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Technology Day and Employees’ Day

Manually and power operated chucks

Training and Top 100

Issue 2 / 2011

Dear Readers,

the resources of producing companies are now once again being used to full capacity. This positive development has be-en based on a double effect. Demand worldwide is high, and the domestic economy is also providing positive stimulus.

The global economy and world trade are both continuing to grow rapidly. As an engine for the consumer demand of pri-vate households, employment is rising.

The rise in the price of energy and raw materials, on the other hand, and the increasing pressure of inflation worldwide do harbour risks for further economic recovery. The considerable price competition from low wage countries is another difficult factor.

So it is all the more important for us to score points with our quality, service and punctuality. We can only achieve this aim with the help of top-quality trained professionals. Here, though, demographic changes present us with a challenge. The race to acquire the best staff has been declared open. The lack of qualified specialists has long been a topical issue – and will be an increasingly burning issue in future.

RÖHM manufactures top-quality products, in Germany for the most part, and is a market leader in technological terms – not least thanks to its first-class well qualified staff. We are con-scious of our responsibility for the region and its people.

Our technically sophisticated and long-lasting products set us off from low-cost competitors.

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In the Innovation category we have just received the Top 100 seal of quality. This distinction makes us proud and once again underlines what a culture of innovation we have.

Current areas of emphasis are our ongoing international ex-pansion, the strengthening of our branches and intensive trai-ning programmes for our customers and employees.

RÖHM is in an excellent position to meet the future, and splendidly equipped for the challenges of tomorrow.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue of RÖHM News.

Yours sincerely

Michael Fried, Dr.-Ing.

CEO

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Contents

Technology Day / Employees’ Day:Impressions

New possibilities based on new solutions

Manually and power operated chucks:Setting new standards

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Training at RÖHM:Offering the best chances for your future

Service:Your RÖHM products in the best hands

19Branches:RÖHM England

Top 100 seal of quality:An accolade for invention

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The CoE face driver: Not just for turning 09

16Hydraulic clamping device:Keeping setup times within limits

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RÖHM-CEO Michael Fried, Lothar Späth and Gunther Reinhart (from the top).

Impressions of Technology Day and Family Day

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On 8 July RÖHM held its first Technology Day.

The company was able on this occasion to welcome numerous

luminaries from the worlds of politics and industry – as well as

introducing its customers and the general public to new possibi-

lities in the field of workpiece and tool clamping.

RÖHM CEO Michael Fried gave an opening speech in which he em-

phasised the importance of restructuring for the company. Significant

improvements in delivery punctuality have been achieved through

breaking down RÖHM’s activities into seven sectors. Five of these ha-

ve their own production planning and NC programming department.

The drill chuck sector moreover includes both design and sales. Other

areas of emphasis are the consistent and ongoing development of

internationalisation and the trade sales channel. In the world of glo-

bal competition companies in high-wage countries can only survive

if they maintain their technological and qualitative head start and

continue to build on it consistently. Developments today need to be

precisely adjusted to the customer’s requirements. Customers are on-

ly prepared to pay for something that they really need, and above

all something that promises them competitive advantages. Improve-

ments and innovations are a matter of life and death. If you close

yourself to these, you are not giving yourself a chance on the market.

Kaiser Wilhelm II got it wrong when he said ‘I believe in the horse.

Cars are just a temporary craze.’

CEO Michael Fried welcomed two authorities in the field – Professor

Lothar Späth and Professor Gunther Reinhart.

Professor Reinhart, an expert in resource- efficient mechatronic pro-

cessing equipment, spoke about the future of production. 7.7 million

jobs in Germany are directly connected with production, and another

7.1 million are dependent on it. But when we look at the declining

birth figures, companies will have to get used to producing with fe-

wer staff in future. In this connection he stressed the importance of

automation. Product life cycles are becoming shorter all the time –

New possibilities based on new solutionsRÖHM’s Technology Day offered our customers a wealth of information. Professor Lothar Späth und Professor Gunther Reinhart were among the speakers.

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another factor that makes automation a necessity, if companies are

to succeed in maintaining themselves against the enormous price

pressures of the global markets. And besides, the dwindling number

of qualified specialists needs to be compensated. In order to achieve

this, it is already becoming important to take measures in the work-

place to ensure that ageing members of staff are still able to carry

out their tasks without any problem even when they get beyond 60.

