Spanning 22 countries with more than 59 facilities, Jabil Inc. has been serving industries ranging from consumer products to aerospace and defense. Founded in 1966, the electronics solutions company provides comprehensive electronics for design, manufacturing, and product management services.
Jabil entered the automotive market working with wires and cables anywhere from 18 -10 AWG. Beginning with lower volume projects, they chose to hand crimp their wires using crimping pliers. This resulted in throughput issues and exposed potential quality issues they were not comfortable accepting.
The search for a solution led to Schleuniger.
“Switching from hand operations to machinery made sense financially and from a quality risk avoidance standpoint; our operation becoming efficient and effective,” said project proposal manager Chris Hempsall. “We had witnessed how quickly Schleuniger got other companies up and running, some even in just 3 months. Schleuniger had a proven track record of being able to get even new and inexperienced customers up and running quickly.”
With the UniCrimp 200 (pictured here) and the UniStrip 2300, Jabil employees no longer have to measure, cut, and strip wires by hand. It is now done automatically, programmed through the user-friendly display. Producing crimped wires 10 times faster than before Schleuniger arrived, Jabil no longer has concern for productivity and quality.
“Schleuniger employees truly get the credit for our improved quality and efficiency,” Hempsall further stated. “The training they provided exceeded our expectations. We are beyond impressed. They quickly got us up and running and most importantly, comfortable with technology we had little prior experience with.”
