Fuel injection systems are vital tools in reducing fuel consumption and cutting emissions. They are highly sought after and are therefore also important elements of development and further development work. Against this background, a well-known automotive supplier was looking for external assistance in producing documentation on these systems, especially after-sales manuals. They are used firstly by end customers (OEMs) as integration documentation and secondly the content of after-sales manuals is replicated in the respective OEM diagnosis, service and repair manuals.

Technical know-how, a convincing concept and indications of potential reductions were the key criteria on the basis of which the customer tasked IndustrieHansa with the documentation to accompany its development work.

Solution: System documentation and further development of this in close collaboration with the development team using a content management system with multi-client capability.

A global OEM intended to fully modernize an idle production hall in the heart of Russia in order to produce two-stroke engines. The plan was to produce between 1,000 and 2,000 engines for snowmobiles and ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles) a month.

The customer entrusted a team from IndustrieHansa, ideally suited to the work as a result of successfully realizing projects with similar requirements, with analyzing and producing a design concept for the engine factory.

Solution: The engineering team from IndustrieHansa investigated two production strategies with different levels of automation, evaluated them from both a quantity and quality perspective and gave a recommendation on this basis.

A high level of automation does not necessarily result in efficient work at optimum cost. With this fact in mind, the managers at an Austrian plant belonging to an international OEM decided to analyze the economic viability of engine assembly automation.

A team from IndustrieHansa with experience in this field was tasked with this analysis and their stated objective was to gain findings which could be used for subsequent process optimization.

Solution: Analysis of the influence of various levels of automation, assembly concepts and production/quality standards on the overall economic viability of engine production.

When a new generation of vehicles is produced, state-of-the-art technology is called for. The sheer scale of a project of this size could be seen in the amount of planning a major vehicle manufacturer from southern Germany had to undertake: Two entire assembly halls had to be gutted, reorganized and equipped with the very latest fittings and systems technology. The company hired external assistance for the work.

They were looking for an experienced and competent engineering and planning partner and found this in IndustrieHansa.

Solution: Working with suppliers, construction companies and engineering consultants, IndustrieHansa set up an 17-man team to plan and complete the redevelopment work in 3 years.

A well-known OEM from southern Germany wanted to plan the processes involved in assembling bumpers and rear ends on the vehicle body to ensure a product design in line with the assembly process for new vehicle derivatives. As well as ergonomic use of handling equipment, this also requires a pre-assembly process linked into the cycle.  

The planning work was assigned to the Industrial Engineering team which qualified for the job on the basis of its extensive know-how and specific knowledge of this field.

Solution: Process planning for assembling the rear end module for premium vehicles, incorporating best-practice solutions.

Because of the way that structures had evolved over time and organization changes, an automotive manufacturer from southern Germany was producing identical vehicles in different ways at three locations. Resolving this unsatisfactory situation and sufficiently optimizing the production processes within assembly at the individual locations lay at the heart of a reengineering project which the manufacturer planned to undertake with external assistance.

IndustrieHansa experts were tasked with assisting the customer in this work.

Solution: Laying the groundwork for the same production processes in all factories by synchronizing the core processes and equipment, using identical installation sequences and supply concepts wherever possible and identical containers and packaging.

An OEM working in Eastern Europe needed help in major planning work for expanding a CKD factory. The work focused on producing concepts and detailed planning of the body-in-white and assembly lines, including logistics supplies.

When the decision on awarding the order was made, IndustrieHansa scored well thanks to its experience in similar international projects and its resultant know-how advantage.
 
Solution: Concept and supervision of implementation under particular consideration of controlling costs and deadlines, especially as far as supplier management was concerned in the realization phase.

The communicating methods project of a well-known automotive manufacturer from southern Germany aimed to establish method standards in the CA environment and to consolidate the application of these standards in the technical development areas.

IndustrieHansa was tasked with the job of coaching in the communication of methods.

