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Mercedes in Jawor NEWSLETTER MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND | ISSUE X | APRIL 2019 Gottlieb Daimler Street in Jawor News 2 Technology 14 Our Interview 3 Mercedes-Benz Factory 16 Our Team 5 News from the Daimler concern 17 MBMPL in Jawor 8 Do you know… 18 Education 12 2 | NEWS MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND Order of Merit awarded to the Mercedes manager in Poland The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, awarded Ewa Łabno-Falęcka PhD the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award ceremony took place in March at the Residence of the German Ambassador in Warsaw. Rolf Nikel, the German am- bassador to Poland stressed in his speech that Ewa Łabno-Falęcka PhD received this honour for her tireless work as the Director of Marketing Communication and External Affairs for Mercedes-Benz Poland and for her contributions towards achieving understanding between Germany and Poland both professionally and socially. The order was established in 1951 by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, as an award for German citizens and foreigners for out- standing services in the fields of: politics, culture or socio-economics. NEWSLETTER | ISSUE X | APRIL 2019 OUR INTERVIEW | 3 Precision measured in micrometers How long have you been in MBMPL and what are We talk about LDS you responsible for? (Lichtbogendrahtspritzen) I’ve been at MBMPL since August last year. Together and its role in the with Mark Weller and Harald Eckhardt, I have the plea- sure in creating a production team in the Mechanical production process of Blocks Machining Department. The main responsibility of our team is the LDS (nanoslide) process. I am the Mercedes-Benz engines technology manager and coordinate the work with a group of engineers -technologists of the machining with Marcin Dziubek, process. Our team includes engineers from Poland Technology Manager LDS and Germany. from the Cylinder Blocks What is LDS technology and why is it important Machining Department. in the production of Mercedes-Benz engines? We will produce the heart of our engine that fulfills a key, functional role. The LDS technology is the process of spraying a metal alloy on a suitably pre- pared surface of the cylinder of an aluminum engine block with precision processing of this surface after the spraying process. The technology significantly reduces resistance, friction and weight. What is more, a surface prepared in this way dramatically affects 4 | OUR INTERVIEW MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND the reduction of CO2 emissions, which enables What does cooperation with engineers from Ger- Mercedes-Benz to meet the most restrictive emission many look like in the field of LDS technology? standards. Thanks to LDS, CO2 reduction is 4.3 g/km. We work very closely with colleagues from Germa- How does the LDS process work? ny. Despite the duties related to their daily work, we can count on very big support and commitment. We have created working groups divided into processes The LDS process consists of several key elements. and based on them we are implementing a training The first of these is cleaning and degreasing the program. We have access to documentation from a surface of engine block. The next stage is the use variety of technology research. Training takes place of NMRP technology, that is, dry cylinder surface in two- and three-week cycles, involving direct work treatment using a shaped tool. Its purpose is to create on processes as well as implementation of defined a special profile that allows the connection of liquid projects and milestones. Cooperation takes place in metal with the aluminum surface of the cylinder. After an extremely friendly atmosphere. this operation, the unit, using a vision system, is checked for the presence of pores and shrinkage cav- ities. We also study the profile with white light. At the Thank you very much for the interview. next stage it goes to the furnace, where it is prepared for spraying, that is, heated to a temperature of about 110 degrees Celsius. Heating the element has a significant impact on reducing thermal defor- Marcin Dziubek has been involved in the automotive mation and on the correct combination of materials. industry for over a dozen years. He gained experience The part prepared in this way is subjected to the LDS at Volkswagen Motor Polska WMP and Sanden Man- process in which - with the help of the head (through ufacturing Poland. He spent 14 years at the latter. He which the steel wire pass), electric arc and nitrogen - was responsible for the Parts Production Department the molten metal is put under pressure on the surface and coordinated the work of over 350 people. Knowl- of the cylinder. The thickness of the coating after this edge and experience related to innovative production operation is approx. 300 m. After cooling the parts, processes allow him to pursue one of his professional the cylinders are reamed and precisely honed and dreams - to be part of Daimler. smoothed. The final coating after the whole opera- tions is approx. 100 m. Its quality is confirmed by the process parameters and control plan, in which the most important elements are tests for adhesion, roughness and coating thickness. What is the biggest challenge in LDS technology? Here, basically, everything is a challenge, we are talking about micrometers. Each process has a sig- nificant impact on the quality of the coating. On the basis of previous experience, it can be said that for the mentioned NMRP process, due to the dedicated tool with a very small radius, the type and quality of the cast will be the key. The guarantee of quality is through the right profile after processing and cleaning while maintaining the correct LDS parameters. It must be remembered that despite very precisely defined process parameters, honing is very sensitive to all kinds of changes and requires a lot of experience. NEWSLETTER | ISSUE X | APRIL 2019 OUR TEAM | 5 The MBMPL team is still growing! The crew of the future factory already has 338 employees, 64% men and 36% women. MBMPL are currently recruiting for 40 various positions, including Production, IT and HR Departments. All offers are available in the “Career section” tab on the website www.mercedes-benz-jawor.com.pl 6 | OUR TEAM MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND Quality Department In our series “MBMPL What is MBMPL Quality Department respon- grows in strength”, we sible for? present another section We employees of the Quality Management department are the first contact person when from the Mercedes-Benz it comes to quality topics. Therefore, it is very engine factory in Jawor. important for us to have a common understand- ing what Mercedes-Benz Quality stands for and Andreas Zawesky, to follow Gottlieb Daimler’s slogan “The best or nothing”. We are responsible for supporting the Director of Quality, talks production and all other complementary depart- ments, in order to produce engines in the best about the role and tasks Mercedes-Benz quality. We are planning quali- of the Quality Department. ty processes and check if they will be respected. Quality department is also the interface be- tween MBMPL and our customers, the vehicle plants. Therefore we are in charge of customer care regarding quality matters. In case of any quality issues related to supplier parts, we are organizing immediate actions and ensure that bad parts will not reach our customers. NEWSLETTER | ISSUE X | APRIL 2019 OUR TEAM | 7 How big is the team you manage and what is But there are also a lot of challenges to prepare the structure of the department? ourselves for our functions during the startup phase. We have to train the engine Hot Test operations just as a Formula one race team instructs changing tires. In my department we have already hired 58 We have to put highly precise measuring machines highly motivated people. Our plan is to achieve 81 into operation and we have to prepare the production employees in autumn for the start of production. test to receive the customer delivery release. The Quality Management department is divided into three teams and one separate group respon- sible for Industry 4.0 topics. Are there any open positions at the department Małgorzata Romanek leads the Measurement currently? What positions are you recruiting and Quality Planning team. They are trained in for? programming measuring machines and they can perform analysis of claimed parts and compo- nents. The colleagues in Quality planning define We have open positions still in each team. For exam- the measurement and control strategy for our ple we are looking for technicians in the measure- different production lines. ment room. In the second team, Hot Test and Audit, Dawid We are still hiring employees for the Hot Test where Kijanka and his employees put our final products they have to test engines with full power and some- through its places. In the product audit they dis- times glowing exhaust system. Also an interesting assemble engines after the testing to ensure and position is the Big Data Engineer. This person should analyze our Mercedes-Benz quality. manage all quality data and improve new Industry In case of any unexpected quality issues 4.0 solutions. Mirosław Zygadło and his Complaint Manage- ment team are in the starting blocks to solve problems with our engines in the vehicle plants What is the ideal profile of the candidate to your and dealing with claims of supplier parts. department? What qualities and competencies do you value the most? What are the challenges that you will have to face during the next few months? We are searching for people who are motivated, bring in their own ideas and have a good awareness of quality issues.
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