Professor Lothar Späth’s talk emphasised the vast importance of small

companies. Small firms, by contrast with big industry, are particularly

loyal to their location. These ‘workshops for new ideas’ respond to

new challenges in a more rational way than the big industrial players

do. So in this area the relocation of production abroad tends to be

the exception rather than the rule, and is restricted to relatively insi-

gnificant mass products. In future very much greater efforts will be

needed if companies are to be able to maintain their position inter-

nationally, as product quality too is tending to reach a common level

everywhere.

Professor Späth pointed to the German dual training system as ‘a

great example’ for countries like China.

A number of detailed specialist lectures were given by external and

internal specialists on the subject of innovations, trends and highlights

in the field of clamping technology. Their talks illuminated the poten-

tial for manufacturing optimisation as well as highlighting systemati-

cally thought out special clamping solutions in all areas of production.

Plant tours offering informative insights into manufacturing opera-

tions provided the final touch to the day’s events.

Colourful programme at RÖHM’s Family Day

RÖHM welcomed around 5000 visitors on the occasion of its

Family Day, held on 9 July at its Sontheim/Brenz parent plant.

Employees and their families were able to enjoy a far-ranging

programme of events.

On this Saturday the visitors had the opportunity of viewing the ma-

nufacturing premises, finding out about complex production opera-

tions in detail and experiencing industrial manufacturing in the live.

On a tour of the different depart-

ments, a selection from RÖHM’s

range of products was put on view

and employees explained to the vi-

sitors the way in which the products

work. In the apprentices’ workshop

the trainees presented sample work-

pieces and showed the interested

visitors around the training centre.

Even the very small visitors had en-

tertainment provided – with face

painting, an artists’ corner, a carou-

sel and a bouncy castle. And a family

grand prix offered the opportunity of

winning attractive prizes.

Numerous local volunteers, finally, provided efficient catering for

the visitors.

CEO Michael Fried expressed his pleasure at the overwhelming re-

sponse, and thanked the many helpers in all areas whose personal

commitment had made the day such a complete success.

RÖHM’s Family Day of-fered information and entertainment for both young and old.

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Only creative and far-sighted companies with a sense for the sha-pe of things to come have made it into the circle of the 100 most innovative small firms. In 2011 RÖHM achieves this distinction, receiving from Lothar Späth the Top 100 Seal of Quality at the Baltic seaside resort of Warnemünde.

As the first and hitherto the only supplier, the traditional company has brought a series of electromechanical clamping systems on the market which are largely capable of replacing the hydraulic drives of the past. This successful innovation going by the name of e-QUIPMENT is the result of a research and development project which has been going on for two years, and has secured the company, which was founded in the year 1909, a competitive advantage – this in view of the fact that the innovative clamping systems from Sontheim work more rapidly and more accurately than their hydraulic predecessors. The compact design also saves space, and maintenance is reduced to a minimum, as the need for cleaning and the replacement and disposal of hydraulic oil has been completely dispensed with. Moreover the machine is energy-

efficient, as the electric motors use energy only ‘on demand’ – only, that is, when a movement is being carried out. Over several months the Vienna University of Economics and Business investigated the innovation credentials of a total of 272 small to medi-um-sized companies in Germany. The hundred best, including RÖHM,

are awarded a seal of quality for a year. ‘Creative ideas and a fresh approach to thinking are more than just a way for us to boost our turnover. We are actually passionate about the matter and would like to make things happen. We are proud of this award, which shows that it is really worth it when we all pull together on one rope,’ said CEO Michael Fried.

The 100 small to medium-sized firms which won the seal of quality in 2011 achieved a combined turnover of 11.2 billion euros last year. 769 nati-

onal and 1865 inter-national patents were registered for the first time in 2010 alone. 48 of the 100 compa-nies are the natio-nal number one in their industry, and 19 are even global market leaders.

Award for the spirit of invention at RÖHM

At the handover of the prize (from the left): RÖHM CEO Michael Fried and Pro-fessor Lothar Späth.

The RÖHM company receives the Top 100 seal of quality –

mentor Lothar Späth expresses his congratulations

RÖHM is treading new paths in the field of clamping technology. The Top 100 award is a con-firmation of our stra-tegy.

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The increasing reliance on multifunctional processing centres calls for clamping tools that cover the entire processing range. The latest face driver from RÖHM is notable for the fact that as well as classic turning it is also capable of milling applications..

