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Ferag AG Zürichstrasse 74 8340 Hinwil/Zürich, Switzerland http://www.ferag.com
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Ferag AG

Optimal linking of assembly processes in the automotive industry with Skyfall

Conveyor line becomes a production buffer

(PresseBox) (Hinwil, Switzerland, )
Swiss company Ferag AG has expanded its Skyfall technology to link various assembly processes in the automotive industry. Thus the overhead system is perfectly suited for buffering, sortation and sequencing of injection moulded components weighing up to 30 kg. As with an electric monorail system, each Skyfall hanger can be controlled and tracked individually. Further advantages: Skyfall systems are quick and cost-effective to implement and integrate into existing production halls with very little effort. The Ferag system is outstanding for its high energy efficiency due to the consistent use of gravity on downhill stretches.

Overhead Skyfall systems for linking assembly processes are in high demand, especially by the automotive industry. One reason for this: the high degree of reliability and fail-safe performance which the Ferag-developed system provides. In addition, flexibility, scalability, running costs and energy efficiency are among the decisive factors which tend to sell customers on this technology from Switzerland in very short order. Its outstanding performance in terms of energy efficiency derives from intelligent use of gravity, which means that the system has no need for drives on downhill stretches. In result, a Skyfall line needs only a few strategically positioned drives: around one per 80 metres of track length, on average. Fewer drives also mean lower running costs and virtually no production downtimes for maintenance or service.

Another Skyfall feature that makes this innovative overhead conveyor system a natural for the automotive industry: it allows a wide range of buffering and sorting functions in the third dimension, so that components such as bumpers, side skirts, wheel arch linings, door modules, centre console supports and dash panels are readily retrievable for downstream processing just-in-sequence.

A typical automotive use case is exemplified by the Skyfall lines that are going into operation at Dräxlmaier Group in Shenyang, Northeast China, as part of the modernization and expansion of its vehicle interior production facility there. Another example: in May of this year, a Skyfall installation for the production of dash panels started operating at Grupo Antolin’s Straubing site in Lower Bavaria. Shenyang manufactures injection moulded parts for dash panels, centre consoles and door trim panels. The Skyfall system there links together two core processes in the manufacture of interior components, namely injection moulding and subsequent finishing and assembly, in similar fashion to the installation at Straubing. Skyfall technology is also being used to increase efficiency at a renowned customer from France in his new plant in South Carolina, USA, where construction is due for completion by mid-2018. The Ferag system will then buffer and sequence plastic components exiting the paint shop, and feed them to the assembly stations.

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Ferag AG, with its headquarters at Hinwil in Switzerland, has for 60 years been known and respected for high quality, absolute dependability and perfect customer support. The traditional, family-owned company is seen as the undisputed market and technological leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of postpress processing systems. In addition, the company from the Zürcher Oberland is a specialist in innovative conveyor technology for the most varied industrial applications and goods distribution systems. Ferag has been very successful with its energy-efficient Skyfall system in sectors like e-commerce, intralogistic materials flow and packaging logistics. Like its affiliate companies Denipro AG, WRH Marketing AG with its 20 WRH Global subsidiaries, and PMC Print Media Corporation, Ferag is part of the Walter Reist Holding AG corporate group, which employs a staff of more than 800 worldwide.

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