{"id":2476,"date":"2022-10-06T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2022-10-06T13:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:44:02","slug":"a-lesson-in-teamwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/a-lesson-in-teamwork\/","title":{"rendered":"A lesson in team\u00adwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actu\u00adally, we were all set to go \u2013 with the blister lines for pack\u00adaging a Covid drug prepped and ready for accep\u00adtance testing \u2013 were it not for one small detail: the blis\u00adters that rolled off the line had a small dent on the film side.<\/p>\n

The reason why the blis\u00adters were not up to scratch quickly became clear: the knocker units that dislodge the blis\u00adters from the suction belt were striking too hard. Little wonder given the maximum perfor\u00admance they have to deliver on a three-lane machine with a cycle rate of up to 700 blis\u00adters per minute. \u201cIt was basi\u00adcally just a cosmetic problem, the blis\u00adters were still seal-tight,\u201d explains Michael Mayer, Team Leader Coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion Projects & Assembly at Uhlmann. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t enough to satisfy our stan\u00addards.\u201d Tobias Ego, Head of Assembly Synchro\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adtion, took up the matter as coor\u00addi\u00adnator and, together with the Synchro\u00adniza\u00adtion Assembly and Custom Engi\u00adneering divi\u00adsions, began to search for a solu\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

Foam was the solu\u00adtion<\/h3>\n

The team quickly figured out what to do: The height of the knocker units had to be adjusted and addi\u00adtion\u00adally fitted with foam for damping. But speed was of the essence \u2013 as Design Engi\u00adneer Marco Zanker explains: \u201cWe managed, overnight, to produce the first plastic parts on the 3D printer. But the plastic parts from this rapid proto\u00adtyping process have a different center of gravity than the aluminum parts, which means that they also differ in terms of their impact force. So we had to approach the final design step by step.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The cross-divi\u00adsional team\u00adwork was incred\u00adibly good.<\/p>\n

Serhat Toykan, Director Manu\u00adfac\u00adturing Axito<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The team managed to master this chal\u00adlenge, too, and the story would have ended with an order being sent to Axito who manu\u00adfac\u00adtured the aluminum knocker units. But this was no ordi\u00adnary case, as Serhat Toykan, Director Manu\u00adfac\u00adturing at Axito, explains: \u201cAs it was both a very urgent and tricky job we were facing, we all got together to talk about how the different tasks should be shared. The cross-divi\u00adsional team\u00adwork was incred\u00adibly good, with Michael Mayer super\u00advising every\u00adthing, while, on Axito\u2019s side, our Head of Oper\u00ada\u00adtion Philipp Fleis\u00adcher and Andreas Hohnecker, Team Leader Oper\u00ada\u00adtions Control, took on the role of coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtors.\u201d Thanks to resourceful program\u00admers who coaxed as many \u201cstrikes\u201d as possible out of the machine made of a single block, Axito managed to produce the first batch overnight.<\/p>\n

But the team\u00adwork didn\u2019t end there. It wasn\u2019t just the produc\u00adtion time that was tricky, but also the damping elements, as Team Leader Assembly Synchro\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adtion Andreas Russ explains: \u201cThe foam pieces that were glued to the aluminum parts were two millime\u00adters too wide \u2013 in other words, too much to leave on and too little to be able to cut cleanly.\u201d<\/p>\n

They worked together on the \u201cknocker\u201d project (from left): Michael Mayer, Matthias H\u00f6tzinger, Simon-Norman Nitschke, Katha\u00adrina Henkel, Tobias Ego, Simon Schwarz, Dirk West\u00aden\u00adberger, Matthias Schenk, Marco Zanker and Wolf\u00adgang H\u00f6rmann (editor\u2019s note: project partic\u00adi\u00adpants who were unable to attend the photo session can be seen below).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indis\u00adpens\u00adable: our appren\u00adtices<\/h3>\n

