A large German manufacturer of hoses,cable ducts,and other extruded automotive components recently expanded its activities into the white-goods appliance sector. Its largest project to date involves extruding corrugated hoses and molding fittings (with an inserted O-ring) onto both ends. The need was for high-volume production of high-quality but inexpensive hoses for Germany's largest dishwasher manufacturer. "The ideal system is one where the plastic granulate is filled in at one end and ready-to-ship hoses come out at the other," says Roland Meiss-ner, division manager of Air &c Fluid Systems at Schlemmer GmbH in Hassfurt. "This ensures consistently high quality around the clock. And compared with two-stage production, it saves the costs for intermediate storage."
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