Solution: Implementation was based firstly on networking the various subject-oriented coaching teams and secondly making ready an info center. This center offers all the relevant information on the method standards and is open to everyone involved in development work both from within and outside the company.

The job involved using modeled elements to produce drawings of welded seams for one of the world's leading suppliers for power plant engineering and energy plant construction. The cosmetic elements used in the past had resulted in a higher incidence of mistakes during model and drawing modifications.

IndustrieHansa was tasked with producing corresponding proposals because the customer put his faith in the project-based know-how displayed by the IndustrieHansa specialists.

Solution: The IndustrieHansa team produced a concept which involves modeling the individual parts with seam preparations for the production of welded assemblies. The welded seams are subsequently produced as a separate part in an assembly. The majority of welded seam modeling stems from the basic geometry of the seam preparations and is mostly automated.

Generators can weigh several hundred tonnes. It's not just the power-generating parts but also the cladding, i.e. the outer housing, which are very heavy despite being made from sheet metal. The housing has to be fitted with axial and radial ribs so that it can cope with the mechanical stress experienced during operation.

Solution: IndustrieHansa was assigned responsibility for the design, adaptation and optimization of the generator's outer housing during the project to develop a new generator type.

When design deviations arise, they have to be documented in what are known as repair drawings in as short a response time as possible. They also require evaluation and the rework instructions needed to resolve them have to produced. Examples of design deviations include a defective bore in the aircraft's skin or air inclusions in fiber composite parts. A leading European aircraft manufacturer is bringing external expertise on board to assist in-house staff on this matter.

Thanks to its many years of experience in this area, the team at IndustrieHansa is able to meet or even surpass the required response times.

Solution: The work involved in design deviation projects is carried out locally very close to the production department. Continuous coordination with the technical department, the production team and statics engineers forms part and parcel of these engineering services.

Various analyses are required to prove the strength of components under certain conditions in the process of developing and producing new power plant components. A leading company working in the international power plant sector required this work, which related to the design of a blade carrier with instrument holes for gas turbines.

Capacity bottlenecks caused the company to place this project externally. Experts from IndustrieHansa, who were able to demonstrate their FEM skills, were tasked with this job. The finite element method was used to calculate stresses in the component - a process requiring both excellent ANSYS knowledge and extensive expertise in evaluating the stresses calculated.

Solution: Complete thermomechanical design of blade carrier with instrument holes including an operating strength analysis.

To protect gas turbines from damage during transport, an internationally renowned constructor of plants and power plants is putting extensive safety precautions into place. These need to be optimized on an ongoing basis. Intelligent design protection concepts are needed in this context to protect moving parts, some of which weigh several tons, from colliding with other components.

The customer tasked IndustrieHansa specialists, who had been recommended for the job on the basis of their proven expertise in constructing fixtures, with developing these concepts.

Solution: Design of new transport protection concepts for various turbine components based on specified points of attachment and a small installation space.

New vertical bearings were to be developed for a more efficient type of machine as part of modernization measures about to be undertaken by a manufacturer of power plants from western Germany. These bearings are used to support the so-called rotors in a generator and are secured to the foundation.

The design work associated with these new bearings was undertaken by IndustrieHansa, whose proven expertise in this line of work won them the bid for this project.

Solution: Responsibility for design work and production of a layout control system for the design drawings.

Developing the air conditioning pipework for a new jumbo jet is a complex job for which the subsidiary of a well-known European aircraft manufacturer brought in know-how from outside. Air conditioning systems in aircraft are key to keeping passengers comfortable. They have to ensure general ventilation as well as allowing the passengers to control their own environment individually. They also have to deliver constant air humidity and prevent passengers from being disturbed in any way when recirculating the volumes of air needed.

Specialist know-how and years of proven expertise in the supervision of large-scale projects tipped the balance in favor of IndustrieHansa being awarded the contract for this project.

Solution: The first preliminary design provided by the customer served as the basis and under consideration of system requirements, the subsequent processes were developed up to the stage of a detailed design ready for production.

