MAAG Group – Our Assembly & Crating Team (EGR)
Where it all comes together – after hours of engineering, purchasing components the final stage is with the assembly and crating team. In Eagle Rock we build on average 8-10 systems per month and another 12- 15 stand-alone dryers. For the past 18 months the team has been challenged with a constant change in build schedules and late components. Despite those challenges, systems are leaving the building every week. One key aspect of getting them to our customers is the crating team. Taking care of properly securing and protecting our products before they go onto a truck, ship or airplane is never a small task. In the past two years the number of larger and more complex MAAG systems has increased. We have built huge watertanks for Farrel Pomini and complex “everything after the extruder” lines that contain pumps, diverter valve, filter, pelletizer and dryer. Size, complexity and late components are putting a strain on available assembly space that needs to be addressed in the coming year. Within the team we do have a wide variety of skills – project coordination, dryer assembly, TWS assembly, Pelletizer assembly, electrical, testing (with support from programming) and crating. The team does help each other and frequently crosses from one task/skill into another to get the job done.
Scott Craft (Planning & Mfg. Manager)
The final quality of our systems is verified during the assembly and testing process. Any issues mechanically, electrically, or with programming are typically corrected during final testing and prior to shipping to our customers. Hence final testing is important to assure proper functionality, smooth start up and avoidance of warranty expense. This year we had to ship some systems prior to final testing at the request of the customer—a practice we do not support as it puts extra burden on our service and programming teams as we address issues in front of our customers at their plant sites. We need to continue to push back on customers that want the mechanical portion of the system ahead of the controls for these reasons.
Adam Zierler (Assembler)
Eddie Huffman (Assembler)
Rob Dudley
(Project Coordinator)
Anastacio Guerra
Ethan Persinger
Steven King
(Assembler)
(Tester)
(Project Coordniator)
Brian Broughman (Electrical Assembler)
Jacob Dean
Taylor Landram (Crating Operator)
(Electrical Assembler)
Andrew Fridley
Jim Christian
Travis Smith
(Electrical Assembler)
(Crating Operator)
(Material Handler)
Bryan Gillispie (Assembler)
Lewis Ford (Assembler)
Tyler Broughman
(Electrical Cell Coordinator)
Chriss Anderson
Matt Graham
Willie Hurt (Assembler)
(TWS Cell Coordinator)
(Crating Operator)
Doug Shires
Nicholas McReed
Dryer Cell Coordinator
(Assembler)
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