All under one roof

Seven people get the decommissioned CNC milling machine, which weighs seven and a half tons, rolling through the cleared hall of the mechanical workshop into the newly renovated high hall. There it will be picked up by its new owner. Early in the morning, two workers from a specialised company lifted other machines, setting them down in the new hall with millimeter precision on bolts embedded in the floor. This work cleared the way for the old CNC milling machine. Andreas Stuker and Bernhard Morath planned the whole move long ago. Morath placed all existing and new machines in a simulation tool that allowed him to visualise how the hall would look like. Additional work will be required before everything is in its chosen place. The entire metal cutting department will be relocated here from the neighboring HPF building; two newly ordered machines, including one that works with a water jet and can cut a wide range of materials from plastic to stone, still need to be installed. Amid these changes, the mechanical workshop continues to operate as usual. Stuker and his team look forward to the end of March, when the relocation phase will be completed. By then all work stations will be found under one roof in this new, bright and spacious working environment where more efficient workflows will become possible.