Solutions

Automatic control of traverse winders when using different spools and different steel widths. The main aim is the reduction of resetting times.

Material feed and pocket-type conveyor need to be precisely synchronized

L+B was to develop a solution for controlling the embossing roller test machine permitting both user-friendly verification of customer requirements and documentation of the results.

Aim:

• Increased machine productivity
• Enhanced user friendliness
• Easy re-setting

Replacement of antiquated, analog measurement method for determining quantities, with the requirement that existing components be integrated.

Aim: 

• increased flexibility
• shorter resetting times

The control system for the press used to manufacture expanded gratings was to be converted from a mechanical to an electrical solution.

Aim: 

• Increased flexibility 
• Shorter resetting times

An existing press was to be retrofitted to state-of-the-art technology.

Aim: 

• Increased stroke rate 
• More flexible programming and operation with shorter setting times

Bags of varying width are produced from continuous film tubing by sealing and cutting using a sealing bar. The maximum possible output rate was around 67 bags per minute. The mechanical-hydraulic (see animation below) drive was to be replaced by an electronic drive.

Aim: 

• Increased productivity
• Enhanced usability
• Shorter resetting times for different bag widths

Up to 70,000 returnable bottles per hour has been filling up by the world's largest bottling plant at the Bitburger brewery since 2004.

The plant bottles the beer at 192 filling stations - and can be readily reset to handle a range of different bottle formats. Even at high number of cycles the bottles have to go trough the bottling plant "in an orderly manner".

Pipelines carrying liquid raw materials over long distances are buried up to 800 meters deep. Whether below ground or under water, the pipelines are exposed to severe stresses. A failure in one of these pipelines would result in an environmental disaster. The weld seams and other potential weak points are checked using robots which inspect the pipe wall from the inside using ultrasound. These robots are equipped with small sensors to enable the exact position of any flaw to be pinpointed. The pressures inside these pipelines are high, however, so sensors need to be particularly rugged to operate in this environment.

A redundant sensor system was needed for an icebreaker. The externally mounted electric drives are housed in a gondola under the hull of the ship and are supplied by a mechanically decoupled power unit located inside the ship. In these conditions, the sensor system is exposed to temperature fluctuations, dirt and condensation as well as to extremely strong electromagnetic fields.

As prime contractor, Lenord + Bauer is equipping the vehicle elevators in car parks with electronic control systems to automate the parking and retrieval of vehicles.

Aim: 

• Automation of car park logistics

The outdated control system for the circular saw was to be given a cost-effective, long-term upgrade.

Aim: 

• Future-proofed solution

The plates for a lead battery are to be picked up and transported by a cam chain. The cam has to connect with the rear edge of the lead plate without damaging it.