Because a nut or a toothed cog system can now be milled, there is no need to retrofit the machine, by converting it to a vice for example. This results in considerable saving of time and costs as well as a noti-ceable increase in productivity.Copious series of trials have demonstrated that the surface roughness values when milling with the CoE face driver are comparable with the

processing results using a vice. The CoE has been developed on the basis of a modular principle, so that the driving plates and bullnose centres can be changed to suit any configuration. The mechanical pressure compensation results in a consistent clamping force even when the faces of the workpiece are uneven. As a result of the sprung bullnose centre, the length stop occurs on the face. Of course the CoE – like all other face drivers from RÖHM – is also ideally suited to the intelligent turning of workpieces along their entire length, without reclamping, to a high standard of precision.

Not just for turning – the CoE face driver

Milling trial at a processing centre: the surface roughness values are comparable to those achieved when working with a vice.

Result:

- Face driver for turning and milling

- Compensating driving plates with

radial freedom of movement

- No vibrations

- Sprung bull-nose centre

- Stable and consistent length stop

- Easy mechanical compensation

of the driving plates

- Highly accurate concentricity

- Clamping diameter Ø 8 to 80 mm

- Easy maintenance

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Manually and power operated turning chucksIn the increasingly intensive competition on the market, RÖHM

products have been setting standards in their class. Just one ex-

ample is to be seen in our manually and power operated turning

chucks. The everyday routine of a turning workshop would be practi-

cally unthinkable without these sophisticated and proven tools.

Even after decades of use, our turning chucks and power

chucks still have the properties typical-ly associated with RÖHM – high clam-ping strength, precisi-on and ease of ope-

ration.Manufacturers of tur-

ning machines and pro-cessing centres are aware

of the benefits, and equip their machines with RÖHM’s

premium technology right from the factory.

With the aim of continuing to live up to these high expectations, we

are always working on the further development of our products. Here

the main emphasis is on maximum benefit to the customer and length

of service life. Precision and economy achieve a perfect harmony – in

the end, it is a matter of making the best use of all the possibilities of

the machines currently to be found on the market.

The variety of processing requirements for individual or serial manuf-

acture calls for a wide range of chuck and cylinder designs. These can

be intelligently combined for the use envisaged so as to give rise to

the most economical clamping tool.

If the shape or dimensions of the workpiece or the special processing

requirements mean that the clamping task cannot be met on the basis

of a standard design, we can put the experience of our design and

manufacturing divisions, which has been accumulated over decades,

to solving the problem.

Users all over the world quite consciously opt for RÖHM’s quality pro-

ducts, as breakdowns caused by faulty mechanical equipment are so-

mething that no one can afford in the world of today. Consistently optimised: the DURO-T manual clamping chuck.

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DURO-NCSE power chuck (top left) and KFD (bottom left) and DURO manual clamping chuck (right): tried and tested for rough every-day use.

Result:

- High clamping force, accuracy

and ease of operation

- Standard and special chucks

covering an infinite range of

different applications

- Top quality promising decades of

unproblematic use

- Makes an ideal combination with

RÖHM’s clamping cylinders

As a system supplier, RÖHM also of course provides the appropriate clamping cylinders for power chucks. The picture shows clamping pistons and flanges for clamping cylinders.

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RÖHM sees the training of young people as a special corporate and social responsibility. At our German sites of Sontheim and Dillingen alone, another 31 new trainees (including 8 students of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University)will be

starting their training.

During their training at RÖHM young people can look forward

to cordial relations with other team members and exciting tasks.

Besides learning basic skills, they acquire an in-depth knowledge

of plant operations and their future areas of work. The passing

on of professional expertise, use of one’s own initiative and eco-

nomic thinking are all important pillars of the training offered

by RÖHM.

We lay a major emphasis on the linking of theory and practice. Right

from the start of their work at the training centre, young people are

involved in practical projects, and later on in manufacturing opera-

tions as well. They are thus able to acquire direct hands-on expe-

rience. In-house seminars convey not only professional expertise but

also social and personal skills.

Trainees can choose from seven different career paths (see informati-on box on page 14). As was the case last year, in Germany most new trainees are sought for in the technical professions. School leavers who are taking a college course in parallel can choose between a dual or a cooperative study scheme.

RÖHM’s longstanding partnership with local schools was recently confirmed by an educational partnership agreement. The aim of this partnership is to support young people in choosing a profession and strengthen their technical and scientific qualifications.

School students are frequently invited to visit the workplace, tour the plant or take up work experience placements. Career presentations tell the young people about the various training options, permit them to obtain direct and hands-on experience and show them what they can expect in the professional world. In addition, a project has now

First-class training for the best future opportunitiesWhether young people are interested in technical or commercial aspects, a training course with RÖHM opens the door to many professional prospects.

