Series production
8,000 hydraulic hose lines per week are manufactured at the HANSA‑FLEX location in Košice in Slovakia for Hamm’s HD and Euro series. There they are picked in advance for specific machines and put together as kits customised for preassembly and production cycle assembly operations. The Hamm material number, which HANSA‑FLEX embosses on the sleeves, indicates exactly where each hose line is to be installed. “All hose assemblies are shipped in pallets with push-on frames, in which each kit is separated from the others by a cardboard box,” is how Andrea Albrecht, Managing Director of HANSA‑FLEX Slovakia, explains the procedure. When the goods reach the customer, three HANSA‑FLEX employees store the hose lines on the Kanban shelving. “We deliver our hose lines directly to the assembly line, structured according to the individual operating process. This not only eliminates the time-consuming search for components, but also the need for intermediate storage,” Albrecht adds. To ensure that the required goods are available at the roller manufacturer’s production facility at the right time, the hose line assemblies are called off according to delivery schedules. “Our truck makes regular trips from Košice to Tirschenreuth to deliver the ordered goods,” says Albrecht.