Application | Insulating Glass

MADE-TO-MEASURE ASSEMBLIES Under the name ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT, LAPP provides complete solutions and engineering services for cable systems. The ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT program is based on three main offerings: ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT CABLES comprises classic pre-prepared cables. ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT CHAIN is the designation for the design and assembly of complete power chains. In this case, LAPP also integrates cables and conduits into the drag chain. On request, LAPP can even carry out assemblies in the plant on the customer’s premises. Complex solutions are also possible – for example, fully equipped steel drag chains weighing several tons that are used in a wide range of industries. ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT SERVO, on the other hand, provides pre-assembled servo cables. These servo assemblies are produced according to the drive manufacturer’s standards, i.e. “standard assemblies”, whereas pre-assembled cables and complete power chains are individually developed and assembled for the customer. LAPP has sites in Europe, Asia, and America and thanks to its global structure can guarantee uniformly high quality standards in terms of its engineering, consultancy, and production know-how throughout the world. As part of its ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT initiative, LAPP has expanded its network of pre-assembled cable sites.

screening against electromagnetic interference is 400 percent better than with conventional solutions. A UNITRONIC ® BUS PB Profibus cable assembled with an M12 connector is responsible for data exchange. The chain also contains hoses for other media - a PVC fabric hose with a 0.6 inch (15 mm) outer diameter and a plastic extraction hose with an outer diameter of 1.4 inches (35 mm). The basic chain described has a variable design and can be individually configured according to the size of the system. The lengths of the cables and the installed hoses can also be adapted to the system at any time.

By using pre-assembled power chains, Bystronic Glass has been able to significantly reduce its throughput times

THE WORLD’S GLASS For more than fifty years, Bystronic Glass has been making machines and systems for manufacturing, and their insulating glass can be found around the world. Glass produced on Bystronic machines has been fitted in buildings including the Oscar Niemeyer Tower in Rio de Janeiro, the O2 World in Berlin and the Shanghai Tower. “There’s even a bit of Bystronic glass in the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa in Dubai,” explained Peter Nischwitz.

A BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP Bystronic Glass and LAPP have been working together for a long time, but they stepped up their collaboration in 2011. “That’s when we started using LAPP’s energy chain assemblies,” recalls Thorsten Meier. Since then, well over 100 LAPP chains have been installed. This has created considerable potential for savings. As a result, there are plans to use more ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT solutions. Thorsten Meier has also worked closely with LAPP to introduce a further improvement - a cable warehouse with 50 cable drums rather than the previous 88. It was LAPP’s Kanban system for the drums that enabled the warehouse to be downsized - as soon as a cable drum is almost empty, an employee scans a code using a scanner provided by LAPP to trigger the replenishment. Thorsten Meier sums things up: “We’ve been hugely impressed with LAPP’s overall performance and know-how.”

Bystronic Glass manufacturing in Neugausen-Hamberg, Germany

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