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Location
VACUUM CLEANER AND PUMP PLANT
The Vacuum Cleaner and Motor Plant is located in Çerkezköy Industry
Zone with a 39.500-m² covered field.
SETTLEMENT
1.Vacuum Cleaner assembly line - 2.Vacuum Cleaner motor - 3.Plastic
injection - 4.Assistant establishments - 5.Internal Production -
6.Dishwasher motor - 7.Direct drive motor- 8.Pump motor - 9. Washing
motor - 10.Product warehouse
Capacity - Production - Export
Over 6.000.000 vacuum cleaners, 35.000.000 motors, pump and compressors
have been produced until today.
Vacuum Cleaner and Motor Plant has a capacity of 1.000.000/year
vacuum cleaners, 3.000.000/year motors and 2.500.000/year pumps.
35.000 vacuum cleaners were exported to one of leading vacuum cleaner
manufacturers in England and still dispatching. Also 2.000.000 hermetic
compressors were exported to the world's leading compressor manufacturers.
Product development technologies
The technologies that are used to improve existing products and
manufacturing process are provided mostly from internal departments,
some from Arçelik R&D department and foreign sources.
CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAE (Computer Aided Engineering)
tools are commonly being used while the product development design
process. Internet, e-mail, intranet options are developed due to
the importance of the information technologies. Fast prototype making(stereolithography,
laser cutting etc.) is being carried out through our central departments.
Also, we use the benefits of our sub-suppliers opportunities and
technologies.
Vacuum Cleaners
The exterior appearence of the product is designed by the Industrial
Design Department among the product definition, which is a union
of customer wishes and needs, quality, reliability, security, performance,
stability, aesthetic, fitting standarts, enviromental affects, easy
using and long life, with new ideas and technologies. The product
is designed with CAD software that enables multi-tasking engineering
and fast prototype making.
The product and its components are tested with equipments which
are suitable with international standards (IEC, CE etc.) using home
appliances simulation in the product development laboratories. Acoustical
vibrations and CFD related studies are completed by R&D in international
standards.
The existing vacuum cleaners which are improved by the product development
period, are also being worked to improve their quality wnd performance
for fullfilling the customers expactations.
Motors
Four critical disciplines have a high importance in the Product
Development Management and have
a big share in the investments. These are : Magnetism, acoustics
and vibrations, motors and control, applied mechanics.
Project based, experienced and powerful product development substructure
is formed by cooperation with local and foreign universities, research
companies and sub-supplier industry relationships.
New Products
Orbital Series Vacuum Cleaners
The Orbital Series Vacuum Cleaner feel dust with its dust sensors
and contols the suction power electronically. The product has a
high suction power and a low sound level. It also senses the dust
bag load and warns user by optical and vocal warnings.
Easy using is provided with easily adjustable one-touch telescobic
pipe, accessories and suction power buttons placed on the hose.
A combination of "Fine Dust Filter" type filters provide
minimum dust emission with a 6 stage filtration system.
Direct Drive Motors 
The Orbital SeriesWashing Machines, winner of 1997 Technology Award,
use direct drive motors. These are the first ones that use direct
drive technology in front load washing machines instead of convensional
belt-pulley mechanism electrical motors.
Direct drive motors, which are fully designed by Arçelik engineers
are being manufactured at Arçelik assemblies.
In the conventional motors, only rotation angles and start/stop
timings are contollable. The new direct drive motors also provide
control of the roll angle that allows every movement for ideal washing
process. The
roll is rotated by the electrical motor, placed under the boiler,
using belt-pulley mechanism. The direct drive motor shaft is directly
connected to the roll.
The direct drive motor rotates 10 times less than the conventional
machines because of not using the belt-pulley mechanism that reduces
the number of rotations of the motor shaft. For this reason number
of components and coupling elements are reduced and motor life is
extended.
Benefits To The Sub-Suppliers, Society And Local Ecomomy
10.000 units of vacuum cleaners and motor components are provided
from local and foreign sub-suppliers. By sharing the Arçelik's Quality
Culture, our sub-suppliers have been approved for ISO 9001 quality
system and they apply total quality applications such as in time
manufacturing, KANBAN, joining the design process. Society activities
are being planned along economical, social and enviromental responsibilities.
A total of 640 jobs, 540 by Arçelik A.Ş. Vacuum Cleaner and Motor
Plant and 100 by our sub-suppliers, are provided.
Human Resources
There are 533 employees working at the Vacuum Cleaner and Motor
Plant, consist of 87 engineers and 446 workers, at the end of July
2002. More than 80% of workers have at least high school graduation.
Our workers are educated over 25 hours/year and engineers are educated
over 40 hours/year.
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