Producing Rotor Shafts on a Fully Automated Line

Cooperation often begins in an early phase: Customers can clarify the design drawings of their component with EMAG in advance to enable a production process that is as lean and reliable as possible. In the end, the companies get a perfect production system, which sets benchmarks for cycle times, but at the same time exhibits a high level of stability and production reliability.

The principle "one face to the customer" always applies throughout. An experienced contact at EMAG discusses the requirements of the entire production solution with the customer – including machines that don’t come from EMAG, but might still form part of the complete process chain. EMAG takes care of each and every element of the production solution and works out its specifications. This means customers save a great deal of capacity during the quotation phase – and have a central contact for the subsequent order processing.

Example of a solution for a two-piece rotor shaft

This results in impressive processes – such as the following fully automated production line example for a two-piece rotor shaft. Its production capacity is about 360,000 parts per year. A total of eight operations are involved, all executed by EMAG machines. The individual machines and stations are automated and interlinked by robots, loading gantries, pallet conveyors, and EMAG’s own TrackMotion system.