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Guide From Standard Component to Customized Device

A guest post by Jürgen Fürst | Translated by AI 5 min Reading Time

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Complex machining requires flexible clamping technology, where standards often fail. What is needed is deep process knowledge and strong consulting for customized devices that perfectly handle decreasing batch sizes.

Time is the most important factor. At the start of a fixture construction project, AMF assembles a cross-functional team with people from design, production, and procurement, as well as a project manager. They communicate without hierarchies and on equal terms, allowing them to make decisions in two hours where it might take others two weeks.(Image: AMF)
Time is the most important factor. At the start of a fixture construction project, AMF assembles a cross-functional team with people from design, production, and procurement, as well as a project manager. They communicate without hierarchies and on equal terms, allowing them to make decisions in two hours where it might take others two weeks.
(Image: AMF)

"We have been receiving more and more inquiries for comprehensive solutions that go far beyond a single clamping product for quite some time," reports Chris Vogel, Head of Key Account Projects International at Andreas Maier GmbH & Co. KG (AMF). "Especially due to constantly decreasing batch sizes and simultaneously increasing part variety, greater flexibility is required than what a single clamping element alone can provide," adds Project Manager Thomas Kirchner from the traditional company in Fellbach, Germany. In such cases, listening, process understanding, and consulting expertise are required. The most important prerequisite is that a consulting provider thinks and advises with an open mind regarding technology.

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