Leading central heating boiler manufacturer Baxi Heating UK has reduced the floor space occupied by two of its assembly lines by 33 per cent by switching to modular Lean Tek workstations and lineside storage supplied by the Tube & Bracket Company. The new assembly lines have been introduced as part of Baxi Heating UK’s lean manufacturing programme which is enabling the company to improve overall production quality and introduce highly flexible manufacturing to respond to changing market …
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Switching to modular Lean Tek workstations from The Tube & Bracket Company has enabled Emco Wheaton to introduce highly adaptable production cells as part of its ongoing lean manufacturing programme. The new self-contained production cells can be modified easily and rapidly to support changing manufacturing requirements and priorities and deliver continuous business improvement.
“We are aiming for maximum flexibility in manufacturing methods and what we manufacture so that we can adapt to…
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Lineside component handling flexibility and performance has been improved by luxury car maker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited following the introduction of modular adaptable trolleys supplied by The Tube & Bracket Company. The new trolleys have reduced space occupied by lineside storage while enhancing the ability of the manufacturer to handle an increasing number of components to support more options as its range of models continues to grow.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is currently produced i…
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As one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced technology systems and components, Denso provide many of the major car manufacturers with products ranging from electronic controls and radiators to filters and instrument panel clusters. The Telford factory is Denso’s European manufacturing site for the production of automotive air conditioning and heating systems.
In October 2003, as a result of new business from Europe and Japan, the volume of parts produced by DMUK’s press section in…
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Adopting lean manufacturing techniques supported by modular handling and storage equipment from The Tube & Bracket Company is helping leading drink cooling and dispense equipment supplier Scotsman Beverage Systems to reduce product lead times from six to two weeks. The company has also reduced lineside component stock levels by 85 per cent and factory downtime by 75 per cent while productivity has increased by more than 25 per cent. The Tube & Bracket Company supplied a number of live ra…
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Using the LeanTek system, supplied by the Tube & Bracket Company Limited, HUM associates built two mobile racks ready for loading and operation in under two hours. The racks, which measured 3m by 1.3m, had to be assembled in situ on the mezzanine deck. The parts were delivered in component form and easily transported to the deck ready for assembly.
Tube & Bracket Company technicians were on site to assist HUM staff as they built their racks from scratch for the first time. After a short t…
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Leading automotive switch manufacturer TRB Limited has selected The Tube & Bracket Company to supply the modular Lean Tek storage and handling equipment used extensively at its factory in North Wales to optimise lean manufacturing operations. TRB now receives overnight delivery of Lean Tek components and can implement rapid changes to storage and handling facilities at the lineside as part of its ongoing performance improvement programme. TRB estimates that utilising Lean Tek products ha…
