Cummins has placed an order for nine different cart types that will be used for transporting cylinder blocks, crankshafts, fly wheels, cam shafts and other engine components inside its plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. FlexQube and Cummins have worked together in order to develop efficient and dedicated applications using the modular FlexQube system.

Cummins adopted the FlexQube concept and used it to create ergonomic and efficient solutions for assembly kitting operations. Cummins believes that FlexQube’s flexible system will allow the company to keep its material handling carts aligned with the fluctuations in component mix and product changes over an extended lifetime compared to welded applications.

The carts will be manufactured at FlexQube manufacturing and distribution center in Swainsboro, Georgia, and assembled by a local partner in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Anders Fogelberg, CEO at FlexQube, said, “Late 2015, we started to investigate the Mexican market and, during the past 12 months, our order intake has been growing steadily. The industry is booming and there is a need for efficient, safe and ergonomic material handling solutions. As in any other developed country, the expectations and requirements are high. The companies are striving for state-of-the-art manufacturing operations and we are in Mexico to help them achieve these goals.

“With our unique DesignOnDemand process, where the customer and a designer from FlexQube interact in a web meeting, the different cart designs are developed together. This process aims to reduce both the onsite visits and the number of emails sent back and forth with requirements that usually take place in a development process like this. The modular building blocks that are the core of the FlexQube concept, make it possible to quickly draft a design together with the customer and it also deepens the understanding about the possibilities with the concept from the customers’ perspective.”