May 24, 2022

Manufacturer of drive and chassis components

170 fewer trips per day

Key Facts

Customer

ZF Friedrichshafen

Location

Friedrichshafen

Branch

Drive and chassis components

Number of employees

157.549

Initial situation

  • Delivery production by front loader
  • Transport of steel boxes
  • Limited space
  • Replenishment by one material dealer at each of six assembly lines
  • Waiting times on the assembly line
  • Inventory differences / incorrect planning
  • High traffic volume
  • High safety risk for employees

Customer request

  • Two frame car parking spaces
  • Front stackers to be successively removed from production
  • Effective tugger train system for material delivery
  • Due to limited space conditions: High tracking, Loading and unloading from both sides, Use of no more than two trailers at a time.

LKE solution

  • Virtual LKE coupling and drawbar system for optimum directional stability
  • Production supply by means of a forklift-free tugger system
  • Special-size Cargo-Liner cab car > Can be integrated into the existing customer system
  • Platform trolley type X > Supplement for transport in tugger train of customized steel crates

Cab car Cargo Liner SP2

Customized solution for the transport of frame trolleys with customized steel boxes

  • Two pitches
  • Central hand lever
  • Loading and unloading on both sides
  • Secured drawbar
  • Virtual coupling and drawbar system
  • Overrun protection on all rollers

Platform trolley type X

Individual solution for the transport of customized steel boxes

  • Two floors
  • Stackable
  • Loading and unloading on both sides
  • Secured drawbar
  • Virtual coupling and drawbar system
  • Overrun protection on all rollers

Virtual coupling and drawbar system

For easy handling

  • Optimum tracking accuracy
  • Simple foot operation
  • Self-locking drawbar ensures that the trailers do not uncouple in the compound

Result

  • Optimum directional stability due to the use of LKE coupling and drawbar system
  • 170 fewer trips due to the use of cargo liners
  • Cost reduction of 70,000 euros / year
  • Inventory differences eliminated
  • Reliable and timely delivery to the assembly stations
  • Accurate material planning
  • Time saving for material delivery
  • Reduced traffic volume
  • More security
  • Space saving

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