JOSEF WIEGAND GMBH & CO.KG.

Maximum rounding for a maximum fun experience

LOEWER machines put the finishing touches to Wiegand attractions

No compromises are made at Josef Wiegand GmbH in Rasdorf. From planning and financing to ingenious design and production through to final assembly, maintenance and after-sales support (e.g. service, TÜV) – customers invest in the ‘Wiegand complete package’ from the Hessian pioneer in the leisure attraction sector, in which years of expertise, a great deal of self-acquired know-how and a good deal of passion can be felt in every step of the support.

The result: references that make you feel like you’re on holiday. Whether in the Black Forest, in the Erdinger Therme or on cruise ships such as the AIDA or the Icon of the Sea – everywhere you look you will find satisfied customers who enhance their offers with leisure attractions invented and built by Wiegand.

As much as these attractions are associated with fun and light-heartedness, the underlying safety requirements are just as high. Summer toboggan runs (Alpine Coaster), water slides and flying coasters are exposed to heavy use and extreme weather conditions and must be manufactured to a correspondingly clean and high quality, according to Dieter Hahn, member of the management board.

Several LOEWER machines help Wiegand to optimise part deburring and edge rounding, with some of the parts being automatically fed to the relevant machine by a gripper robot. The BeltMaster K4TD – equipped with a belt sanding unit and four oscillating disc brushes – has been providing Wiegand with reliable results in the areas of sanding, deburring and edge rounding of plasma parts for years.

A few years later, when Wiegand was looking for a solution for very strong edge rounding – sometimes with a radius of over 2 mm – they approached us again. The RotoMaster KR 1500, equipped with a belt sanding unit and a rotary brushing unit, delivered the desired first-class result and was able to fulfil Wiegand’s requirements for the cleanest surfaces and most extreme radii.

From an early stage, Wiegand focussed on maximising automation in production. This is reflected not only in the LOEWER throughfeed systems, but also in the use of robots for parts handling. Half a million parts of various sizes are moved through the systems every year, explains Production Manager Kevin Gensler.

Automation also makes it possible to run a double shift. The flexibility of our systems also allows for a material mix of aluminium, stainless steel, steel and, in some cases, glass fibre reinforced plastic.