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cenes: MAN Munich Plant Tour
曼卡客车莫尼黑工厂
这个工厂相当大，拥有1，000，000 平方米的工作区域，包括各占41 ，500平方米的卡车组装区和驾驶室 生产区，以及39，000平方米车轴生 产区。
卡车组装区拥有超过900名员工，采 取两班制。全长800米的直线式组装 线，主要生产重卡系列---适合国内 及国际长途运输的TGX系列、适用于 建筑工地和短期运输的TGS系列及特 别为欧洲以外，如中东和远东、非洲 及独立国家联合体的长途运输而设计 的TGS WW系列。
混合组装线
“我们采用被广泛用于今天制造业的 混合组装线。这使我们能够符合客 户对多样化产品和较短交货时间的需 求。然而，谨慎的规划，包括步骤的 安排、物流、运输及时间选择对效益 是否能获得充分的发挥有着重大的关 键，我们目前的组装线上拥有大约70 种不同的类型。”
他指出，一般来说组装一辆轿车大概 要15至30个小时，但是组装一部卡车 则大约要7至8小时。慕尼黑的工厂每 天平均可组装160辆卡车。
当他把我们带到底盘翻转程序站时， 他显得尤其自豪。这里可看到曼员工 所发明，采用两台各拥有5吨 起重能 力的起重机，一前一后，轻而易举地 将底盘翻转过来的独特起重机系统。 近距离目睹巨大又笨重的底盘在半空 中翻转到垂直位置，确实很奇妙。
“我们总是努力地优化生产程序。在 曼，我们鼓励富有创造力的思考和创 新。这让我们的员工能够轻松地分享 他们的意见和想法。”
驾驶室部门采用两班制，拥有超过 900名员工。它每天为TGX和TGS系 列制造大约260个配备驾驶室和为 生产网络供应车身外壳组件。2014 年，该部门制造了44，000个驾驶 室。
与此同时，车轴生产部门则聘用了 800名员工，同样采取两班制。该部 门生产25种车前车轴和后车轴，传动
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With Hartmut Mueller, Managing Direc- tor of MAN Truck & Bus (M) Sdn Bhd as our guide, we were in good hands. He showed us what was going on at each station, stopped and allowed us to ex- plore with our barrage of questions. He was like a walking, talking encyclopae- dia about the plant.
It is a huge plant with about 1,000,000 square metres of work area, including the truck assembly and cab production each occupying 41,500 square metres, and an area of 39,000 square metres for axle production.
Staffed by more than 900 employees in two shifts, the 800m truck assembly line, which runs in a straight line, pro- duces mainly heavy series trucks - the TGX series for national and internation- al long-haul transport, along with the TGS series for building site traffic and short-haul transport, as well as the TGS WW series that is tailored for the special requirements of long-haul transporta- tion outside Europe, such as the Middle and Far East, Africa and the Common- wealth of Independent States.
Mixed-model Assembly Line
“We use the mixed-model assembly line that is widely used in today’s manufactur- ing industries. This enables us to meet customers’ demand with high product variety and short lead times in a cost- efficient way. However, careful and thor- ough planning, including the sequence of steps, logistics, transportation and tim- ing, is essential for exploiting the benefits as we currently have about 70 different types in the assembly,” said Mueller.
In general, he said it took 15 to 30 hours to assemble a passenger car but for trucks, it was about 7 to 8 hours. The Munich plant assembles an average of 160 trucks per day.
He was extremely proud when he brought us to see the chassis flipping process. With the special crane system that was invented by the staff to pro- vide tandem lift involving the use of two cranes with a lifting capacity of 5 tonnes each, it can easily handle the flip of a chassis. It was really amazing to see the large and heavy chassis rolled over to an upright position in mid-air.
“We always strive to optimise our pro-
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