ARKU InfoMAX UK 16 - ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH

Levelers like pearls on a string
ARKU is extending its assembly capacity and taking on new staff – New market potential thanks
to HiCap PLUS high-capacity levelers with cassette-change-system
Baden-Baden – 2007 was a
record-breaking year for the
German machinery and plant
manufacturing industry. According
to the German Engineering
Federation (VDMA), the sector
experienced a turnover increase
of about 13 percent. Doubledigit
growth rates have not been
seen since 1969. The sector had
more good news with the
creation of 50,000 new jobs during
the past year. In 2008, the
industry is filled with optimism
rooted in forecasts for an additional
5 percent growth and
10,000 more new jobs. (Source
VDMA)
ARKU has kept up with the
German machinery and plant
manufacturing industry in 2007.
The German machine builder
saw order intake and turnover
grow by more than 15 percent.
ARKU also had considerable
personal growth.
Full order books and an increasing
demand for high-capacity
levelers marked the start of the
new year for ARKU! In
Baden-Baden, precision levelers
are being produced nearly non-
stop. The range extends from
small levelers for the clock and
watch industry to the great
juggernauts for thick flame-cut
parts. From feeder straighteners
in press lines, to high-capacity
levelers for steel service
centers, the assembly shop is
busier than ever. With 1,000
square meters of expansion
completed in 2003, plans for
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Parts Levelers · Cut-to-length and punching lines · Press feeding lines · Coil preparation lines for roll formers
A high-capacity leveler HiCap PLUS with cassette changing-system in the final assembly.
Levelers – as far as the eye can see.
more expansion are being painstakingly
forged to meet higher
production demand.
A large percentage of the levelers
currently being assembled
in Baden-Baden will replace old
levelers in existing plants.
Older levelers are often unable
to achieve the increased tolerance
requirements or process
high-strength material. The
integration of a new leveler into
an existing coil line can be an
excellent alternative to replacing
the whole line. The latest development
ot the German leveling
specialist is the HiCap PLUS
high-capacity leveler. The new
range is equipped with a special
cassette-change-system.
This makes it possible to use cassettes
with sets of leveling rollers
with different diameters. As a
result, a wider range of sheet
thickness can be covered. This
is particularly effective when
processing high-strength sheets.
Cut-to-length lines previously
equipped with two levelers in
tandem – to cover a wider
range of sheet thickness – can
now get by with one leveler.
Therefore the user saves
valuable space and investment
costs.
The ARKU HiCap PLUS highperformance
leveler shown in
the picture will be used in
the company HFS' newly extended
service centre in Hagen,
Germany.
You will find more information
on the Internet at www.arku.com,
www.hfs-hagen.de
Customer-portrait:
Palfinger AG
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No. 31 · 16 th year, April 2008
After 16 years and 40 total
issues in German, English
and French, we have given
the InfoMax a dynamic
new look!
We have revitalized our
customer magazine to suit
the reading habits of today's
internet generation while
becoming more colourful at
the same time.
We have maintained the
style of the presentation –
short and to the point for
high-speed readers.
We look forward to receiving
your comments at
marketing@arku.de
We hope the InfoMax will
inspire you to new ideas!
ARKU President Albert Reiss
Quotation
Truth is
what stands
the test of
experience
(Albert Einstein)

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FlatMaster
levels flame-cut parts
in France
Nearly 80 percent of Devillers parts
will be processed on the FlatMaster
Special precision leveler
for aircraft industry
ARKU EcoMaster special leveler
for aircraft sheet metal parts goes to China
ARKU-Ticker
An ARKU FlatMaster 120
used at Devillers.
Mr. Albert Reiss, ARKU President,
in the middle of the HAIG delegation in Baden-Baden.
Hericourt – Devillers Oxycoupage
is one of the largest flamecutting
companies in France.
They currently employ more
than 500 people in plants in
France and Poland. The flamecutting
specialist processes more
than 65,000 tons of material
each year. Officials of Devillers
say they expect that number to
increase to more than 100,000
tons for 2009. This was one of
several reasons why Devillers
purchased a FlatMaster 120 in
2007.
The FlatMaster levels flame-cut
parts up to 35 mm in thickness.
Harbin – During a recent trip to
China, ARKU Sales Engineer,
Jürgen Metz visited Harbin Aircraft
Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
(HAIG) with representatives of
another interested company to
show them the EcoMaster.
The specialist in aircraft employs
about 27,000 people. As a
supplier to world renowned
aviation enterprises: Boeing and
Airbus, HAIG has become an
important supporter in the
aviation enterprise of China.
The aircraft industry requires the
use of specific high strength and
light weight materials. These
materials have to be processed
in a cooled status. As a result of
the low temperature, condensation
develops on the sheet
metal part to be processed. With
a standard leveler, this creates
a high risk of corrosion. The
Mr. Scheidecker ARKU Representative in France with Mrs. Devillers
and several other visitors at the ARKU booth of TolExpo, Paris.
