While a lot of effort was put into realizing the ambitions of the overhaul of a plate conveyor, in another factory hall HARDOX was 'magically' used for another complex welding product.
Both assignments at Geha Laverman suddenly ran parallel to each other while our country was in the midst of the Corona crisis. But there were more similarities.
Thus, this was another project where customisation was expected within an extremely tight schedule. And, entirely in the style of the other 'job', here too an efficient production line was set up to realise the no less than 104 special chain scrapers, each weighing 110 kg.
Production line too complex to automate
The required scraper beams meant for in a chain conveyor, formed a complex welded product composed of different grades of HARDOX. This led to the fact that, despite the large run of more than a hundred pieces, the welding work could not be automated.
So here, too, a team of experienced welders was deployed to work 24/7.
Little more than one week of downtime had been factored in - it couldn't and shouldn't be any longer! Daily delivery of finished scrapers to the customer's site was crucial to keep the on-site assembly crew working full-time as well. As the total weight of around 12 tonnes allowed, the daily transports to the customer were realised in-house. In this way, the chronology within the chain could still be kept somewhat flexible.
Daily work?
'Just in time delivery' is not (yet) a daily job for Geha Laverman. Geha Laverman's continuously expanding machinery and ever-increasing floor space does make more and more possible, also when it comes to on-demand delivery of wear products, Geha Laverman has an enormous stock.
We showed that Geha Laverman's future began months ago.