Turbine components require specially manufactured tools and resources. Ergonomics and maximum precision which do not allow the blade elements to be damaged under any circumstances are required when assembling, disassembling and transporting sub-assemblies.

Given these facts, a leading international manufacturer of power plant engineering and energy plant constructor assigned IndustrieHansa to develop a new lifting fixture for turbine components.

Solution: Once the current lifting concept had been analyzed, an optimized lifting fixture was drafted and designed. Handling and workplace ergonomics were taken into account.

A major automotive manufacturer from southern Germany decided to use CATIA V5 throughout its company and to replace some of its existing CAD tools. In this context existing design methods had to be checked and adapted and the basic data models (start models, master models) used in the individual technical areas (chassis, pedals, exhaust system etc.) aligned with the new system.

Due to the few, changeable control parameters, the new CATIA V5 methods should help the company to quickly reach concept status and once new ergonomics data and reference points from the installation space have been added, it should make possible concepts for more vehicle models. Other requirements covered kinematic studies, analyses of installation space and collisions, a structure prepared for the DMU process and the availability of motion and envelope curves later on in the process.

Because of the company's extensive CATIA V5 expertise, IndustrieHansa was awarded the work of supervising the changeover process and ensuring a successful rollout of the new system.

Solution: In order to ensure smooth use and a high level of acceptance amongst users, the new methods were documented, presented and communicated to the users. The design engineers were also prepared for their work with the new system through training courses and user support, ensuring that a seamless transition could be made to CATIA V5 on the scheduled date for the launch.

While developing a new range of vehicles for off-road use, a leading producer of commercial vehicles in southern Germany required the assistance of external services to guarantee high data quality in design drawings and approval documents and to therefore safeguard the rapid "time to market" the company wanted to achieve.

The customer entrusted this work to an IndustrieHansa team which impressively displayed its expertise in this field during the decision-making stage.

Solution: IndustrieHansa experts were responsible for managing the interface between the technical departments involved, provided design services to accompany the entire virtual product development process and monitored the quality of the DMU/PDM.

New ranges of vehicles have to satisfy ever more stringent safety and standard requirements and special care is therefore needed in the production and quality assurance of design and CAD data. In this context a major production plant belonging to an important OEM needed to safeguard the installation of components near the dividing wall of the engine compartment working in close collaboration with the OEM and supplier.

The complex link between the front end and passenger compartment requires years of experience and know-how. And IndustrieHansa can deliver both – one of the main reasons why the customer chose to entrust us with this project.

Solution: Design optimization of the installation space, including creating spaces to integrate future generations of engines.

An automotive supplier from southern Germany required some assistance in producing and adding to context-sensitive online help and tutorials for control unit application software.

The customer placed this work with the documentation specialists at IndustrieHansa who were well qualified for this work thanks to their long-standing involvement with the customer.

Solution: The IndustrieHansa team revised the current documentation in line with the release-related features and produced all the documentation needed for new modules.

As the semi-conductor industry experiences increasing turns towards miniaturization, the function density of integrated circuits and electronic modules increases. As a result the circuit components produce increased levels of interference for one another. The electronics development division of a leading supplier company to the automotive industry was tasked with eliminating this interference.

The department chose to work with IndustrieHansa, whose extensive expertise in EMC tipped the scales in its favor.

Solution: The IndustrieHansa experts investigated assemblies and optimized them in terms of their electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) to firstly ensure functional reliability and to secondly observe the statutory EMC limits.

A south German production company from the aircraft industry wanted to increase the efficiency and economic viability of production in the context of increasing output for its "Keel beam" assembly. The company works on the development and production of aircraft structures based on metal and carbon fiber composite materials.

A team from IndustrieHansa, which had previously proven its great expertise in this line of work in previous projects for the customer's affiliated groups, was tasked to produce appropriate analyses and recommendations for optimization.

