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STAUFF
Over the last few years STAUFF globally has invested heavily in equipment, training of staff, technologies, and the logistics of the business, not only to satisfy current demands but also look ahead to future requirements of the company’s growing involvement in the rail vehicle manufacturing industry.
Through the innovative manufacturing and assembly process of STAUFF Line the company presents product in kit form, tested and ready for immediate installation solution bringing OEMs reduced logistic, production, inventory and administration costs.
STAUFF deliver a complete kit of products including fluid power delivery, vehicle waste management systems, cable management systems and tube manipulation requirements including: safety solutions and other ancillary products, such as hand rails, door handles, seat frames and luggage racks.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of products, from innovation and development to drive design for cost improvements and mass reductions the development and continuous programme within the STAUFF organisation is driven by the entire team.
Combined with the offering of a local supply chain puts the business in an advantageous position to bring clients much shorter lead times and a complete system supply package.
This is never an easy task, however, close relationships with clients and the collaboration of STAUFF's experienced team with design engineers has also been of great assistance with shaping the future where assembled, tested and sealed kits, ready to "plug and play" are shipped directly to OEMs production lines on a J.I.T basis.
With its major facilities and headquarters based in the heart of the city of Sheffield, the Rail Projects Division operate as an integral part of STAUFF, products such as the world-renowned clamping solutions have been tried and tested to withstand and combat the rigours of service life in transportation scenarios, such as noise and vibration suppression, and major contributions to safety with the use of railway compliant fire-retardant materials.
A major consideration in all developments has been weight reduction, whilst retaining strength, which is prevalent in the research and development programme.
Ken Cleal, Operations Director and Global Product Manager – Tube and Tube Manipulations, explained: "We have streamlined and developed over several years the
manner in which STAUFF provide products to the rail vehicle manufacturers".
''The majority of companies still supply in piece part format, leaving the rail vehicle OEM the massive and expensive task to store, assemble, fit and test products, but STAUFF streamline the whole process, therefore vastly reducing inventory, reducing administration costs but also hugely decreasing installation times at line-side, again highlighting a cost saving benefit."
"We know the process works as we have great working relationships with our clients and regularly collaborate with the industry experts. We relish the thought of working with experienced engineers and equally new professionals to the industry who wanted to know more about the process [STAUFF Line] and how they can apply it to their assembly lines".
"Our offering to the industry is not just a supply of quality product, it reaches much further than that: we discuss the client's needs with them, help them source the relevant products, in compliance with all of the highest rolling stock requirements such as EN45545-2, HL3 and ISO15540, and mainly but not solely from the STAUFF range put together an installation ready kit that is tested with full traceability, from a single source supply."
And for the future?
It is the intension of the company, through investment, to ensure that the STAUFF Line process is the “go to” option for rail vehicle manufacturers in collaborations to bring, efficiencies, longevity of service with sustainability at the forefront of all activities.
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