MS Engine Technology Components, Subassemblies and Systems Highly Precise and Innovative
Performance, power and persistence in every respect Precision and reliability if both are highly distinctive, then the parts can only have come from MS. Flexibility and efficiency if both are deeply rooted in production planning, then the parts certainly came from MS. Complexity and diversity if both are impressively comprehensive, then the parts most definitely came from MS! Discover more performance, power and persistence in engine and drive technology: MS Engine Technology develops, designs and manufactures components, subassemblies and systems for engines that drive vehicles and plants all over the world. Under any and all conditions. Here we are leaders in reliable volume production, even of high batch sizes. With our full vertical integration we offer you exemplary processing safety, and our diverse product range satisfies even the most demanding requirements. Whether efficient production processes for optimal quality or full customer service at all the MS Group sites you will find comprehensive expertise based on many years of experience with efficient production structures. Plus the certainty that you will receive parts that are optimal in every regard. 2
What makes MS Engine Technology so successful? A leading role is played at MS by innovation management: MS offers its customers the synergy effects of an international group of companies and the flexibility of a medium-sized firm with a long technological tradition. Engine technology is one of the two divisions of the MS Group. We have been completely familiar with the special requirements of machine and engine construction for more than 45 years now. With our state-of-the-art industrial facility, highly committed employees and precision production processes we give you unique efficiency as a systems supplier combined with the most flexible production conditions. This makes MS Engine Technology outstandingly important. Holistic approach to all production processes Extensive investment in latest-generation production and testing facilities Own department for company-wide continuous improvement processes Further training for each of our qualified employees Many years of cooperation with universities and research institutes Innovation projects and good ideas are put into practice quickly and unbureaucratically in fact, MS could also be seen as a development laboratory for drive technology. One prize for all this hard work has been the award as one of the Top 100 most innovative small and mediumsized firms in Germany. 3
150 million horsepower Plenty of performance for the highest demands Components, subassemblies and systems from MS occupy an outstanding position in the market for powerful vehicle and plant engines, in terms of both quality and quantity. MS also takes sustainable production targets into consideration, bringing approximately 150 million horsepower each year to the world s roads. With around 4.2 million litres of displacement, the company drives not only utility vehicles on all continents especially efficiently but also buses, rail vehicles, ships, mining machinery and agricultural machinery, as well as stationary plants in energy technology. A high amount of our own developments, diverse production technologies and reliable capacities, also for high-volume production, lead to a broad range of application sectors. Parts from MS Engine Technology cover all power ranges from 150 to 4,300 kw in engines or stationary plants. MS Engine Technology has already fully proven its performance spectrum with a large number of different drives as a preferred supplier of leading companies. Depending on the respective application, MS supplies simple subassemblies all the way to complex systems made from Steel Cast iron Cast aluminium Cast iron parts and Solid materials 4
MS delivers high-precision parts for your production whether for the power range between 150 and 4,300 kw in progressive drive technology on rails, for direct drives and power generation in shipbuilding, for engines and secondaryenergy generation for machines in the mining sector, however tough the conditions, for reliable stationary energy-technology plants for extracting new materials, for high-powered direct and indirect drives in innovative agricultural technology or for latest-generation diesel engines in the utility vehicle and bus segment. The systems from MS have proven themselves a million times over and, whatever conditions they have to face, you can always be sure of one thing: MS gives you absolute reliability! 5
1.8 million systems Plenty of power for unique products Product diversity is where the superiority of MS engine technology becomes especially clear, alongside high-volume production and a high degree of vertical integration. In everything to do with valve train controls, drivetrains, chassis units, engine braking systems and injection technologies, the quality of MS Engine Technology has fully established itself on the market. The wealth of variants is also reflected in the quantities produced: around 1.8 million subassemblies for 500,000 moving and stationary engines every year. MS is the only manufacturing company worldwide to offer such a large variety of products and it is also a leading systems supplier of subassemblies for efficient engines. MS currently develops, designs and produces innovative lightweight-construction valve train components, which fulfil official requirements and norms in a low-cost, efficient manner even in the long term. In the fuel efficiency sector, too, the limits of the achievable are far from having been reached. With constantly new technologies and production methods, MS Engine Technology will be tapping savings potential in the future as well with regard to consumption, harmful emissions and procurement costs. 6
