FlexProp

Our goal is your benefit

FlexProp have benefited, in particular automotive and aerospace industry, with lightweight production equipment since 1999. Our goal is to provide state of the art robust production equipment such as fixtures, jigs, manual tooling and handling equipment in various size and for various applications and thereby ensure our costumers long term benefits, namely reduced investments cost, improved productivity and flexibility.

By introducing manual fixtures in composite material from FlexProp we have eliminated continuous control and service on our manual fixtures. The new fixtures from FlexProp are approximately half the weight and tremendously much more robust compared to the previous steel fixture. Productivity has improved significantly and there are never any errors in production caused by deformed manual fixtures.

By introducing lightweight fixtures we have been able to plan our production differently and thereby reduce workshop floor with 60%, energy consumption with 40% and now model change is done in one day against previously five days.

Technology

By combining innovative patented methodology for design and manufacturing and state-of-the-art composite material technology, FlexProp offer robust production equipment up to 10 times lighter compared to conventional technology.

The weight savings are fantastic, the base frame of the fixture is now 60 kg compared to 750 kg for the previous steel frame.

Some of the designs are not feasible to build in steel, considering the way we have to handle the equipment but now when we use composite fixtures from FlexProp, the weight is reduced to less than 10% of the alternative steel one. Now it is feasible to plan production as we want.

By reducing the weight from 36 kg to 8 kg the operators are very pleased, quality and productivity is improved.

Why lightweight equipment?

Any state of the art production line is dynamic processes were numerous tools are handled manually or by various types of robots. By reducing the weight of fixtures, jigs, handling equipment and manual tools, the production can be planned more efficient, flexibility is improved, investment cost is reduced and ergonomics enhanced.

Normally our fixtures are well grounded on the workshop floor, due to the weight. It is not uncommon we are talking about 3500 kg for each fixture. These fixtures are now handled by robots and allow a much more efficient workflow in our plant. This was feasible as the weight of the fixtures were reduced to less than 150 kg.

Don’t show this equipment to the operators if they see it they never accept anything else.