Flow Production of Rotor Blades on STROTHMANN RoundTracks®


Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany – ENERCON has opened its first flow production line for rotor blades in Aurich, Germany. Transportation was implemented on the basis of RoundTrack® technology from the intra-logistics specialist STROTHMANN Machines & Handling. RoundTracks® enable precise positioning without posing a barrier for forklift trucks and thereby prevailed over standard rails and chain conveyors. ENERCON constructed mobile production platforms that transport two rotor blade halves each. STROTHMANN carried out the measurements, precise adjustment, and installation of the more than two kilometer long rail system, and supplied the wheel sets which are also components of the RoundTrack® trolleys designed by the automation company. ENERCON implemented the drive solution as well as hydraulic crossover mechanisms that enable the platforms to circulate through the factory.



Company Background

Based in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, STROTHMANN Machines & Handling GmbH provides automation solutions for mechanical engineering, automotive industry, aircraft assembly, wind energy industry, and other sectors. With a service range that includes the branches PressRoomAutomation, IndustrialAutomation, and ProductionLogistics, STROTHMANN develops and integrates entire new press lines and assembly lines as well as modernization projects in order to optimize production processes throughout the value added chain. Founded in 1976, the company offers a comprehensive program of handling technologies with a special focus on linear robots. STROTHMANN’s RoundTrack© technology, a rail system suitable for the shop floor, enables ideal logistics solutions particularly in heavy load applications. STROTHMANN belongs to the Siempelkamp Group and has sales partners on three continents, sales and service offices in North and South America, and a subsidiary in China.



Contact:

STROTHMANN

Machines & Handling GmbH

Martin Stahlberg

Altenkamp 11

33758 Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock

Germany

Tel.: +49.5207.9122-0

Fax: +49.5207.9122-196

e-mail: sales@strothmann.com

Internet: www.strothmann.com



North America Division

Donnie McCook

200 N. Cobb Parkway Suite 302

Marietta, GA

USA

Tel.: +1-770-424-4141

Fax: +1-770-424-4988

e-mail: d.mccook@strothmann.com

Internet: www.strothmann.com


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