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Wolf Material Handling Systems designs and manufactures industrial bulk material handling systems and equipment for a variety of industries that require material handling. The company is a "Single Source" provider of complete in-house engineering and design, manufacturing, assembly, and installation.
Wolf MHS expands its manufacturing capabilities through selected outside fabricators. Quality is accomplished through an enforced quality assurance program, including in-house assembly and inspection. All subcontractors must fulfill these quality standards to remain a subcontractor of Wolf MHS.
Roy Ohlandkamp – Engineering and Procurement Agent for Wolf MHS needed a dozen various parts precision cut from half inch UHWMP. The parts were irregularly shaped and needed precision hole locations cut. While a laser or router would be capable of cutting this material, Roy needed a different solution in order to meet the client’s precision specifications. Being familiar with the cold, precision process of waterjet cutting, Roy did a quick web search to find a precision waterjet operator that could fulfill the order to within the specification of his customer and the standards of Wolf Material Handling Systems. He was not only searching for quality but also a competitive price and an advantages time frame. JIT Companies arrived at the top of the search list.
Bob Pflipsen, Director of Engineering at JIT concurred that waterjet cutting would accomplish the project in the most efficient and cost effective manor. Bob also suggested a cost saving technique that would cut down on waterjet cutting time and save Wolf MHS some money. Although the waterjet could have precisely cut ¼” holes to drawing specifications, Bob suggested that JIT should only pierce the hole locations. In this circumstance the parts would need to be drilled and counter bored later in the fabricating process so just piercing the hole locations would provide a cost savings for Wolf MHS.
The time frame for the project was a key issue in satisfying the ultimate client. The initial quote turn around from JIT was timely in comparison to their competitors and JIT’s lead times were more appropriate to the project. Material logistics can always slow down a project if not handled correctly, but JIT Companies truck alleviated this problem, by picking up the material on the front end of the project and then delivering the cut parts and drop material back to Wolf MHS on the back end of the project. It was the next best thing to having the material drop-shipped directly to JIT Companies, which is also an option with JIT, but it wasn’t necessary within the scope of this project.
The parts turned out precisely as Wolf Material Handling Systems had requested. JIT followed up, both after the parts were delivered and after they were installed, to ensure that all had gone well. JIT Companies is a great match for Wolf Material Handling Systems since both companies hone engineering practices from across various industries to create custom solutions that are innovative yet practical.
Testimonial:
When the project calls for the cold precision that waterjet cutting can provide Wolf Material Handling Systems trusts JIT Companies to provide these services at a competitive price, with advantages lead times, and within the high quality standards that Wolf MHS promises its clients.
– Roy Ohlandkamp,
Wolf Material Handling Systems
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