For Devillers, that means nearly
80 percent of their parts will be
processed on the FlatMaster.
Devillers chose ARKU because of
the ability of the FlatMaster 120
to level such a wide range of
sheet metal thickness. The
precision leveler can handle
sheet metal parts ranging from
3 mm to 35 mm thick.
Quick change of the leveling
rollers provides another advantage.
Dirt and material residues
accumulating in the leveling unit
during daily production need to
be cleaned.
Thorough cleaning of the leveling
and backup rollers provides
ARKU EcoMaster for aircraft sheet metal parts in process at Harbin Aircraft Industry
(Group) Co., Ltd.
EcoMaster for aircraft parts
was designed especially for this
application. It has anticorrosive
elements which produce consistent
good leveling results –
especially in the case of cooled
intricate sheet metal parts.
User friendly and easy to
operate, the EcoMaster fit
consistent leveling results and
prevents damage caused by contamination
of the leveling unit.
When frequent changes are
required, considerable time
savings are achieved with the
RollerPickup.
With the quick change of the
leveling rollers, the leveler has
not to be dismounted for days
and is ready for the next shift
within a few hours. Devillers
Oxycoupage is convinced by the
FlatMaster. Due to this ARKU
will deliver a second ARKU
FlatMaster in April to Devillers
plant in Poland.
smoothly into the production
environment of HAIG.
HAIG chose to invest in the
EcoMaster after seeing a high
number of references from the
aircraft industry and great time
savings when compared to
manual straightening.
www.hafei.com
Hanover waits!
The sheet metal world returns to Hanover again this autumn. EuroBlech 2008 will be held at
the Hanover Exhibition Center October 21 st –25 th . ARKU will be back with more new surprises.
Not to give away any of the surprises now, but the ARKU exhibition bar will be serving up
refreshing fruit cocktails for interested visitors again.

Training workshop
on leveling for ARKU
representatives
ARKU CompactFeed
helps to form fineblanking
system solution!
Franck Hirschmann with operator Roy and
Senior Supervisor, Dave Jackson of Feintool System Parts, Cincinnati, OH-USA –
in front of an ARKU coil line with precision leveler.
KAIZEN
KAIZEN has been an important part of the ARKU company philosophy
since 2005. In 2007, in assembly and logistics a presentable success was
experienced. During the 5S campaign, ARKU achieved a target rate of 96%.
Baden-Baden – Remaining true
to the company creed, „Anyone
who no longer wants to be better
is no longer any good,“ training
and development plays a
key role at ARKU. The German
Cincinnati – Founded in
1959, and now in its 50 th year
developing fineblanking and
forming technology and systems,
Feintool is the global market
leader in total solutions for
presses, tools and peripheral systems.
Feintool has technology
centers on three continents –
production and sales facilities in
Europe, the U.S.A. and Japan
and a network of representatives
worldwide.
With more than 2000 fineblanking
systems in use around the world,
their goal is to provide advanced
technology solutions for maximum
benefit to the customer.
„ARKU helps us achieve our
goal to help customers meet
machine builder helps to train
representatives worldwide to
better answer the customers'
questions.
ARKU offers many training
courses, both internal and external,
to share its knowledge,
new product information and
current industry topics with new
employees, representatives and
customers. The leveling training
course for the Polish ARKU representatives
– POL-WELT from
Katowice – being run by sales
engineer Patric Jobst is a good
example. The leveling specialist
shares his experience with the
Polish delegation and familiar-
Mr. Ganczarek - General Manager of the
Polish ARKU representation in discussion
with Sales Engineers Andreas Hellriegel,
Patric Jobst and leveling specialist
Johannes Schmitt.
A Feintool System Parts operator listens to Franck Hirschmann,Vice-President ARKU Coil Systems, Cincinnati, OH-USA.
their production requirements,“
said Lars Reich, Vice President,
Feintool Equipment Corporation,
Cincinnati, OH-USA.
„They integrate seamlessly into
our production equipment. They
are plug-n-play.“
During a long and successful partnership
with ARKU, Feintool
has integrated several ARKU
CompactFeed press feeding
lines into fineblanking presses.
ARKU's automation concepts
help reduce coil change times to
less than five minutes with
the CompactFeed straightener
feeder.The jaw opening straightening
unit allows quick implementation
of new strips into the
feeder straightener.
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izes them with ARKU technology.
Using practical examples
in the leveling center demonstrates
the results levelers are capable
of achieving; a successful
combination of theory and practice.
The presentation on basic
principles of roller leveling is
also a favorite of customers.
There is always a selection of
machines available for trial purposes
in the leveling center at
Baden-Baden. Besides internal
seminars and training courses
for ARKU customers, leveling
trials with customer-specific
parts are also held here. The
leveling center is available
specifically for this purpose.