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been set up under the heading of ‘Nature and Technology in the Firm’, offering syste-matic insights into the work of an industrial company.

Girls’ Day at Röhm gives young women a first chance of finding out about training paths which are generally thought of as a male preserve. ‘We were able to show the girls attending how interesting, exciting and many-sided a training course at RÖHM can be,’ said the training directors Uli Steeger, Marc Blank and Joachim Jahn.

RÖHM’s excellent performance in the trai-ning field has been repeatedly acknowledged by the Chamber of In-dustry and Commerce. A young technician who trained in Dillingen as an industrial mechanic was even singled out as the ‘best in the country’ and received the personal congratulations of Federal Chan-cellor Angela Merkel.

Whether it is a matter of finding out how to handle CNC machines or assembly technique - the young people learn the necessary skills from the ground up so that they will be fully equipped for coping with later professional life and using the tools of the trade.

The project ‘Nature and Technology in the Firm’ gives students from the region the opportunity of finding out about different training and career paths (in the background: RÖHM’s head of training Uli Steeger, Werner Hopfenziz, craft teacher at the Sontheim school and Rainer Schulz, head teacher of the Sontheim school).

‘We would like young people to get acquainted with technology and the natural sciences from an early stage, and develop a genuine enthusiasm for these subjects,’ says CEO Michael Fried. Their early introduction to technology should also waken their interest in the possibility of future training.

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Anita Fischle and Bernd Brachert are trainees at RÖHM’s Sont-

heim plant. They are learning the trade of a cutting machine

operator. They are highly satisfied with the training course, as

they told us in the following interview.

Why did you choose this profession? .

Bernd Brachert: Because I’ve always been interested in technology,

both at school and at home. And it’s an exciting profession – the

tasks of a cutting machine operator got me interested. Besides, I en-

joy working with metal.

What exactly does the training consist in? .

Anita Fischle: We learn the fundamental principles of working with

metal, as well as CNC programming, technical drawing, how to ope-

rate turning, milling and grinding equipment and some elements of

quality control. In addition, we get seconded to different divisions so

as to get to know the structure of the company.

Bernd Brachert and Anita Fischle, trainees at RÖHM.

What do you like best about it? .Bernd Brachert: The new Training Centre is really first class. It’s friend-ly and has the most modern equipment.

Anita Fischle: Our teachers lay a lot of emphasis on working on your own initiative, but of course they are there whenever we need help. There’s a good atmosphere at the plant so it is really fun to work

here.

What is the exciting thing about training at RÖHM? .

Anita Fischle: The challenge of manufacturing lots

of new and complex parts is something I find sti-

mulating. As a result of the wide variety of products

involved, you can develop a profound knowledge of

the world of clamping technology.

What qualifications do you need to

have for this profession? .

Bernd Brachert: Technical understanding, the ability

to work on your own initiative, team spirit and a

good school-leaving qualification.

Training paths

RÖHM offers young people a wide variety of attractive career paths:

- Industrial mechanic specialising in machine and system engineering

- Cutting machine operator specialising in milling and turning machine systems

- Machine / plant operator

- Industrial businessman / businesswoman with DHBW (Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University)

- Bachelor of Arts, specialising in industry

- DHBW Bachelor of Engineering, specialising in mechanical engineering

- Cooperative study of mechanical engineering based on the ‘Ulm model’

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Products from RÖHM are easy to maintain and are not liable to

wear and tear. Nonetheless, in the course of their long life they

may eventually be due for an overhaul if they are to continue

producing the best possible results.

Our Service Division has experienced staff to maintain your RÖHM

products to the highest professional standards – even long after a

product series has been discontinued. You have a right to expect the

best quality of service. As we see it, nothing is more important than

your satisfaction.

Your RÖHM products in the best hands

Result:

- Ideal professional servicing of all RÖHM products

- Rapid and economical service

- Prolonged working life

Ideal professional repairs: our Service Division will look after your RÖHM pro-ducts, whether it is a matter of maintenance or advice.

Almost as good as new: the inner works of a completely overhauled DURO turning chuck dating from the year 1993.

All RÖHM products are designed for a long working life

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drill four holes, previously three clampings and two machines were required. A clamping device developed by the RÖHM specialists in Sontheim now makes it possible for processing to be carried out in a single clamping on just one machine. Besides doing away with the necessity of two time-consuming setup procedures, the processing itself has been reduced by a third. Michael Zeller, who is responsible for chip loosening production operations, recalls the first beginnings of the project: ‘For the smaller claws, we built our own clamping de-vices. But as considerably greater forces come into play with the big components, which can weigh up to eight kilos, we wanted to take advice from a specialist. So we approached various manufacturers at the AMB trade fair in 2008. RÖHM’s people were the only ones who were able to come up with a solution immediately.

