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Think Flexibility not Weldability
Welding
Flex Craft
Design project
Create bill of materials
Purchase materials
Find Welder available
Find area to weld
Get hot permit
Make Jig to hold
Cut Material to size
De-Burred with grinder
Tack Weld
Finish Weld
Clean up Weld
Degrease
Mask
Paint

Tools and skills needed
Welder
Grinder
Saw
Measuring tools
Degreaser
Masker
Painter

Time to implement
days and weeks

Can you reuse those
materials?
Unlikely
Design project
Create bill of materials
Purchase materials
Assemble project

Tools and skills needed
1/2" wrench

Time to implement
seconds and minutes

Can you reuse those
materials?

Yes, if fact we
encourage it.
 
Round Tube
Flex Craft
Materials
$778
$517
Labor
8 hrs.
1 hr.
Labor Cost
$320
$40
Total
$1098
$557
"Previously, we used two other companies’ material
handling products. However, there were
too many
parts to order and keep track of.
And then there
was the
cost associated with all those
components."

"With Flex Craft, not only are we saving money by
not having to purchase all those pieces and parts, we
have also
significantly reduced the required
assembly time.
With the Flex Craft system, if it can
be designed, it can be built using only a ½ inch
wrench."

"In fact, some of the simpler carts
take only 15
minutes
to put together. As our manufacturing
process changes, we simply take apart the Flex Craft
cart or rack and reconfigure it into whatever other
system is required.  
   
"Once again, eliminating waste."
Chip C. of HON Industries
Round tube joints  
when they fail
How do we do it?
Here is our joints
Rob Hunt is a CI Manager for a Shingo Prize Recipient
Tale of the Tube
Round Tube vs. Flex Craft