Heavy loads

In-house transport and handling processes can give rise to high – and unnecessary – costs. Those costs can be reduced by rational automation of such processes, while flexibility when the workload varies can be increased and, ultimately, competitiveness on the market decisively improved. The high level of automation in German companies is among the determinant advantages of their location.

A prerequisite for optimum implementation of such projects is a competent partner with many years of experience and a fully tried and tested range of components. This argument clearly speaks in favour of the tailor-made, high-quality solutions provided by H+H Herrmann + Hieber.

The basis of any such project at H+H is careful planning, aimed at an optimum result which takes full account of the customer’s wishes and specifications. Quite often the defined final condition is reached in several stages matched to one another in a way that gives priority to uninterrupted production.

Experience from numerous projects shows that at the conclusion of any project the customer is provided with an individual internal logistical system tailor-made for his requirements. As a rule, “off-the-peg” solutions do not lead to satisfactory results. The forms that such logistics solutions can take, is indicated by the project reports presented here.

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Project reports

Aluminium Laufen AG
Extrusion operation at the highest level
In 2006 Aluminium Laufen replaced its old 16-MN extrusion press with a new 27-MN machine. A sophisticated internal logistics system has allowed the plant’s capacity to be increased and its economy to be improved.

apt Hiller GmbH
Automated section transport
in a rapidly expanding extrusion plant
In the extrusion plant of apt Hiller GmbH in Monheim the planned production increase would not have been possible without a fully automated section transport system.

Gerhardi Alutechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Optimum material flow between two levels
When Gerhardi Alutechnik installed a second extrusion line with extrusion load 33 MN, H+H was given responsibility for automating the material flow system. The project included a newly developed de-stacking unit for two packing stations.

Gutmann AG
On the way to the top group of extrusion plants
As part of a comprehensive modernisation programme, Gutmann AG in Weißenburg, Bavaria, has redesigned and automated the section transport system at the plant. This has resulted in a substantial increase of productivity.

Hydro Aluminium Uphusen GmbH
Closed cycle
Herrmann + Hieber has automated the material flow at Hydro Aluminium Uphusen, from the presses to the packing zone. The packing area itself has been rationally integrated into the material flow system, with the installation of three partially automated packing lines.

Pandolfo Alluminio S.p.A.
A textbook extrusion plant
At the Italian extrusion specialist Pandolfo Alluminio, Herrmann + Hieber completed a comprehensive modernisation and extension programme over the period 2003 to 2005, from the planning stage to implementation, in several construction stages. The result sets new standards in the branch.

ProfilGruppen AB
Automated material transport
in a two-level section store
For logistical modernisation at the extrusion plant of ProfilGruppen AB in Aseda, Sweden, the difficult starting situation demanded an unconventional solution.