SEW Eurodrive

Limited space - Multiple levels

When a global drive technology company planned a new production facility in Sweden, space constraints called for a smarter approach. OCS responded by redesigning the internal material flow, using the full building height instead of floor space to increase capacity, improve safety, and reduce energy use within the site’s existing limits.

The most complex task lay in developing customized lifting units to transport goods between different levels in the factory, units that combined mechanical strength with operator safety.

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Velo De Ville

Custom Bike Production with OCS

VELO DE VILLE, a German family business, crafts high-quality, tailor-made bicycles in a batch size of one. As part of their production expansion, they partnered with OCS to streamline their complex assembly process for both bicycles and e-bikes.

With OCS’s flexible overhead conveyor system, they now benefit from a smart, automated layout that integrates their manual workstations, reduces unnecessary transport, and connects directly to their ERP system. The result? A highly efficient, just-in-time production flow – capable of delivering fully customized bikes from over 1,000,000 configuration options in just 48 hours.

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Airbus

Faster turnaround time and increased production

Airbus in France is along with Boeing one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers. In 2017, they delivered more than 700 aircraft. For assembly stations in Toulouse we have supplied conveyor systems to four new assembly lines.

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Bohemia Bike

Improved production of bikes and e-bikes

Leader Fox is the traditional Czech bike manufacturer, located in Czech Republic. Leader Fox belongs to the Bohemia Bike Group and designs and manufactures a range of different bikes and e-bikes for both adults and children.

The investment was made for a new assembly line, designed to improve the production processes of different types of bikes. The new assembly line saves valuable floor space in the production hall, offers improved working conditions for the operators and is much more ergonomic than their previous line.

Together with the customer, we came up with the most suitable solutions for their specific needs.

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Ljusgarda

OCS helps Swedish company Ljusgarda with automated salad production

Result: Ljusgarda has increased its production from 2 to 60 ton salad per month.

Ljusgarda’s production, which so far has been managed partly manually on a smaller scale on an area of 650 sqm, has now been transformed into an automated production system of 7,000 sqm with high ambitions for continued expansion and growth. Thanks to the new way of growing lettuce, more than 600 pallets of lettuce will leave Ljusgarda to be distributed to over 800 stores around Sweden every week.

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Riese & Müller

Efficient kitting and assembly line for bicycles

Riese & Müller is a German manufacturer of premium e-bikes, cargo bikes and folding bikes. As part of planning a new building, Riese & Müller wanted to bring its production up to the latest level of technique. After visiting other bike-manufacturers with OCS installations installed, Riese & Müller contacted us to discuss the different solutions and possibilities for bike-assembling using an OCS Overhead Conveyor System.

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Internetstores

Efficient solution for handling returns

As the world’s leading multichannel specialist retailer for bikes and outdoors, Internetstores brings thousands of people onto their bikes and into nature every day. The online platforms fahrrad.de, Brügelmann, Bikester, Probikeshop, Campz and Addnature offer more than 130 000 products and 1,300 brands delivered to your home. Up until 2019, the returns were processed at the Internetstores location in Esslingen, but based on the previous positive experience with the OCS Overhead Conveyor System in Gehrde, Internetstores decided to install a different OCS system – this time to process all returns.

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Nord Drivesystem

Efficient and safe paint line for electric motors

The surface treatment industry has a complex process with many steps. Whether it’s wet painting, lacquering or electrophoretic deposition, whether it’s metals, plastics or other materials that are treated, purity and safety are of paramount importance.

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Assembly line for aircraft components

Transport at high level and lateral

The aviation industry is one of the world’s most high-tech industries where the demands on cleanliness, efficiency and precision are extremely high. SAAB Aerostructures gave OCS the mission of developing a solution for transporting components between assembly stations and NC machines.

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