Quick Effect – saving time to save money
When companies look for ways to reduce coating costs, they often focus on material consumption or production capacity. While these areas matter, one of the fastest ways to improve profitability is often overlooked: reducing handling time.
Every second spent loading, adjusting, untangling, or repositioning objects adds cost to the process. By making handling faster and easier, you can reduce labor costs, increase productivity, and lower your total coating cost.
This is where Quick Effect comes in.
What is the Quick Effect?
Quick Effect is the immediate cost-saving impact achieved by using smart hanging solutions that can reduce the time operators spend handling objects.
Unlike larger process investments that may take months or years to pay off, reducing handling time can generate savings from day one.
The principle is simple:
Work smarter, not harder.
Why hanger design matters
Traditional hanging methods, such as hooks, often come with handling problems that take up extra time. Detangling individual hooks or only having one hand free for loading slows the production down and adds to the coating costs.
Smarter hanger designs, such as shafts, frames, levels and designs with fixed hanging points, create a more efficient workflow. They are easier to handle, allow operators to work with both hands, and reduce the risk of tangling in both the hanging and pre-treatment process.
The result is faster loading, smoother handling, and improved productivity.
Example case:
How much time could we save?
Let’s compare two different hanging methods for 25 dollar-shaped objects: Traditional daisy-chain hanging vs. Hanging with HQW S. The only difference is the hanger solution being used. Everything else in the coating process remains exactly the same.
Hooks = 10 sec / piece (loading & unloading)
HQW S = 6 sec / piece (loading & unloading)
The result?
40% less handling time.
For a production line requiring 7 operators, this efficiency gain could reduce the need to 4 operators performing the same task.
The financial result
In the $-case above, a smart hanger reduced the handling time by 40% – but how does it actually affect the profits at the end of the line?
Result: Reduced coating cost of 13% with HQW S.
At first glance, a smarter hanger may appear more expensive than a traditional alternative. However, the hanger itself represents only a small fraction of the total coating cost. Labor, handling, and process efficiency have a much larger impact.
With the CCC calculator, you can calculate how much impact a new hanging solution would have in your production. Try it for yourself and find out how much you could save – or take a look at the calculation from the $-case above.
Real customer case: BLS
BLS wanted to improve their productivity – so we developed a solution tailored to their needs. Based on the BH shaft, we created a custom setup designed specifically for their production process. In the video, BLS shares the results and how it has made a difference both in production and in terms of cost savings.
REAL CASE: BLS
How does the Quick Effect work with larger objects
Even when coating larger objects, the handling time and hanging density has a significant impact on productivity. For BLS, the custom hanger with fixed hanging points improved the workflow and made the handling more efficient.
Traditional daisy-chain hanging vs. Custom BH Shaft.
The result?
Output: from coating 192 objects per hour, to 288 objects per hour. Production time: reduced by 400 hours yearly.
Work smarter, not harder
Smart efficiency is about finding improvements that deliver measurable results without changing your entire production setup. By changing something as small as the hanger and increasing your hanging density, you can actually achieve:
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A more optimized handling time
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Better operator efficiency and reduced staff need
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More objects being coated per meter
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Cost efficiency
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Increased profit