Just some of the products available from MS Engine Technology: Valve train controls Injection technology Powertrains Chassis units Engine braking systems Gearbox housings 7
432 billion revolutions Plenty of persistence for top quality Make or buy? MS Engine Technology has decided in favour of the fullest possible vertical integration. For us as a market leader, that not only makes the greatest sense to us from the production technology point of view but also makes our customers happy in the knowledge that they can install the most innovative, high-quality developments in engine technology. For the production of its subassemblies in the machining centres MS currently has around 432 billion engine revolutions per year at the ready and that figure is increasing all the time! With its unique, comprehensive and stateof-the-art industrial facility, and continuous optimisation of development, MS Engine Technology is the only production company anywhere in the world with the necessary performance, know-how and vertical integration to develop the best components for vehicles and plants. Here is how MS Engine Technology benefits you with its vertical production processes: 1. Mechanical processing / Milling Clamping devices and special chucking fixtures for processing even complex components in large volumes Working areas of 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,250 mm for the processing of diverse materials such as steel, cast iron, aluminium or nonferrous metals Own tool shop and fixture production 2. Mechanical processing / Deburring Methods: ECM (electrolytic machining), TEM (thermal energy method), plus robot-assisted deburring for precise and repeatable results Broad range of deburring processes for production of defined component stages, also for internal cuts Processing safety in steel, cast iron or nonferrous metal 3. Mechanical processing / Linear drilling Adherence to the tightest of tolerances in all linear-drilling processing with alignment spindles Hydraulic clamping concepts for repeatable precision Perfect-fit concentricity of parts for processing, up to lengths of 1,250 mm 8
4. Heat treatment / Inductive hardening Strict adherence to hardnesses, hardness zones and hardening depths Thermic process monitoring Own inductor development 5. Mechanical processing / Straightening Flying clamping devices and working areas up to 1,300 mm Straightening with accuracy < 0.02 mm Size of components for processing up to 40 x 1,300 mm 6. Mechanical processing / Grinding and finishing Flat, round and profile grinding Honing, stoning and belt finishing Barrel finishing 7. Cleaning / Residual dirt analysis Residual dirt analysis to VDA19 and ISO16232 as well as to customer requirements Container management for maximum technical cleanliness Clean room for assembly of all dirt-sensitive components 8. Componentry assembly Tumbling, riveting, shrinking, pressing and screwing Joining and assembly to drawings Semi-automatic and fully-automatic assembly lines 9. Measuring and testing technology Process-parallel and process-integrated measuring and testing methods such as profile measuring technology, leak detection, surface measurement technologies Profound quality philosophy far beyond required certification criteria, also in length testing technology via 2D and 3D measurement Non-destructive and destructive testing methods for hardness/join assessment and materials analysis 9
High-precision quality Absolutely reliable MS is certified to ISO/TS 16949 What makes engine technology from MS so special in every regard? We have a highly distinctive attitude to quality. Our reaction times are faster. Our customer service is more intensive, more personal and better. Our core competence is the development, design and production of drivetrains, valve control trains, injection technologies, chassis units and engine braking systems for stationary and moving engines and plants. We find innovative solutions for start-to-finish processing on a daily basis. From weight-optimised untreated components and state-of-the-art clamping and processing concepts to an end-of-line test bench, MS gives you everything you would expect from a first-class supplier. Process-parallel testing and measuring during all phases of production guarantee you the maximum quality that MS is certified with on a regular basis. Moreover, quality at MS is not only both production-based and customer-based but is also the yardstick for everything we do in the innovation-oriented engine and drive industry. 10
