centre CP 4000 and Fastems automation system for in total 12 pallets
- 24h/6 day production of water distributions for snowing cannons and other relevant parts for snowing cannons
Customer testimonial
Felix Weissteiner
General Manager WF Mechanik
"By increasing productivity and reducing downtimes as well as introducing two more shifts, the production capacity of the site was significantly increased.”
More references
Peter Arnold
Head of Mechanical Manufacturing at Komax
"If you have to deal with 30 pallets containing, at times, up to 50 different clamping points per clamping cube, you need the right tools in the magazine to avoid having to constantly change the tool sets. Our tool count currently stands at 409. Comparable or smaller machines simply do not achieve capacities such as these."
Günter Muhr
Managing Director at Franz Haas Waffelmaschinen
"HELLER has exceeded our expectations. Everything went well, the machines run extremely reliably and our throughput times have also measurably reduced."
Thomas Kaysser
Managing Director at H.P. Kaysser
"Our experience with HELLER, including Service, has been nothing but positive. We speak the same language, so there was simply no reason to change supplier. The entire team has now identified with the HELLER machining centres – because they deliver what HELLER promises!"
Frank Brunner
Head of Manufacturing and Production Engineering at Bitzer
"For batch sizes of up to 3 components, the machining centres have to perform reliably as soon as they are switched on, even after scheduled shutdowns. But neither availability nor the required precision presented a major challenge to the H 6000."
Gerhard Aigner
Head of Production at Engel Austria
"We consider quality to be fundamental. The tolerances for our core components are between two and three hundredths of a millimetre. That's why we made the conscious decision to go for HELLER machines, which are renowned for their stability."
Nicholas Warnken
Project Manager at Fette Compacting
"Key contributors to these massive savings are fewer setups thanks to the 5th axis and higher achievable cutting parameters. On the other hand, however, it was the overall package, including the automation system and new tool technologies, that was able to optimise the processes in this way".
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