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RK Easywork-Workplaces for Lean ProductionThe Swiss company Bircher Reglomat AG implements its philosophy of "Lean Production" with impressive consistency. It requires a lot of attention to detail to harmonise all production sequences while allowing that each employee has competency and responsibility. Therefore, investments in technical equipment must meet special demands. Assembly of pressure wave switches in One-Piece-FlowThe specialist for pressure-sensitive and contactless sensors does not only develop its products for automatic doors and gates but also for the field of public transport and industrial technology. Even-tempered dynamicsThe process can be described most appropriately with even-tempered dynamics. The components are mounted and checked for functioning at the standing workplace without hectic but with continuous energy. "In a sitting position, such an efficiency would be unimaginable." the production manager comments. RK EasyworkBrigitte Nüssle, the responsible person for the assembly of the DW-switches, saw the workplace system during a trade fair at the stand of the Phoenix Mecano Komponenten AG and was convinced of the functionality, the stability and the design. Back in her office, she activated the online-configurator on the manufacturer's homepage and tried several workplace variants. Online-ConfiguratorVia Internet - it is not necessary to download software - the visitor is lead step by step through all possibilities of the configurator: www.rk-konfigurator.eu. Implementation and daily routineIn coordination with the production management, Brigitte Nüssle had the details checked again on site by experts of the Phoenix Mecano Komponenten AG. "The whole process of ordering, delivery and installation was as agreed and we could directly start the integration into our Lean Production system." Nüssle praises the smooth flow. Download:For easier inclusion into your editorial system, you get a zip file with texts and images here. Press contact:Daniel Oswald |








