Planetary wheel carrier machining at Voith Turbo

Voith, based in Garching, Germany, has been manufacturing planetary gear carriers for bus transmissions using a unique, robotic manufacturing plant for more than two years. The core elements of this plant are two Heckert T45 five-axis multifunctional machining centres with turning function. These enable the entire machining process to be carried out in just two clamping positions. The effect is tremendous: in comparison to the previously used conventional manufacturing process which used a total of nine machines, the space required has been reduced to one quarter, machining times have been reduced by 30%, and each component requires only 20% of the previous throughput time.
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