Case Study - American engine convertor

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

Some years ago we were contacted by a Medium-size American company that converts truck engines to propane fuel for use in fork-lifts. They were about to invest in a new assembly line and wanted our experience and knowledge to be used in a new automated solution. This project was much more complicated than their previous projects and it had multiple models to handle, different operations and a faster cycle time. After some meetings we found an agreement and they decided to partner with us at EWAB Engineering. The goal was to reduce physical activity and load on the operators. Previously they moved engines hand by hand, but that created issues with ergonomics for the operators and was also ineffective for the production output. The main task now was to increase the number of operations and lower the cycle time compare to their traditional way to work with the engines. This had to be done whilst maintaining a controlled pace between the operators, reducing the manual handling and tracking the parts in the system.

Pictures from the installation

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Customer Products Engines to forklift trucks