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What is a corkscrew doing in a forklift?

Christian Strauch | 12. August 2019

Any kind of corkscrew is not exactly welcome in the forklift: Either the cable corkscrew (effect): Then the maintenance engineer is not exactly happy,  … or else one finds the classic corkscrew in the driver’s cabin: In that case the boss is not amused, but he may still assume that the forklift driver is a […]

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Lean Management

What is Lean Management and how do you work lean?

Beke Nieszytka | 6. August 2019

Lean management is an approach to continuous process optimisation. It includes the efficient design of the entire value chain.

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Seal for plain bearings: What are the approaches available?

Uwe Sund | 5. August 2019

Too much dirt in the bearing? Basically, many plain bearings – depending on the type – are much less sensitive to dirt than rolling bearings. But as it often happens, if it’s too much, it’s too much. At the latest when the entire bearing clearance is filled with dirt, no one is wondering about problems. […]

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Donwtimes

3 Tips on how to reduce downtimes in the manufacturing process

Beke Nieszytka | 2. August 2019

Downtime is the period of time in which the production equipment is offline or is not available for the manufacturing process as it requires maintenance or is defective.

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Time savings

Throughput time and its significance for your production

Beke Nieszytka | 2. August 2019

Throughput time is one of the most important parameters in industrial production. It is a reflection of cost, quality and delivery time.

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