The team decided to get the appren\u00adtice work\u00adshop on board for gluing and processing the foam pieces. Trainer Matthias H\u00f6tzinger imme\u00addi\u00adately set to work with the two appren\u00adtices, Matthias Schenk and Simon Schwarz. To ensure that the preci\u00adsion work could be carried out safely \u2013 without injuring fingers or damaging the aluminum \u2013 Marco Zanker and the appren\u00adtice work\u00adshop quickly designed protec\u00adtive devices for the sanding blocks, which they then printed using the 3D rapid proto\u00adtyping process. \u201cIt\u2019s so much fun working with these young people because they are just as keen to help opti\u00admize the parts,\u201d says Zanker. And H\u00f6tzinger is also full of praise for his trainees: \u201cThey spent a week trim\u00adming the foam, gluing the 360 parts, sanding the rubber, and cleaning the parts without a grumble. And because it had to be done so quickly, there was no room for error. But it was a valu\u00adable project in that it showed them that gluing parts is also impor\u00adtant, and that we all pull together.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, it took three working days to get the first batch of 120 parts sent to our customers. And the team has learned just how effec\u00adtive cross-company team\u00adwork can be. Coor\u00addi\u00adnator Michael Mayer sums it up like this: \u201cWhat this story shows is that by working together we can make a differ\u00adence and make the seem\u00adingly impos\u00adsible possible. Whether you look at the design, produc\u00adtion, booking in and out, or trans\u00adporta\u00adtion of the parts, it was, in every respect, a great collab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive effort that helped our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The main players in this \u201cknocker\u201d project were:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AXITO:<\/span> Serhat Toykan (Director Manu\u00adfac\u00adturing), Philipp Fleis\u00adcher (Head of Oper\u00ada\u00adtion), Andreas Hohnecker (Team Leader Oper\u00ada\u00adtions Control), Edin Lihovic (Oper\u00ada\u00adtions Planner), Wolf\u00adgang H\u00f6rmann (Oper\u00ada\u00adtions Planner) Program\u00adming: Herbert W\u00e4spy; machine oper\u00ada\u00adtors: Florian Egle, Mehmet Mutluer, Elvis Arnau\u00adtovic, Karl Wicker, Stefan Locher<\/p>\n

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Serhat Toykan <\/strong>Director Manu\u00adfacuring<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Philipp Fleis\u00adcher<\/strong>Head of Oper\u00ada\u00adtion<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Andreas Hohneker<\/strong>Team Leader Oper\u00ada\u00adtions Control<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Edin Lihovic<\/strong>Oper\u00ada\u00adtions Planner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Herbert W\u00e4spy<\/strong>Program\u00admierung<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Florian Egle<\/strong>Maschi\u00adnenbe\u00addi\u00adener<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Mehmet Mutluer<\/strong>Maschi\u00adnenbe\u00addi\u00adener<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Elvis Arnau\u00adtovic<\/strong>Maschi\u00adnenbe\u00addi\u00adener<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Karl Wicker<\/strong>Maschi\u00adnenbe\u00addi\u00adener<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Stefan Locher<\/strong>Maschi\u00adnenbe\u00addi\u00adener<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Assembly:<\/span> Tobias Ego (Head of Assembly Synchro\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adtion), Dirk West\u00aden\u00adberger (Assembly Tech\u00adni\u00adcian), Andreas Russ (Team Leader Assembly Synchro\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adtion)<\/p>\n

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Andreas Ru\u00df<\/strong>Team Leader Assembly Synchro\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adtion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Custom Engi\u00adneering:<\/span> Marco Zanker (Design Engi\u00adneer)<\/p>\n

Appren\u00adtice work\u00adshop:<\/span> Matthias H\u00f6tzinger (Voca\u00adtional Trainer), Matthias Schenk (mecha\u00adtronics engi\u00adneer), and Simon Schwarz (\u2018Ulm Model\u2019 Elec\u00adtrical Engi\u00adneering)<\/p>\n

Plan\u00adning & Control:<\/span> Michael Mayer (Team Leader Coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion Projects & Assembly) and Michael Mayer (Coor\u00addi\u00adnator Projects & Assembly)<\/p>\n

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Michael Mayer<\/strong>Coor\u00addi\u00adnator Projects & Assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

SCM:<\/span> Katha\u00adrina Henkel (Team Leader Commer\u00adcial Parts), Simon-Norman Nitschke (Head of Oper\u00ada\u00adtional Procure\u00adment)<\/p>\n

WE:<\/span> Katha\u00adrina K\u00f6nig (Commer\u00adcial Ware\u00adhouse Specialist)<\/p>\n

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Katha\u00adrina K\u00f6nig<\/strong>Commer\u00adcial Ware\u00adhouse Specialist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Vehicle fleet:<\/span> Clemens Habdank (driver)<\/p>\n

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Clemens Habdank<\/strong>Driver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Building 360 special parts for key machinery at record speed \u2013 even in the middle of the vaca\u00adtion season? Colleagues from Uhlmann, Axito and the appren\u00adtice work\u00adshop proved this summer that it can be done. [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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