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| stihl chain | |
| By: Chainsawrepair Date: December 16, 2023, 10:36 am | |
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| Above all else, STIHL is famed around the world for its | |
| chainsaws. Key to this success is the strength and excellence of | |
| its saw chains, developed and perfected through years of | |
| experience and craftsmanship. And the same principles of | |
| quality and prestige apply today. | |
| How is a STIHL saw chain made?From raw materials to finished | |
| product, one of the most important parts of a saw chain are the | |
| rivet bolts, which arrive to our factory as wound up wire | |
| spools. After careful inspection, the rivets are cold-formed, | |
| which involves cutting, rolling and pressing them into shape at | |
| a low temperature. | |
| The drive link, cutting tooth and connector are punched out of | |
| steel strips. The strips are quality inspected by hand on | |
| arrival, before processing through the press, where they are | |
| punched out of the steel strip. From here, we heat things up in | |
| the hardening furnace, which is used in many parts of the STIHL | |
| production process, especially when producing essential parts | |
| for saws. | |
| Once hardened, the cutters move onto special grinding machinery, | |
| which has been developed in-house at STIHL. Each cutter is | |
| ground individually and stored, before undergoing cleaning at | |
| the washing plant. | |
| As environmental protection is incredibly important to us at | |
| STIHL, we have invested heavily in wastewater treatment systems | |
| in both of our factories. We are meticulous about the removal | |
| of heavy metals and other residues from the waste water. | |
| Once clean, our saw chains are inspected once again before being | |
| cut to length (known as rolls) and sent to storage in our | |
| logistics department in 100ft rolls. Again, these rolls will be | |
| checked by the highly-skilled maintenance technicians, removing | |
| any problems as well as performing general maintenance work. | |
| At STIHL, our employees are experts, so who better to check that | |
| our products are expertly built? Each employee is responsible | |
| for the quality of what they build, so toolmakers will examine | |
| their tools to ensure they deliver the high-quality standards | |
| that are expected of them. Individual parts and finished chains | |
| alike are inspected throughout production and at random. | |
| We pride ourselves on the quality of our tools, so the processes | |
| and traditions involved in their development are at the heart of | |
| our business. STIHL�s factories, in the Swiss towns of | |
| Bronschhofen and Wil, practice customary swiss precision to | |
| ensure every product meets our meticulous standards. | |
| #Post#: 90364-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: stihl chain | |
| By: Chainsawrepair Date: December 16, 2023, 10:41 am | |
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| Good cutting performance is dependent on a high-quality saw | |
| chain. Another important factor is how the engine unit, guide | |
| bar and saw chain interact. That is why STIHL manufacturers all | |
| of its saw chains itself so we can guarantee these factors are | |
| in perfect harmony. | |
| Our saw chains are made in STIHL factories in Wil and | |
| Bronschhofen in Switzerland using specially developed machinery. | |
| Swiss precision ensures that our saw chains are produced to the | |
| highest quality standards. | |
| These are the steps at how a saw chain is made - from the raw | |
| materials right through to the finished product: | |
| 1) The rivet bolts are delivered on spools and carefully | |
| inspected doing the incoming goods inspection. The rivet bolts | |
| are then cold formed. | |
| 2) Strip steel must be passed through a quality check and | |
| approved for production for all the blanked parts of the saw | |
| chain. The cutter, connector and drive link are blanked from raw | |
| materials in the blanking shop. | |
| All STIHL employees are responsible for the quality of whatever | |
| they produce. For example, toolmakers examine whether the tools | |
| deliver the high quality standards that are expected of them. | |
| 3) The next step is hardening the parts in the hardening | |
| furnace. | |
| 4) After the parts are hardened, they need to be ground. Each | |
| cutter must be ground individually and automatically stored on a | |
| special machine developed in-house at STIHL. | |
| 5) The components of the chain are cleaned and inspected several | |
| times during production. They are now ready for assembly! | |
| A fundamental part of day-to-day work in the chain plant is | |
| quality assurance. Individual parts, as well as finished chains, | |
| are inspected randomly throughout the process. | |
| 6) Some of the chains leave the plant as finished products that | |
| have been cut to length, known as loops. A special packaging | |
| machine ensures chains are placed in boxes correctly. Otherwise, | |
| they are stored in the logistics building in 100-foot rolls. | |
| "Our products enjoy success all over the world and live up to | |
| the high quality that STIHL is known for. Every single member of | |
| our team makes their own contribution to this - and that is a | |
| great source of pride for me." - Joachim Zappe, Managing | |
| Director STIHL Kettenwerk Switzerland | |
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