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12 Features STROTHMANN facility at Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, Westphalia, Germany Company Background W. STROTHMANN GmbH & Co. KG has been a force of innovation in transport and handling facilities ever since the company was founded in 1976. With 86 employees worldwide, STROTHMANN manufactures linear and rotary robotic components and systems, including end of arm tooling, employed for handling a host of materials in a wide variety of process applications. STROTHMANN feeders and shuttles are typically used in sheet metal destacking and stacking, bodyshop transfers, part and pallet racking and stacking, inter-press automation, linear and gantry robots for transferring parts and machine tool load and unload systems. STROTHMANN is also the inventor of the patented Round Rail Floor System. Due to an extremely low rolling resistance, it allows for simple and inexpensive planar transport of large loads within a production site. Running on concave roller profiles, even 10 ton devices can easily be moved by hand by a single person along a round track protruding only millimeters from the floor. advantages have gotten around millimeters from the ground, in the meantime, I don’t expect and is therefore no hindrance any more mix-ups”, Mr. Clark to persons or vehicles. believes. Cleaning is also simple. Ever since its introduction, On the RoundTrack the system has proven its suit- The RoundTrack floor rail ability for daily use, be it at the system also embraces the KISS- Airbus facilities in Hamburg / principle. Key elements are a Germany, where body parts of round rail made from hardened up to 25 tons are moved via and polished steel, and rollers carts of about 69 ft. length, or with a “gothic-arch-shaped at various press lines for metal profile”, which together pro- sheet and die transport. Here, vide for an extremely low the combination of rolling resistance and high RoundTrack-based blank carts durability. One single person and fast destackers ensures a can move 10 tons of equip- STROTHMANN is continuous “head of line” material feed. ment by hand, the right partner Whenever classical and carts with geared motors can carry to get things moving quicker band-conveyors are not applicable, the RoundRail system can be weights up to 50 and smoother used to establish flow tons. The system production assembly is easy to install: An aluminum lines and improve in-house profile is inset and cast flush logistics. The international oper- with the floor, in which the ating Trumpf Company, which round rods are laid in. With is well known for its machine crossover tracks and platforms, tools and laser technology, man- a complete logistical concept aged to further improve produc- can be designed around the tivity and quality by introduc- system. The round upper edge ing a RoundTrack-based flow of the rail protrudes only a few production system. German American Trade · Vol. 15 · No. 3
The STROTHMANN way Finding and implementing effective solutions in machine engineering and handling technology is STROTHMANN’s key competence. Derek P. Clark: “Being able to run a press line at almost the theoretical limit of the maximum stroke rate because of improved handling and tooling, or to rely upon logistics tailored to the requirements of the manufacturing process is a major advantage in competition. With its expertise and ongoing history of innovation, STROTHMANN is the right partner to get things moving quicker and smoother – that’s what we want to be known for.” Contact: STROTHMANN Machines & Handling Derek Clark Altenkamp 5 D-33758 Schloss Holte- Stukenbrock Fon: +49 5207 / 9122-50 Fax: +49 5207 / 9122-96 e-mail: d.clark@STROTHMANN.com www.STROTHMANN.com Magnetic Shuttle with tooling Features German American Trade · Vol. 15 · No. 3 13
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