EuroWire May 2019

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Maintenance helps prevent damage

WOB-Wessling Oberflächenveredelung GmbH (WOB) operates the largest special plant for contract coating in Europe. In a workshop of around 22,000m 2 , hanging cranes provide fully automatic transport for the parts weighing up to 9.5 tons. The plant includes several cable carriers from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp, which are inspected and serviced by the manufacturer as part of its exclusive maintenance service. This allows WOB to reduce risks and prevent downtimes. WOB mainly takes on cathodic dip coating (CDC) for commercial vehicles and for large automotive and machine components. The coating process is lengthy and comprises several stations. A hanging crane system equipped with six large cable carriers from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp transports the large, heavy components from station to station. “The cable carriers from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp have a high quality. But even the best product is not immune to wear,” said Sebastian Hüer. “To be on the safe side, we have now been using the MRO service from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp for some time.” Currently, the WOB plant is inspected annually. During this process, the engineers put all cable carriers through their paces – they move the cable carriers along the entire length and examine the cables and wear parts. Any defects, risks or optimisation potentials are identified and recorded for the customer in detail. In addition to this, the technical condition of all cable carriers is evaluated. On request, the work carried out is documented in maintenance

reports, which the customer can then use for in-house quality management or for certification purposes. The inspection is flexibly adapted to the customer’s schedules and requests: the engineers work at any time of day or night, including weekends and public holidays: ideally whenever the customer’s systems would be at a standstill anyway. The downtimes can be easily planned in this case – a good compromise if this means that unplanned downtimes, including unforeseeable financial consequences, can be prevented. Tsubaki Kabelschlepp GmbH – Germany Website : www.kabelschlepp.de WOB-Wessling Oberflächenveredelung GmbH – Germany Website : www.ktl-wob.com ▲ ▲ The plant for contract coating fromWOB-Wessling Oberflächenveredlung includes several cable carriers from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp, which are inspected and serviced by the manufacturer as part of its exclusive maintenance service

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