Kaizen for the world’s most powerful turbine
Pontis was commissioned to reduce takt times in the rotor blade production of the V164-8.0 MW® wind turbine from MHI Vestas (MVOW). First we focused on the rotor blade facility, where improvement projects were implemented based on “Kaizen” principles. Kaizen is Japanese for "improvement."
Meanwhile the Nacelle production has started up a Kaizen project in alignment with Blades. Pontis consultants Jouke Zoethout and Lex Zwang advise and support Project Leaders Hidehiro Urata and Masahiro Yoshida in the implementation. The project was started up in the yaw and PCM (power conversion module) area in the factory hall. After implementation and testing, the Kaizen setup for Nacelle will be spread out to the remaining work centers in the factory hall.