CPT International 02/2019

COMPANY
sand is required every day – and it has
to be moved by pneumatic vessel conveyor:
from the sand silos to the sand
mixers which, as a result of the hall’s
infrastructure, had to be specially modified
so that they could stand on the
floor. Then the sand flows via more
pneumatic vessel conveyors to the
core-shooting machines in Hall 1. The
filling level of the silos will in future be
networked with the sand suppliers to
secure the sand supply to the silos at all
times. After hardening of the cores in
the core-shooting machines they are
transported to the climatized depot,
where nine different core types are stored
with the help of an ERP system.
Whereby expertise on the storability of
inorganic cores is also used and taken
into account when selecting the storage
spaces. In view of the sensitive climatizing
situation the depot at Inacore is
not only monitored by the company’s
own team – there is also real-time networking
with the BMW depot, resulting
in transparency on both sides, intended
to optimize production reliability and
collaboration.
The partners also consider quality
very important: they have invested
more than 200,000 euros in quality
assurance equipment. This includes a
laboratory core-shooting machine for
determining sand quality, the quality of
the mix, and core breaking strength, as
well as a measurement system by Zeiss,
Oberkochen, Germany, with which,
among other things, measurements are
carried out as proof provided by the
supplier for the customer. The sand
grain size is also determined in the
laboratory. The average grain size at
Inacore is 0.32 micrometers. There is
also a small furnace available for moisture
measurement.
Employee discussions in the production hall. More than 30 personnel are currently
working at Inacore.
Inacore to increase process
understanding
Production could start in Ergoldsbach
shortly before the sampling took place
in early December 2017. 30 core packages
were sent off to BMW punctually –
and they met the carmaker’s requirements.
The gambit had worked, and
machine and plant constructors
R. Scheuchl GmbH and Laempe Mössner
Sinto had become core-makers. The two
partners deliberately exceeded their traditional
business fields in machine and
plant construction in order to gain operator
expertise. “The demands have
increased; process understanding is
required nowadays. How can one plan
plants without understanding the
details?” asks Andreas Mössner, adding:
“We want to understand the daily activities,
and thus also improve the machines.”
Another motivation for the investment
by Laempe and Scheuchl, however,
was undoubtedly to win the order
from BMW. But the new company does
not want to be dependent on a single
OEM so it is currently acquiring more
customers for the high-tech core shop.
All those involved in the new company
are confident about its future
pros pects, as became clear during the
opening ceremony in September 2018.
The founders of R. Scheuchl GmbH
attended, alongside high-ranking guests
from the worlds of politics and commerce.
Finally, the BMW team was also
screened in the production hall. The
men in the BMW waistcoats were showing
solidarity with the Inacore team –
and were thus also celebrating an exemplary
collaboration between supplier
and customer.
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