Commissioning within one year

After a major fire, Mühlhoff Umformtechnik starts production on a new 2,000-ton press

Göppingen/Uedem, March 22, 2021 – Within six months, Schuler Service repaired two machines damaged in a fire at Mühlhoff Umformtechnik. Now part production on a new 2,000-ton press from the TSD series can also start on time at the automotive supplier in Uedem, Germany: In the record-breaking time of just twelve months, Schuler delivered the line, assembled it at the customer's site, and quickly commissioned it so that production downtime was kept to a minimum.

Because the drive components with long delivery times were already in access, Schuler was able to shorten the time to commissioning by a quarter of a year – and this despite the fact that the experts on site had to contend with challenges such as the foundation, which was designed for the previous and significantly smaller 800-ton line. "With our decades of experience in press construction and the necessary flexibility, we always succeed in overcoming even such challenges," says Schuler managing director Frank Klingemann.

"We had been discussing such an investment for some time," reports Christian Pennekamp, production and project manager at Mühlhoff. "When we could no longer manufacture from one day to the next, this future-oriented step was implemented." The courage has paid off: orders have already been received for the largest system to date at the supplier and the run on the system continues to be great, says Matthias Stockmans, head of sales and development.

Mühlhoff managing directors Markus Wermers and Pascal Hagemann also attached great importance to the latest technologies. The line features some solutions from Schuler's "Digital Suite" for process monitoring and predictive maintenance.

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