A single clamping position and just one machine are all it takes.

Chip loosening procedures like rough machining, milling and drilling supplement the central processing operations of the global market

The technological and global market leader for top quality

chains and structural elements, RUD in Aalen, also offers shorte-

ning claws in its product range, with which sling chains designed

for the lifting of loads can be adjusted to any length required.

Made of a special high-grade steel, the tested safety compo-

nents are first forged, then milled and drilled. These complex

operations used to involve several clampings and a number of

different machines. Now with the help of a specially developed

clamping device from RÖHM, the process has been simplified

and it all goes a lot quicker.

‘Above all when it is a matter of the tricky manufacture of receiver pockets, the new clamping device has made things very much easier,’ stresses Ulrich Kinzler, a team leader and machine operator at RUD’s universal processing centre. For about a year now, RUD’s VIP shorte-ning claws for VIP chains 20 and 22 have been manufactured on the four-axis processing centre. In order to mill the receiver pockets and

A device developed by RÖHM clamps big shortening claws for chains. This enabled the chain specialist RUD to cut processing time by a third as well as dispensing with additional setup time.

Keeping setup times within limits

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slit between the pockets.

Drill holes and bolts help prevent error

It takes a total of eight further steps to produce the drill holes for a bolt, the locking pin (spring dowel pin) and a locking bolt with sprung bearings. The locking bolt will later prevent the suspended chain from working itself loose, whether or not it is carrying a load. To do this spot-faces are rough-machined, counterbores drilled and the drill ho-les cut to the exact diameter.

The drill holes have to be ultra-precise and made to measure, becau-se they fulfil an additional safety function. They make an important contribution to the use of chains and shortening claws in combination by preventing the possibility of error. In view of the fact that only the right bolts will fit into the drill holes, it necessarily follows that only the matching claw can be used with the correct chain.

‘The use of a 20 shortening claw with a 22 chain, or the other

way around, isn’t ever going to be possible. Excessive stress on

the chain as a result of incorrectly derived loads is completely ruled

leader for round steel chains. Key skills in the production of chain sy-stems and components in all shapes and sizes, and for a wide variety of uses, include reshaping, welding, thermal treatment and surface technology.

And yet – in the production of shortening claws the forged unfinis-hed components are brought into their final form by means of milling and drilling operations.

The shortening claws make it possible for users to shorten what are known as sling chains for lashing and lifting tasks on a continuous chain strand at any point and to any length that may be required. They are attached to the matching chain without risk of being mislaid and can be used in a 1-strand, 2-strand or 4-strand application.

The shortening claws for RUD’s VIP sling chains in sizes 20 and 22 are forged from ultra-hard tempered CrNiMo high-grade steel, before being processed in Aalen. They can later be used without any risk of a mix-up for the chains with chain links of 20 or 22 mm thick steel, so the top-quality products, which are capable of lifting 16 or 20 tons, can be shortened at any point that may be required. With their forgery-proof and unmistakable VIP seal of quality (fool-proof in pink or in bossed relief ), the bright pink powder-coated products catch the eye immediately whenever they are used.

Combination of standard elements and special solutions

For the clamping of the unfinished components, RÖHM’s designers

developed two clamping devices. These are installed on an angular

clamping module made by RUD. ‘We were able to use cost-effective

standard elements as the basis of the system, on which we then

installed the specially made elements for the form-fitted clamping

jaws,’ explains Norbert Schrenk, RÖHM’s technical consultant. Two

unfinished parts are practically laid on their side in a form-fitted way

and securely clamped for the entire processing with the help of a me-

chanical force amplifier providing up to 60 kN of clamping force. ‘The

lateral position turned out to be the ideal solution for the complica-

ted milling and drilling operations involved,’ declares RÖHM designer

Werner Eggenmüller.

Thousands of these shortening claws are manufactured by RUD every year in several quite small batch sizes at different times, depending on incoming orders and the level of stock in hand. The company uses a processing centre from Maho which was completely overhauled in 2007, with an SK 50 tool holder, an infra-red measuring sensor, an automatic swivel head and an NC round table. With 36 tool posi-tions and four gear settings, the flexibility that is indispensable to the manufacture of the parts can be achieved. The receiver pockets that are to be milled mirror the form of the chain links which will later be

carefully suspended there.

