24. May 2022

Manufacturer of drive and chassis components

170 fewer journeys per day

Key Facts

Customer

ZF Friedrichshafen

Location

Friedrichshafen

Industry

Drive and chassis components

Number of employees

157.549

Initial situation

  • Production delivery by front loader
  • Transportation of steel boxes
  • Limited spatial conditions
  • Replenishment by one material dealer on each of six assembly lines
  • Waiting times on the assembly line
  • Inventory differences / incorrect planning
  • High traffic volume
  • High safety risk for employees

Customer requirement

  • Two frame trolley parking spaces
  • Front stackers are to be gradually removed from production
  • Effective tugger train system for material delivery
  • Due to the limited space available: High directional stability, loading and unloading on both sides, use of no more than two trailers at the same time

LKE solution

  • Virtual LKE clutch and drawbar system for optimum directional stability
  • Production supply by means of a forklift-free tugger train system
  • Cargo-Liner cab trolley in special dimensions > Can be integrated into the existing customer system
  • Platform trolley type X > Supplement for transporting customer-specific steel crates in a tugger train

Cab car Cargo Liner SP2

Individual solution for transporting frame trolleys with customized steel boxes

  • Two parking spaces
  • Central hand lever
  • Loading and unloading on both sides
  • Secured drawbar
  • Virtual clutch and drawbar system
  • Overrun protection on all castors

Platform trolley type X

Individual solution for transporting customer-specific steel boxes

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

Virtual clutch and drawbar system

For easy handling

  • Optimum directional stability
  • Simple foot operation
  • Self-locking drawbar ensures that the trailers do not uncouple when connected

Result

  • Optimum directional stability thanks to the use of the LKE coupling and drawbar system
  • 170 fewer journeys thanks to the use of Cargo-Liners
  • Cost reduction of 70,000 euros / year
  • Inventory differences eliminated
  • Reliable and timely delivery to the assembly stations
  • Precise material planning
  • Time saving for material delivery
  • Reduced traffic volume
  • More security
  • Space saving
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