Quickly installed energy supply systems in a Waldrich Coburg gantry milling machine

• What was needed: readychain® customised energy chain
• Requirements: Short assembly times, everything from a single source, uncomplicated project implementation
• Industry: Machine tool construction
• Success for the customer: With readychain® energy supply, the company receives everything from a single source and directly from the manufacturer. The number of suppliers and orders could be reduced to a minimum with readychain®

The company Waldrich Coburg has specialised in the construction of portal milling machines, vertical turning machines and grinding machines and stands for high-quality systems.
Due to the size and complexity of the machines in the special machine construction sector, where everything revolves around turning, milling and grinding, and in a wide variety of machine sizes, Waldrich has always customised its machines to the customer's machining situation. This costs a lot of time and money. This is why the company has decided to build a portal milling machine in just one configuration - the "ValuTec".
For the new portal milling machine, the time frame for assembly was just under three weeks. Due to the size and complexity of the Waldrich Coburg machines, assembly times of three months or more are normal. Of course, this reduction can only work with the right conditions and with the help of the right suppliers.

For the ValuTec milling machine, Waldrich Coburg is using pre-assembled readychain® energy supply systems from igus® for the first time. In addition to the energy chain, Waldrich is also using the chainflex® single cables and the guide trough in which the energy supply runs.
The energy supply system used in the milling machine consists of more than 8,000 individual parts, which had to be brought together at the right time and delivered on time. igus® took over the procurement of all the necessary individual parts for the customer, right up to the delivery of the ready-to-install energy supply system. This made the costs transparent for Waldrich Coburg.
Whereas the machine manufacturer previously had one supplier for each individual part, the chain, the cable and the hose systems, with the corresponding logistical effort, Waldrich Coburg now receives everything from a single source with pre-assembled readychain® energy supply from igus® - directly from the manufacturer. Another advantage is that there is only one contact person at igus® instead of many different contacts to deal with when realising such a large project. The system responsibility lies entirely with igus®.