This means that the receiver pockets actually bear the entire load of the material. Of course the shortening claw cannot be allowed to impair the bearing capacity of the chain, let alone present any kind of safety hazard. The final contour of the pockets is achieved through two milling operations using special milling tools. The first stage of milling the pocket is carried out by an indexable insert disk milling machine with eight cutting edges, before a special radius shaft milling machine with four cutting edges produces the final form. An indexa-ble insert die cutting mill with two cutting edges then produces the

The clamping device from RÖHM has reduced the pure processing time for a workpiece from 54 to 36 minutes (33%). But as now all the processing steps can be carried out on just one machine, two setup procedures less are needed – a major contribution to increased efficiency.

With the tricky business of making the receiver pockets, RÖHM’s clamping device simplifies the process considerably. The lateral position turned out to be the ideal solution for the complicating milling and drilling operations involved.

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out,’ Zeller explains. Anyone who has

studied the safety regulations of the

professional associations in connec-

tion with the lifting of loads is well

aware of the standards such products

must measure up to.

After each processing step the NC round table swivels through 180°, and the second pre-clamped part can be processed. The pure processing ti-me for a workpiece has been reduced from 54 to 36 minutes, a saving of 33%. ‘But as we can now carry out all the processing steps on just one ma-chine, and RÖHM’s clamping device saves us two setup procedures, the ef-ficiency gained is of course even more,’ Kinzler states.

Efficiency gains well in excess of 33 percent

The shortening claws are forged from high-grade CrNiMo steel before being processed. They can later be used with the chains at any point without risk of error, so that the top-quality chains can be shortened at any point that is desired.

Your contact at RÖHM:

Werner Eggenmüller, Design Division, Dillingen plant, werner.eggenmueller@roehm.biz Norbert Schrenk, RÖHM Technical Consultant, norbert.schrenk@roehm.biz

The clamping device supplied by RÖHM’s specialists is the central ele-ment for process optimisation in this instance. The cost could still be kept quite modest. Schrenk explains the reason for this: ‘As a result of the combination

of standard elements with the special jaws on the one hand, and our working together with RUD’s people to make the base plate on the other, a practical solution could be achieved without breaking the bank.’ Zeller too takes a positive view: ‘We were very pleased with RÖHM’s flexibility – particularly their readiness to let RUD’s people contribute to the solution.

For the clamping RÖHM developed two clamping devices which are mounted on an angular clamping module. The specially made clamping jaws are installed on a base consisting of cost-effective standard elements.

Result:

- Clamping device for milling and drilling receiver

pockets (shortening claws)

- RÖHM’s solution reduces the processing time by 33

percent

- In addition two setup procedures can now be

dispensed with

- A single clamping and just one machine are all it takes

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The company moved into its premises in Kingston upon Thames in 2004.

Right from the time when it was first founded back in 1959, the company has been selling RÖHM’s products as a sole agency. In 1977 it was rechristened as RÖHM GB Ltd., and in 1989 the branch finally became a hundred percent subsidiary of RÖHM GmbH.

RÖHM GB Ltd. has a wide and varied customer base: the network of dealers in the UK is very well organised, and most product sales and queries in the field of clamping technology are generated ma-nually by way of these companies, both with dealer groups and with independent traders.

Our UK office has 10 employees and service technicians for commis-sioning and maintaining equipment. The staff look after the interests of more than 400 active customers in a wide range of different production firms.

Managing Director Barry Long sums up the situation: ‘Together with our design offices and production sites in Sontheim/Brenz, Dillingen and St. Georgen, we have been successful in maintaining our posi-tion as one of the world leading producers of clamping technology for tools and workpieces. What with the rising competitive pressures from Chinese and East European firms, we can’t afford to lose sight of our long-term customers, who know that they can count on the quality and reliability of RÖHM’s products.’

In the half century and more since it was founded, RÖHM England has continually expanded its customer base. This includes the majo-rity of companies in the automotive industry and their component suppliers. Machine tool manufacturers regularly order both standard and special tools from RÖHM.

RÖHM England: part of the scenery for more than 50 years

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Editorial office: F. Heiler, P. Eitel, G. Lindenmayer

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Result:

- As well as the proverbial RÖHM quality, great emphasis

is laid on close customer relations, reliable handling of

orders and after sales service

- Continuous expansion of the customer base

- Close partnership with the company’s production sites

in Germany

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