Solution: IndustrieHansa experts analyzed the current status and put all previous processes through their paces. It used the results obtained to produce proposals for saving time through redesigned processes and to increase flexibility.

When introducing new technologies and systems in the construction of automotive vehicles, it is extremely important that workshop staff are informed in advance of the new systems, how they integrate into the current vehicles and particular features and risks associated with maintenance and repairs. When launching a new hybrid drive, a well-known automotive manufacturer, based in southern Germany, placed this work with an external service provider.

As the Technical Documentation department at IndustrieHansa had proven expertise in this field, it was given the job of producing the function descriptions which have very particular requirements and require special expertise for hybrid drives.

Solution: Because IndustrieHansa has the knowledge needed in terms of repair methods, calculating the time needed for various tasks and preparing 3D data, all documentation was efficiently produced by one team without any friction losses.

Graphics and animations greatly enhance the comprehension of the printed or electronically depicted word. In just one glance they can say more than the proverbial thousand words – if they are of the right technical and design quality. A vehicle manufacturer from southern Germany assigns great importance to the graphics and animations used in its operating manuals and workshop literature.

This has been part of the portfolio of services provided by IndustrieHansa for a number of years - in the visualization of workshop and onboard literature too.

Solution: High-quality production of graphics and 3D animations for the engine, chassis, interior compartment and add-on parts for use in printed and electronic media for workshops and customers.

When implementing a production system in an existing production plant, an OEM from southern Germany was pursuing the objective of long-term process optimization.

The project's managers chose to use IndustrieHansa to overcome this challenge as they wanted experienced and expert know-how.

Solution: Standardization of processes as part of implementing the manufacturer's production system in conjunction with a fundamental redesign and optimization of the existing engine assembly.

As part of the roll-out of the PLM system Teamcenter and various CAD systems like CatiaV5 and I-DEAS, a leading automotive manufacturer from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has ongoing training requirements. It is important that training is not only in tools and technologies. Rather, it is critical to teach the entire interaction of the PLM system, CAD system and customer processes from a role- and needs-based point of view.

IndustrieHansa been doing this for around 10 years.

Solution: Virtually complete handling of all training for both the customer's employees and suppliers.

Integrating new vehicle types into existing structures demands a lot of the planning team. The electrical and electronic components in particular require more attention as they are continually increasing in complexity. In this context, a major OEM from southern Germany was confronted with the task of integrating the installation of control devices, vehicle power supplies, lighting, controls, displays and body electronics into the current assembly process.

Experts from IndustrieHansa took on this work with the aim of completing the integration with as few conversions and new purchases as possible.

Solution: Complete implementation of process planning for smoothly integrating into the existing structures.

A leading manufacturer of pumps and pump systems is launching an innovation which uses an intelligent control system to cut energy requirements in buildings by up to 20 percent. A new production cell is to be set up at a production site in France for the production of parts for these multi-stage centrifugal pumps. The company is looking for qualified external methodical and technical advice to assist its own staff in implementing these plans.

IndustrieHansa is given the job of providing technical support to the layout planning of the production cell and assisting in the optimum implementation of plans.

Solution: Focus of advice on supervision of planning activities and assessment of the content of the production planning results for/in a review. The consultancy work also focused on reviewing the planning of material flows and provisions as well as the calculation of key production figures (cycle times, batch sizes, capacities required, staff utilization etc.) and the arrangement of pieces of production equipment in relation to one another in the production cell.

A consistent and innovative material flow concept had to be developed for the internal assembly supply system of a new production hall. This formed part of work to redesign and extend the factory of a German premium segment automotive manufacturer.

The customer chose to work with IndustrieHansa on the basis of its positive experience from previous projects and proven expertise.

Solution: Rather than using forklift trucks, the most common floor conveyor, this project opted for what is known as a tugger train concept for implementing transparent, smooth and pull-controlled processes. This material flow concept is also a crucial step towards improved occupational safety within the material supply system and follows the recent trend towards production with few or no forklifts.

