Fit for the future: Using potential analysis to optimize and automate work processes at Ortrander Eisenhütte GmbH

Ortrander Eisenhütte GmbH has been supplying thin-walled, weight-saving quality castings for over 130 years. A company that is characterized by tradition and quality, yet always wants to keep up with the times and pursue constant further development as a self-imposed goal.

A year of many changes lies behind Ortrander Eisenhütte GmbH. Working together in the area of factory planning, these innovations were clearly and comprehensibly formulated and calculated in a master plan. The approach is to integrate a transport system that automates the assembled ovens for painting and transports them to the final assembly line via a subsequent drying line. The planning objective was to optimize work processes, significantly improve ergonomics and increase output.

In the first step, the existing work processes were recorded during the analysis phase, potentials were included in an optimization list and this created the basis for further planning. In the planning phase, the first concept variants of the transport system were developed in 3D and the preferred variant was approved together with the customer. During the implementation phase, a specification sheet based on the developed transport system was created and put out to tender on the market. We supported Ortrander Eisenhütte GmbH with the technical bid comparisons up to the awarding of the contract.