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Speed and throughput are key requirements for automat- ing automotive powertrain manufacturing, noted Alois Mundt, managing director, Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Kempten, Germany). “That is one issue,” Mundt said, “but the more important thing is reliability, reliability, reliability.” Automation accounts for about €60 million of Liebherr’s annual turnover (to- tal revenue), Mundt said, and automo- tive powertrain automation represents roughly 70% of the company’s automa- tion turnover. “Nowadays, most of our program is automation of powertrain in the automotive industry, so we do mate- rial handling for big players in automo- tive,” he said. The company builds auto- mation including gantry-style loaders for blocks, heads, crankshafts, camshafts, converter cases, and gearboxes. For automotive powertrain, traceabil- ity is very important, noted Mundt. Many companies try to compete in automat- ing automotive powertrain, Mundt said, but have difficulty providing the high reliability required by powertrain suppli- ers. “The big ones stay with the known suppliers, the big players,” Mundt said, “because they need reliability, and the system has to run 10–15 years.” In working with the Detroit Three,
Liebherr has installed roughly 14 miles of gantries in North America, said Peter Wi- edemann, president, Liebherr Gear Tech- nology Inc. (Saline, MI). The company’s systems have been highly installed at GM, Ford and Chrysler, and at truck and heavy equipment builders. In automotive, Liebherr integrates its gantry systems with its own conveyor technology as well as incorporating conveyor systems from partners. If required, the automation packages can be upgraded with robotic bin-picking systems to simplify loading of the lines with rough parts.
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