GANI / MANUFACTURING — SERIES
Series control panels for a machine builder
IEC 61439 control panels built in recurring batches for a German machine builder, tested one-to-one and delivered line-side to their assembly takt.
PROGRAM PROFILE
- Delivery geography
- Germany
- Annual volume
- ~420 panels/year
- Batch size
- 20–40 per call-off
- Variants in scope
- 11 panel variants
- Program duration
- Frame agreement, third year running
- Responsibility level
- Series
- Standards applied
- IEC 61439-1/-2 · IEC 60204-1 · Customer factory test procedure
THE CHALLENGE
The machine builder’s in-house panel shop had become the bottleneck: growing machine sales, scarce electricians, and panels arriving late to final assembly. They wanted to outsource the panels without loosening their documentation and test discipline.
STARTING CONDITIONA mature EPLAN documentation set per machine type existed, along with a defined factory test procedure the customer ran themselves.
CUSTOMER PROVIDED
- EPLAN projects and parts lists per panel variant
- Approved component and supplier list
- Factory test procedure and acceptance criteria
- Rolling twelve-month build forecast
GANI OWNED
- Industrialization review of the panel documentation with agreed change notes
- Batch production of panels to IEC 61439
- 100% wiring check and functional test per the customer procedure
- Test records archived per panel serial number
- Packaging and delivery synchronized to the customer’s assembly takt
OUTCOME
What the program delivers.
- Recurring batches under a frame agreement with rolling call-offs
- Golden sample approved after joint review of the first article
- Serial-number traceability from parts lot to test record
- Customer panel shop refocused on prototypes and specials