Automotive development staff need to wade through an ever expanding workload of crash tests in order to satisfy an ever increasing number of statutory requirements for crash safety and a growing number of market-specific peculiarities in these requirements in Europe, the US, Japan and increasingly Australia and China. This led to an important OEM from southern Germany deploying external expertise and resources in this area to work alongside in-house staff.

The customer chose to work with IndustrieHansa whose knowledge and experience favored them in the selection procedure.

Solution: IndustrieHansa experts were responsible for the planning, preparations, implementation and evaluation of a series of tests focusing on safety measuring.

Producing qualified onboard literature requires authors to be able to make complex technical circumstances easy to understand and specific to the relevant target group. These are the very skills which a south German automotive manufacturer expects of its service partners in the production of complex onboard literature for its famous model series: The literature is to mirror the high quality synonymous with the brand.

IndustrieHansa specialists gained the trust of the customer through their work and once again confirmed that they are the best in this field.

Solution: Complete support for onboard literature including independent research into content, production of graphics and texts and incorporation in the automotive manufacturer's CMS system.

A leading manufacturer in Germany and throughout the world of pump systems required external assistance in developing a totally new approach to saving energy in heating systems in building services engineering because the size of the project meant it couldn't be managed in-house. The work was to focus on developing an electronic feedback control and single-loop control system. 

Since the project required considerable extra management capacities to control and monitor the development processes, the customer decided to bring onboard the know-how of IndustrieHansa experts.

Solution: Overall optimization of development processes in electronics development and quality assurance, including reorganizing the content of work and implementing binding standards.

An OEM working in eastern Germany was looking for an external service provider who could handle overall project management in the construction phase for building a new paintshop for bodies-in-white. This work is not one of the core competencies of the company and was to be placed with an experienced partner who would comply with the operator's time, cost and quality objectives.

The company had faith in the capabilities of IndustrieHansa which was one of the main reasons why it chose to use our specialists.

Solution: Overall construction management was placed in the experienced hands of an IndustrieHansa team which while implementing the project communicated all plans promptly, in full, in detail and in a structured manner to everyone involved internally and externally. Systematic monitoring of project progress was ensured with a high level of transparency and interventions made for control purposes as required. The work involved ranged from defining measures and people responsible for solutions (e.g. problem-solving team) to various levels of escalation (e.g. contractual penalties).

The parts and modules fitted in today's vehicles have to satisfy a whole raft of standards. Production, assembly and maintenance are likewise subject to strict requirements such as crash properties in an emergency and therefore passenger protection. Such were the challenges faced by a premium manufacturer from southern Germany in developing a vehicle model.

The work was entrusted to engineers from IndustrieHansa, chosen as partners because of their extensive experience and up-to-date know-how in this line of work.

Solution: Positioning, analyses of collisions, concept and installation for key sub-sections of the vehicle architecture.

Production, which is subject to the most stringent efficiency and short travel time requirements, requires smooth material flows. A plan for increasing production capacity at a regional factory belonging to a global OEM is to automate the delivery of material for the complex assembly hall in order to increase the performance of the material supply system.

IndustrieHansa impressed the customer into making it the project partner with its intelligent proposals for solutions and implementation.

Solution: Planning and realization of an automatic material delivery system and implementation of a totally new transport system in a multi-storied assembly hall.

The paintwork and assembly areas in a regional German factory belonging to a global OEM are no longer linked. This being so, storage and materials handling had to be realigned.

Thanks to its good experience in previous projects, IndustrieHansa was assigned all planning tasks from developing a concept up to commissioning the new equipment.

Solution: Plans for implementing a "supermarket" in the form of modern high-bay storage including the materials handling needed for the upstream and downstream processes.

A company from northern Germany, with more than two decades of experience in developing and producing wind turbines, needed professional assistance in calculating problems relating to structural and blade dynamics. Given the high dynamic loads which wind turbines have to withstand, this is an important job that affects the drive shaft, gearbox, generator shaft and of course the generator itself.

