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When I worked for Renold Chains Ltd where all factory handling was either overhead conveyor ,platform trucks with special work pallets or FLT's,I got sent to Germany to another chain manufacture they had recently bought,Arnold & Stolzenburg GMBH in Eibeck ( a fabulous Bierstadt).
This clever company had integrated all the chain assembly machinery into one machine ( called a relay) which not only produced completed chain continually but in required lengths & "proofloaded" each length automatically then wound each length into a coil.
Whereas,Renold used at least 3 machines plus the final assembly relay plus separate "proof loading",as they could guarantee perfect quality by separate inspections-the Germans had incorporated sensors to eliminate this problem.( there is a lot more to it than this simplistic view)
The factory mechanical handling consisted of metal work boxes which were pulled around the factory floor by workforce members on steel bars set in the concrete using long steel hooks onto the box handles.This was in 1964 !
This clever company had integrated all the chain assembly machinery into one machine ( called a relay) which not only produced completed chain continually but in required lengths & "proofloaded" each length automatically then wound each length into a coil.
Whereas,Renold used at least 3 machines plus the final assembly relay plus separate "proof loading",as they could guarantee perfect quality by separate inspections-the Germans had incorporated sensors to eliminate this problem.( there is a lot more to it than this simplistic view)
The factory mechanical handling consisted of metal work boxes which were pulled around the factory floor by workforce members on steel bars set in the concrete using long steel hooks onto the box handles.This was in 1964 !
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