Edition 57 (Jan-Mar, 2020)

LiSEC• 2
storage racks, but also with 13
additional storage spaces for internal
loader frames. Following delivery by
the glass supplier, the raw glass sheets
can be collected directly and fully
automatically from these frames by the
gantry loading system and fed to the
glass cutting systems.
Two sorting systems are fed by
highly automated glass cutting and
breaking lines. These sorting systems
offer the advantage that glass is stored
in a “wastage optimised” manner, and
feeding the downstream machines
can take place on the other side in the
required sequence.
At the time, the sorting system for
Lumon was the first of its kind to leave
Austria in the direction of a customer
site.
In 2015 / 2016, a new LiSEC
lamination system followed.
Competent and reliable
project execution
In 2019, the starting signal was
sounded for the new project with an
overall investment volume of EUR
16 million, which included not only
the construction of a new hall and its
equipment with machinery, but also
investments in the remaining machine
suite and the software systems.
The most recently completed
investment project consisted of a
second new gantry loading system and
a further automatic cutting line with
automatic X and Y break-out devices.
A second sorting system was also
installed, which is integrated in the
system line on both the inlet and outlet
side by shuttles.
Vertical transport sections and a
tilting table perform the automatic
loading of a “double-edger”.
Furthermore, the sorting system also
facilitates the individual discharging
and feeding of production runs for both
manual and semi-automatic processing
steps with a separate inlet and outlet.
Despite certain challenges with
respect to the different floor levels in
the new and old sections of the hall,
commissioning and start-up of the
sorting system took place faultlessly,
providing a further indication of
competent and reliable project
execution.
“We have developed a very good
mutual understanding with LiSEC,
from the outset of our cooperation
in 2007. And that was why we got in
contact with LiSEC once again for this
new project. The bottom line is that
LiSEC, as a company, does the same
as us: it seeks close proximity to the
customer, and it attempts to listen and
understand the customer, and to find
a solution. The project management
worked extremely well with us
throughout this recent project,”
enthuses Pekka Oikarinen, the
manager responsible for investments at
Lumon.
The project also brings back positive
memories for the colleagues at LiSEC.
“The optimum progression of the
project – on time and in budget – can
be clearly attributed in this case to
extremely good technical preparation
by the customer and the good
cooperation of both project teams,”
explains Stefan Putschögl, the LiSEC
project manager responsible. During
this project, he was confronted not only
with a very tight schedule but also with
challenges arising due to the delayed
completion of the new hall.
The successful collaboration
between the LiSEC project
management and the company’s
own project management was based
in particular on close coordination,
as well as regular meetings and
consultations – directly on the
construction site and also via digital
media.
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