IndustrieHansa satisfied the customer's requirements in terms of the specialist know-how needed and was tasked with undertaking the necessary analyses for the design of wind turbines.

Solution: Analysis and calculation of problems relating to structural and blade dynamics using the finite element method (FEM) to assist with the design of components in the drive section of wind turbines.

These days automotive manufacturers have to quickly adapt to new customer requirements and market conditions. This includes improved flexibility in their own product lines and systems. Against this background, a well-known OEM from southern Germany chose to optimize the processes used for automatically punching chassis numbers during cyclic operation.

As part of this process optimization, IndustrieHansa was tasked with mapping out 8 different variants within one assembly line for punching chassis numbers.

Solution: Integral undertaking of all optimization stages, including planning, procurement, realization and monitoring of deadlines and investments.

Vehicle prototypes are generally required to calculate work values and produce service and repair manuals in the automotive sector. New methods are needed to speed up this process and cut costs. An accident during a test drive prompted a well-known OEM from southern Germany to take the first steps in this direction.

Because the vehicle required was not available, a team from IndustrieHansa was given the opportunity to put into practice its concept for calculating work values digitally using a virtual prototype.

Solution: Production of workshop information in a virtual environment on the platform of innovative virtual reality technologies and running a comparative study to calculate potential savings and verify the correctness of the work values.

As a result of structural and organizational changes, the supply of material in assembly in an east German factory belonging to a major OEM could no longer run efficiently or cover its costs.

In order not to put current production at risk and to set the plant up to be flexible for the future, IndustrieHansa was appointed to optimize the overall supply process and highlight and implement areas with potential for reducing the use of resources.

Solution: Overall optimization of logistics processes and the use of resources in the provision of materials and the flow of materials and information based on a process analysis.

The standards which a well-known vehicle manufacturer from southern Germany sets for its workshop literature are exacting: satisfaction of very stringent quality standards, extensive flexibility and comprehensible description of complex technical matters. The customer's technical departments use external support in order to benefit from concentrated know-how in these specialized services and exploit synergy effects.

IndustrieHansa is one of the preferred service partners of this OEM for the production of workshop literature and the long-standing venture between the two companies is based on quality, reliability and scope for continuous innovation in the early stages of integrating documentation into the process chain of product development.

Solution: Complete writing of workshop literature for powertrain, chassis, interior compartment and add-on parts for car series in all classes and limited edition vehicles in close agreement and collaboration with the customer's technical departments.

Given the considerable investment involved in building new power plants, great importance is attached to risk management even at the planning stage. This was the very reason why a prominent constructor of power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia decided to seek external advice and support so he could concentrate his own expertise and resources on the core tasks of development and production.

The company chose to work with IndustrieHansa experts as they had proven specialist expertise in this area.

Solution: Responsibility for consultancy, supervision and at times also project management for the design concept and introduction of a risk culture, risk management and the handling of day-to-day activities.

During the integrated and scheduled production of a complete crossover series, a US factory belonging to an OEM from southern Germany needed to extend its factory in the form of new factory planning to satisfy aspects of a value-adding production system.

Based on its experience and know-how in structuring, organization and layout planning in an assembly environment, IndustrieHansa was awarded the contract to oversee this work.

Solution: Generation of a useful and complete layout, which covers all areas – construction, technical building equipment, structure, logistics, and assembly.

An automotive manufacturer from southern Germany decided to use external resources for the supply planning of a new vehicle derivative because of tight in-house capacities and deadlines.

The customer tasked IndustrieHansa with this work where great importance was attached to qualitative aspects as well as ensuring on-time and smooth integration in the existing series process in time for the start of production.

Solution: Development of low-cost, value flow-focused and holistic material supply concepts within a short time window.

Modern air conditioning and communication systems simply cannot function without electronic controls and intelligent software. Such systems require manufacturers and suppliers to undertake a huge amount of development and test work which not only has to take account of the single sub-system but also guarantee reliability within the entire system.