In engine technology, MS is the powerful partner and preferred supplier of many leading-name manufacturers. Together with vehicle, engine and transmission manufacturers we develop components and systems, and focus our production expertise on their processing and assembly. Here, MS combines many years of production experience with state-of-the-art processing technologies, while ensuring that organisational structures are always fully up-to-date as well. Close cooperation with customers and universities has made MS the most expert partner in the development of modern engine technology. Here s what makes the engine technology from MS so special: Forward-looking quality control through installation of production processes that rule out all errors from the start MS is your one-stop shop for all the production processes: milling, turning, deburring, grinding, deep-hole and linear drilling, hardening, reaming, straightening, pressing, shrinking, tumbling, riveting and finishing Broad range of measuring and testing concepts using state-of-the-art methods Own developments, from innovative processing concepts for the production of simple subassemblies all the way to complex systems 11
Concentrated consulting expertise For maximum benefit MS is certifed to ISO 14001 MS provides its own production concepts for the processing of thin-wall aluminium housings, the production of complete axles and for the manufacture of rocker-switch mechanisms and engine braking systems. The company also designs concepts for cast-iron, forged, die-cast and full-material workpiece blanks. All our concepts are aimed at achieving the very best results with an absolute minimum of clamping. To attain this objective we cooperate closely with specialists from the mechanical engineering sector. In this way, we can quickly develop our own solutions. In logistics, too, MS can fall back on a large number of modern solution possibilities as well as an international supplier portfolio. This enables us to get your system onto your line just in sequence that is guaranteed! MS Engine Technology is also the right choice for you where the environment is concerned: our efforts to produce ever more efficient engines and drives go hand in hand with sustainable production conditions at our factories. As a systems supplier we not only feel we have a duty to produce engine systems that are as environmentally friendly as possible, we also feel strongly connected with the entire network in which we operate and that includes an intact ecosystem as well as healthy social relations. For this reason, MS also supports a large number of social projects. 12
As developers, we are more than familiar with the special requirements of engineering. That is why we also know the true meaning of service and delivery reliability. From your first contact with MS Engine Technology onwards, you ll feel that special responsiveness to your needs. Did you know that MS provides you with a feasibility analysis? Before any order is signed, expert consultants test all the relevant parameters together with you, ensuring the best possible production and making sure the delivery conditions suit you one hundred percent. That s what we call maximum benefit. 13
Maximum efficiency At all production sites MS is larger and more multi-layered than most producers of components, subassemblies and systems for engine and drive technology. Active in the market for more than 45 years now, MS is a successful, global group of companies with over 700 employees and production sites in Spaichingen and Zittau, Germany, and Fowlerville, Michigan/USA: The company s headquarters in Spaichingen, founded in the year 1965 in very close proximity to the most successful carmakers in the world, are the location of the development centre of MS Engine Technology as well as production of powerful engines, particularly rocker arms, valve bridges and gear housings. We are currently training over 50 junior employees in ground-breaking engine technologies. Since 2008 our employees have been working at the subsidiary MS PowerTec GmbH in Zittau, Germany, a competence centre for subassemblies and components complying with the highest MS quality standards. Semi- and fully-automatic processing centres produce, among others, the valve control systems for what are currently the most efficient utility-vehicle engines in the world. MS Precision Components LLC is the subsidiary founded in 2006 in Fowlerville, Michigan/USA. Our employees there primarily work on processing and assembling components that drive heavy utility vehicles powerfully and reliably. 14
In the engine technology sector, MS delivers above-average performance at the highest quality level. With over 45 years of experience, MS has amassed unique expertise, reflected not least in the special efficiency of its solutions. MS offers its customers the synergy effects of an internationally active enterprise combined with the flexibility of a medium-sized company. Countless ideas and in-house know-how, highly efficient production at three sites, and a global presence. With performance, power and persistence, MS is expanding engine and drive technology in every regard: with the most flexible production especially for large volumes, with the fullest possible vertical integration and with an unrivalled breadth of production highly precise and innovative. 15
Performance, power and persistence for the best engines You can find more information on the possibilities provided by engine technology from MS at www.ms-spaichingen.de. Or why not find out in person all about the benefits MS can give you? We look forward to your call! Global Headquarters: MS Spaichingen GmbH Karlstraße 8-20 78549 Spaichingen Germany Phone: +49 7424 701-0 Fax: -190 E-Mail: motorentechnik@ms-spaichingen.de URL: www.ms-spaichingen.de MS / 500 / E / EZ16