Success Story:
HERBERT Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH & Company, KG
Market Served:
Discrete Manufacturing
Tires take shape with Eaton components
Location:
Hünfeld, Germany
Segment:
Discrete — Tire Curing Press
Challenge:
Establish Eaton as a trusted supplier
that could fully support HERBERT’s
hydraulically driven tire curing
presses.
Solution:
Eaton presented its product and
system design expertise, as well
as the global manufacturing and
availability of Eaton® products that
ensure on-time delivery.
Results:
Eaton power units and manifold
blocks are equipped on the majority of
HERBERT presses, resulting in five tire
manufacturers specifying only Eaton
components on their presses.
Contact Information:
Armin Heyer
Eaton Germany GmbH
+49 6081 103 340
arminheyer@eaton.com
Eaton’s design
expertise and customer
responsiveness led to
HERBERT’s selection of
Eaton hydraulic components
on its tire curing presses.
Background
Challenge
Whether you are driving a
new or used car, the tires
will eventually need to be
replaced. This “constant”
in vehicle ownership plays
a dominant role in fueling
the automotive industry. In
fact, over 1 billion tires are
produced annually in over 400
worldwide factories that are
supported by numerous sub
sectors such as producers of
tire manufacturing machinery.
In the early 2000s, Eaton
operations in Wehrheim,
Germany, began calling
on HERBERT to discuss
how Eaton could support
its hydraulic component
requirements better than
other suppliers that were
vying for HERBERT’s
business.
Eaton hydraulic components
have an important function
on tire-making equipment
made by HERBERT
Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
GmbH & Company, KG of
Hünfeld, Germany. HERBERT
tire curing presses, which
consist of molds that shape
and vulcanize rubber tires,
are equipped with an Eaton
hydraulic power unit and six
manifold blocks. The power
unit supplies oil flow that
raises and lowers the press,
and the manifold blocks
control cylinder speed and
pressure.
“We needed to make
HERBERT aware that Eaton
could support both frameand column-type presses,
as well as varying hydraulic
component configurations
that are specified by enduser tire manufacturers,”
said Eaton’s Armin Heyer,
application & project
engineering manager —
Central Europe.
“Overall, our mission was
to prove that Eaton is a
trusted supplier that could
fully support HERBERT’s
hydraulically driven presses,
whether they were producing
tires for cars, motorcycles,
trucks or even aircraft.”
Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with more than 100 years of experience
providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and
mechanical power. With 2011 sales of $16.0 billion, Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical
components, systems and services for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components,
systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic
systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems
for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has approximately 73,000 employees and sells
products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.
Being selected as
HERBERT’s hydraulic
component supplier would
generate more business for
Eaton down the road, Heyer
added.
“Tire manufacturers
often specify the brand of
components they want on
their tire presses. Once
these end users became
acquainted with the quality
and reliability of Eaton
components, we were
confident that they would
eventually specify Eaton
components.”
Solution
Eaton initiated the business
pursuit by introducing its
Application & Commercial
Engineering (ACE)
organization and how ACE
engineers would study
HERBERT schematics
and make component
recommendations.
“We explained that in
some instances we may
recommend a vane pump
over a piston pump, since it
could offer faster cycle time,
making it less expensive to
operate than a piston pump,”
Heyer said.
“We also emphasized how
Eaton’s Vickers® VHO vane
pumps offer lower noise and
lower energy consumption
than any competitive
pumps, thereby offering
important benefits to tire
manufacturing plants.”
Next, Eaton personnel
explained the global
manufacturing and
availability of Eaton products
that would ensure on-time
deliveries to HERBERT’s
global manufacturing
sources.
“Overall, we stressed
that Eaton’s strengths
are all based on the
responsiveness of Eaton
people,” Heyer said,
“whether they’re on the
design, manufacturing,
application or the delivery
side.”
of its tire curing presses —
a decision that has boded
well for Eaton.
Based on their experience
with Eaton products, five tire
manufacturers are specifying
only Eaton power units and
manifold blocks on their
Herbert tire presses. One
tire manufacturer, in fact,
specified Eaton hydraulic
components on more than
200 Herbert tire presses
at its production facility in
Russia.
“The robust design of Eaton
products has increased
machine uptime,” Heyer
said. “And Eaton’s global
footprint enables us to
service tire press end users
around the world with
reliable spare parts supply.”
Eaton hydraulic
power units
and manifold
blocks help to
increase uptime
on HERBERT tire
curing presses.
With all of Eaton's strengths
identified, ACE personnel
went about the task of
designing a power unit
and manifold blocks for
a column-type press. The
design included Eaton pumps,
motors, industrial control
valves, filtration products
and hose assemblies.
Results
Eaton’s design expertise and
customer responsiveness
led to HERBERT’s
selection of Eaton hydraulic
components for the majority
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