There´s festive mood at Mayer Maschinen baugesellschaft mbH: Since beginning of this year the new SILOKING SelfLine 4.0 vertical feed mixers have been successfully transferred into line production.
The development team of 15 engineers and technicians realized the rapid transition from the initial idea to series production in a record period of 16 months only.
In addition to the experienced engineering and assembly team on site, the specialists from engine manufacturer VOLVO PENTA, the cabin manufacturer and the hardware and software developers were involved in this performance.
“Making the SelfLine 4.0 fit for series production was a great challenge for us and our partners. About 70 per cent of the components are new developments or adjustments”, explains the general manager and company owner Georg Mayer. Accordingly, it was also necessary to adjust the entire KANBAN process and logistics of the production line. At the same time all the documentation had to be relaunched.
Already in 2009 the company has begun to switch over all product ranges on line production and optimize the process through modern management methods and tools of Lean Production and 5S-workplace organization for a high-quality production concept.
"These early investments are now paying off in further expansion and development of production and machines equipment oriented towards intelligent, networked manufacturing technology in line with industry 4.0 (internet of things)" Georg Mayer continued.
Positive customer feedback
Five of the new SILOKING SelfLine 4.0 self-propelled feed mixers are currently produced in the line at the plant in Tittmoning every week.
Ascending trend. Simultaneously, the assembly team has started also to integrate the new Self Line, 4.0 System 500+ feed mixer, presented first at the Agritechnica 2015, into the production line.
50 SelfLine 4.0 self-propelled vertical feed mixers have been delivered over the past 3 months to customers in Germany and Europe.
The feedback from farmers and trade regarding to the performance and efficiency of the new machines has been positive. In the coming months, the sale is focusing on Europe with the global rollout expected to begin in mid-2016.