A prominent European aircraft manufacturer relied on support from IndustrieHansa experts in this field and tasked them with all work associated with system integration and testing air conditioning and communication systems.

Solution: The stringent safety, reliability and economic viability requirements on which the development of aircraft systems is based are transferred to sub-systems, verified and tested.

Camera-based and in particular radar-based driver assistance systems open up huge potential for increasing comfort and safety levels in the vehicle. Alongside the "classic" stability control (ESP), examples include dynamic distance control, parking assistants, preventive braking intervention, lane departure warning systems, monitoring of blind spots and night vision assistance. An OEM from the premium segment requested help on a job where innovative assistance systems were to be made ready for series production in time for a new vehicle model to be launched.

The IndustrieHansa team impressively rose up to the challenges entrusted to the partner responsible for this work.

Solution: Using Matlab/Simulink, TargetLink, dSpace and CANoe and within the framework of the IEC 61508 and ISO/WD 26262 process standards (ASIL A to D), all aspects of the project from the production of specifications to approval for series production were overseen and completed on time.

Various analyses which prove the strength of components under certain conditions are needed in the process of developing and producing new power plant components. The finite element method is used in this context to calculate stresses in the component. Capacity bottlenecks caused a leading company from the international power plant sector, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, to have the thermomechanical structure calculation for a compressor bearing housing for gas turbines undertaken externally.

IndustrieHansa was awarded the work on the basis of its excellent ANSYS knowledge which was absolutely essential for this work as well as its know-how in the assessment of the stresses calculated.

Solution: Undertaking of all thermomechanical structure calculations under consideration of the specified operating load and fault scenarios.

One of the central remits which a major European aircraft manufacturer is requiring of its Future Project Office is to prepare for the future of flying today and to develop and assess the concepts of future aircraft. The office is relying on external expert knowledge to supplement its own resources.

The fuselage structure and cabin compartment are the areas to which experts from the IndustrieHansa Future Projects team have been assigned as they have wealth of experience in these lines of work.

Solution: Evaluation of new and unconventional structure designs, system architectures, production procedures and material technologies on cabin utilization and market acceptance and strategic concentration of this know-how in a development partnership focused on long-term work.

Weight is a key parameter in any aircraft development project and must be taken into consideration right from the start. In order not to jeopardize development projects for wide-body aircraft and military models with regard to compliance with target weights and in order to better control future design modifications, a leading European aircraft manufacturer decided to establish a weight management process for cabin components.

As IndustrieHansa has far-reaching international know-how in the field of weight management it was assigned this work.

Solution: Development and implementation of a weight management process for the Cabin & Cargo units responsible for components and their suppliers. Also calculation of potential weight reductions and coordination of risk.

While they are certainly very different in terms of size, an Airbus A380 and a small car have one thing in common: Their weight is directly proportionate to their consumption levels. Both require sophisticated weight management and this was a key priority for the technical department of an OEM from southern Germany when developing a small car in the premium segment.

The customer made IndustrieHansa responsible for monitoring weight requirements and therefore a key part of the development. IndustrieHansa's expertise in weight management won it the contract.

Solution: Given the customer's increasing requirements for comfort and safety, the IndustrieHansa experts developed a sophisticated weight management solution. This involved taking the vehicle design as the basis for the target forecast and then defining a sensible compromise between the position of the center of gravity, costs and materials.

As part of a global quality offensive, an important technology company in the electronics sector needed to run several training sessions on FMEA principles, FMEA software and FMEA moderation at all its national and international locations, like Singapore, Malaysia, Romania and Italy.

Thanks to the international competence and the multilingualism of its trainers, IndustrieHansa was assigned the task of providing the necessary training in FMEA.

Solution: IndustrieHansa supported the quality offensive over a period of 3 years and was able to hand out more than 1,000 certificates to employees to prove they had successfully completed the training courses.