If you are interested in
training courses, please contact
service@arku.de
„The advanced technology of
the ARKU CompactFeed line
also makes roller changes and
cleaning quick and easy,“ said
Dave Jackson, Production Floor
Senior Supervisor, Feintool
System Parts, Cincinnati, OH-
USA. „They listen to our ideas
and design the system to meet
our needs.“
Feintool offers their customers
competitive advantages in today's
highly competitive market
place – from material feed to the
finished quality part. ARKU is
proud of the long lasting partnership
with Feintool.
www.feintool-USA.com
www.feintool.com
ARKU on Trade fairs in Russia and Poland
From May 26 th –31 st ARKU will exhibit at the Metalloobrabotka 2008 –
international exhibition for Equipment, Instruments and Tools for the Metal-
Working Industry – in Moscow. Already from June 9 th –12 th the leveling specialist
will again present a FlatMaster at the Mach Tool 2008 in Posen, Poland.

Friedrichsbad
Traditional bathing
experience in
Baden-Baden
The Friedrichsbad fits very
well with the broad range of
culture and tradition in Baden-
Baden. Not only is the architecture
very impressive, but it
is also rich in history. Built
between 1869 and 1877, its
origins trace all the way back
to the Roman Empire. The
twelve hot springs that supply
Personality
Andreas
Hellriegel
Since summer 2002, Andreas
Hellriegel strengthens the
ARKU Team. He joined
ARKU after completing his
academic studies in industrial
engineering at the university
of applied science in Karls-
the Friedrichsbad today are the
same ones used by the Romans
2000 years ago. Known for its
health benefits, the Roman and
Irish bathing cultures were
combined in the Friedrichsbad
to create a harmonized integrated
bathing concept. The
unique combination of vapour
bath and thermal-bath; along
with the monumental architecture
of the Friedrichsbad often
served as a source of inspiration
to visitors.
More information is available
at: www.carasana.com
ruhe, Germany. The young industrial
engineer has completed
an 18 month trainee
program and then worked in
marketing. Hellriegel moved
to the sales department in
early 2006 where his first concern
was Key-Accounts.
Today he is part of ARKU
sales force with emphasis on
parts levelers and cut-to-length
lines.
Andreas is not only a wellknown
team player at work.
In his leisure time, he is a
passionate handball player.
Though it takes nearly an hour
to get to Nordheim from
Baden-Baden, whenever time
permits, he continues to be a
loyal team-mate to his long
time team there.
For more than 75 years, the
name Palfinger has been synonymous
with innovative lifting,
loading and handling solutions
at the hub of the distribution
chain. Headquartered in Salzburg,
Austria, Palfinger is a multi-national
company with production
and assembly sites in Europe,
North and South America and in
Asia. More than 1500 sales-andservice
offices in over 125 coun-
tries on all 5 continents provides
easy access for all customers.
Established in1932,the company
has a long history as a leader
among international manufacturers
of hydraulic lifting,
loading and handling systems.
Richard Palfinger originally
founded a repair and fitter's
workshop for agricultural trailers,
tippers and vehicle bodies, but
it didn't take long before
Palfinger built its first crane.
In 1964 the Austrian specialist
laid the foundation for a new era
by focusing on hydraulic truck
loading cranes. Palfinger is recognized
as the world leader in the
knuckle-boom loading crane
market. With about 150 models,
and a market share of 30 percent,
the PALFINGER Group is not
only the market leader, but also
highly regarded as the leader in
technology for the industry. In
the portable lifts market, the
CRAYLER product is also a
world leader for PALFINGER.
Palfinger AG
FlatMaster provides flat flame-cut parts in
Bulgaria and Slovenia
Over the years the product line
has grown steadily with products
like the RATCLIFF and
MBB tail-lifts, and the BISON
truck mounted aerial work platform.
Innovation, globalization,
service and product diversification
are the strategic pillars
of the corporate mission. As a
result, continuous product improvement,
easy access for customers
on all continents and
Johannes Schmitt,ARKU leveling specialist with Mr. Drdak of the Palfinger AG during leveling trials.
freedom from regional economic
fluctuations is assured.
Serving the customer is top priority
for Palfinger. Their primary
mission is to help customers all
around the world succeed by
developing products and services
to deliver “perfect service”
to the customer. Dealers and
customers from all over the world
can meet at the new Service and
Demonstration Center where
they receive first-hand training
and the latest information on
products, services and the company.
This is a perfect example
of the company's commitment
to serving the customer first.
In 2007 ARKU delivered two
FlatMaster parts levelers to the
Palfinger Group. These two precision
levelers for flame-cut
parts are used in manufacturing
plants in Bulgaria and Slowenia.
They provide on-site accuracy
in flatness of the flame-cut parts
needed for the production of
lifting, loading and handling
solutions. ARKU is proud to
have the confidence of the
Palfinger Group.
PALFINGER AG
Franz-Wolfram-Scherer-
Straße 24
A-5101 Bergheim/ Salzburg
Austria
www.palfinger.com
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or heavy machinery.
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