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Maximum flexibility during optimization: the A+W Control station for the processing line which enables auto-
Realtime Optimizer can be used until just before cutting matic processing at a single pass. The sheets are identified
begins to make changes, combine or replace items since the and production is i via bar code and all important information
labels are only printed by the printer on the cutting bridge is displayed on the A+W Production Terminal. The machine
and placed automatically right before cutting begins. operator has a view of the entire line via video control.

FLACHGLAS GROUP
From skyscrapers in London to local trains
(A-Train) in Texas, from Rail to Water
and internal to external. All from a strong
company with 4 different locations and more
than 1000 highly motivated employees. They were in charge of the introduction
of A+W Production: Glasprofi EDP
orders are pulled known to the system at all Manager Markus Heil and Sandra
apart, the sheets are times and this informa- Kugler, A+W Sales Central Europe, who
provides customer support for Glasprofi.
steered individually tion can be provided to
through production, the customer on request.
model, for this TG special- and reassembled again in All goods are also scanned
ist in the Upper Palatinate shipping. Here, the con- during loading. On the day AW Software GmbH
produces almost exclu- tinuous sheet tracing via before delivery, the cus-
sively small batches. Under production data collection tomer receives a file with
reigning market condi- ensures the greatest pro- information about which
tions, nobody can do this cess reliability. EDP Man- racks will be delivered with
any longer with manual ager Markus Heil: “With which products in which
machine programming and the A+W Production sys- sequence. Thus, Glasprofi’s
production organization. tem, we manage our com- most demanding custom-
plex product mix very flex- ers can plan better and save
MANAGING A ibly. No more sheets are valuable time, which given Am Pfahlgraben 4-10
COMPLEX PRODUCT lost. And there are almost the increasing competitive 35415 Pohlheim - Germany
MIX WITH EASE Tel: +49 – 6404 – 20510
no complaints. We pro- pressure in the ‘finished Fax: +49 – 6404 – 2051877
Due to the variety of fin- duce much greater quan- glass’ sector represents a Email: info@a-w.com
ishing techniques used, tities in the same amount significant competitive ad- www.a-w.com
Glasprofi’s production of time. In addition, cut- vantage.
depth is enormous: mod- ting has generally become In particular, after the last
ern sand blasting technol- more flexible and yield has update of the A+W Pro- Glashandelsgesellschaft h
ogy, screen printing, etch- increased significantly. The duction software, Glasprofi
ing, and fluted bevels are real-time optimization and fulfills many requirements Profi mbH
used to satisfy the most automatic breakage pool posed of an Industry 4.0
demanding customer re- also make a contribution operation/smart factory
quirements. Unusual sizes here – poor sheets are re- without having the man-
and side ratios are also no made immediately and can agement team make a big
problem for Glasprofi. frequently still be delivered fuss about this. Managing Nuernberger Strasse 140
Using A+W Production with the main order.” Director Achim Haag: “We 92533 Wernberg-Koeblitz
control software, the sheets Since the labels are scanned and our customers know Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 96 04 48-0
are pre-sorted in cutting at each production station, our strengths – it’s not our
Fax: +49 (0) 96 04 48-3 97
and fed into the respective the location and produc- style to talk about them all E-mail: info@flachglas.de
finishing stations. For this, tion status of each sheet is the time.” www.glasprofi.de

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