SUPPLEMENT ENCLOSURES & ENCLOSURE FURNITURE Enclosure samples keep projects on schedule
By delivering samples for custom enclosure designs with a 24-hour turnaround, customers are able to compress their project times while also helping ensure optimum designs. Chris Lloyd, managing director, explains how Spelsberg is achieving such a fast turnaround
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ne of the biggest issues of most engineering projects is time management,
avoiding delays and their almost inevitable knock-on effects. Aware that a series of small delays can add up over the course of a project and result in the final deadline being missed, Spelsberg assessed the possibility of offering next day delivery of sample custom electrical enclosures. Previously, the company had typically produced such samples at the end of the week. Although this was probably the fastest service available in the UK, the company could see that with some reorganisation it could greatly improve on this service. Spelsberg’s first decision was to dedicate one of its CNC machining centres to the production of samples. The samples have priority on this machine, but it can also be used for other duties. When considering how to staff the station, the company quickly realised that the best solution would be to rotate people though the function, so that everybody became
proficient in the process and its special needs. Not only do the staff have to set up and operate the CNC, they also do the subsequent assembly, where the seals, glands, lid and other parts are added to the enclosure and the electrical components are mounted within. There is a special mind-set needed, in that the samples absolutely have to be ready for timely dispatch. In reality this is not very different from the normal procedure, but there
is the need to guarantee completion on time. Having designed a method to produce next day samples, Spelsberg put it into practice and over the coming weeks and months, tweaked and honed it until it was running smoothly. The company wanted to make sure it could offer the service on all its ranges and sizes of enclosures. The staff also wanted to experience a wide range of requirements, even those unusual needs that only pop up very occasionally, so they monitored their efforts until they thought they had handled just about every scenario. As the company’s confidence grew, it rolled out the service to more and more customers. Now it is available to everyone and most people are using it. Spelsberg have a steady workload of samples that it produces to a deadline, offering overnight delivery to engineers and project managers across the UK.
Spelsberg
www.spelsberg.co.uk
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