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Zero defect 64-bit performance - How advanced label printer technology streamlines workflows
For the FEDERAL MOGUL company, based in Friedberg / Bavaria, quality is of paramount importance. Federal Mogul strives to keep customers satisfied by delivering zero-defect quality in products and services - without fail, every single time. To build this degree of reliability into their workflows, Federal Mogul has introduced management systems that integrate every task and process.
Final inspection, packing and dispatch have now been equipped with Avery Dennison label printers to optimise processes in these sections as well.
Federal Mogul produces ...
... piston rings, gaskets and cylinder liners for engines and running gear systems under the GOETZE brand name. The company makes in excess of 60 million piston rings each year; its customers include some of the leading names in the auto and engineering industries.
Why to choose Avery Dennison?
The company chose to install Avery Dennison label printers at its final inspection point for piston rings, for the automated packing equipment for gaskets and for its dispatch section, which has three pick & pack stations. The printers offer excellent connectivity for direct control by SAP R/3. They are also superbly fast and reliable operators.
 
All built to order, the piston rings undergo random visual checks in the final inspection station; they are then conserved and each packed separately. For each packing unit, the Avery Dennison 64-bit printer produces a label stating
- the dimensions of the article,
- its type,
- the customer part number,
- article number and
- job number.
As well as providing unique identification, this data also creates an "audit trail" for the unit.
Effective support for the Federal Mogul workflow
The packing units are finished by the automated packing equipment for the gaskets. While this is going on, the Avery Dennison 64-bit printer is producing and cutting the labels giving the name of the product, the dimensions, type, customer part number, article number and job number and date. The data for the labels is retrieved from SAP R/3. Line personnel affix one of these labels to each packing unit to identify the product. The packing machine then seals the gaskets fully automatically with the correct label.
Federal Mogul also wanted the Avery Dennison TTX 950 printers at the three pick & pack stations to be controlled directly by SAP R/3. The labels used here describe the packing item with its delivery number, and the printers also produce a shipping label giving the mailing address and product data. This information is also affixed to the product in the form of a bar code. The printers use self-adhesive 80 g/sqm stock.
The products arrive on palettes; the arrangement is based on a SAP transport order with a pick list. Once the items have been removed, the quantities are reported back to the system online and acknowledged. The items are packed for dispatch on the basis of reference data; the data is entered directly at the workstation, which means the labels can be printed and affixed transaction by transaction.
First class on-site service for the equipment
The entire decision-making and buying process at Federal Mogul was in the hands of the IT department. Mathias Selder, head of central IT at Federal Mogul, states: "Federal Mogul has two main objectives in optimising quality and processes: to accelerate throughput times and to create more value and benefit for the customers. Given their performance profiles, the Avery Dennison label printers dovetail nicely with this concept - not least owing to the manufacturer's service commitment: Avery Dennison also offers first class on-site service for the equipment."
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