Background
This 100 year old manufacturer had its products used by the U.S. military and various police forces since World War I. More recently products by this manufacturer have become the “must have” for the “motor cycling experience”. They specialize in larger engine displacement street and tour bikes.
Problem
Following a major corporate directive to convert to cellular, one-piece-flow manufacturing, the plant in question had to replace their large centralized cleaning systems with small, compact machines that could fit within their work cells. Many of the team members responsible for machine selection did not think a small cleaning system could do the job.
 Solution
After touring the Better Engineering factory, calling BE customers, and running several cleanliness tests, all the team members became confident in the cellular cleaning approach. In regards to model selection, each cell leader was given the latitude to choose the model they liked best. In this case, the C-5000 carousel model was chosen. With this model, parts are loaded and unloaded from the same "window". Every 30 seconds, clean/ dry parts are ready to be picked-up.
System
Stainless steel C-5000 carousel system...in one revolution of the turntable, the parts are washed and dried...50" diameter turntable....special filtering...side access doors...mist collection system (no need to vent stem to the outside), etc...
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