Irene’s initial thoughts from the trip; “throughout my visit the emphasis was on ‘quality’ which was very evident.”
Although due to Stihl being so forward with their technology we were unable to use the camera, so have no images of their plants to show (sorry!) But check out Mr Stihl’s first ever chainsaw!
Andreas Stihl made his first chainsaw in 1926, from there he grew his business to the worldwide empire it is today with manufacturing plants across the globe, with members of the Stihl family still playing active roles within the company today. They have a research and development team who are constantly making improvements and bringing new products into their range to satisfy their diverse range of customers.
Stihl are the only chainsaw manufacturer who makes their own chains. The production involves heating and re-heating the materials to make them very hard and durable – hence the blue tinge to Stihl chains, the top and outside edge is then coated with chrome to make them harder for a better cut. The testing procedure is extensive to ensure that users get only the best quality chain. There is much human input in the making, assembling and testing of chains.
We did manage to get some of our very own chain links straight from the manufacturing line!
The metal is heated and cooled to strengthen which created the blue hue.
The tooth is given a laser line on top and outside edge of tooth to show correct angle and how far back the tooth can be sharpened to.
One of the smallest chains manufactured
The first of the chainsaw plants is the manufacturing plant. Mainly done by huge robotic machines, the raw product for the body is brought to the factory in small coloured resin/fibreglass pellets (white, black and or course orange). These are blow moulded into the chainsaw components with different moulds for each Stihl models.
Stihl make all of the components used for the manufacture of their chainsaws in one of their own factories around the world, bringing them in to their second ‘assembly’ plant. The engines are assembled by hand with a quality check after each section on the production line. At the end of production there are 6 testing boxes where robots pull start and run every chainsaw made, this final check lasts for 6 minutes. Stihl guarantee that they have over 100% quality checked their machines – once all packaged up spot checks are made on selected models which are re-tested.
Their product demonstrator showed us some of their new models including the TSA230 cordless cut off saw which will offer users extra benefits for indoor use without losing out on performance, and the new MS201C-M professional chainsaw range with M-Tronic engine management for optimum engine performance.
Andreas Stihl made his first chainsaw in 1926, from there he grew his business to the worldwide empire it is today with manufacturing plants across the globe, with members of the Stihl family still playing active roles within the company today. They have a research and development team who are constantly making improvements and bringing new products into their range to satisfy their diverse range of customers.
Stihl are the only chainsaw manufacturer who makes their own chains. The production involves heating and re-heating the materials to make them very hard and durable – hence the blue tinge to Stihl chains, the top and outside edge is then coated with chrome to make them harder for a better cut. The testing procedure is extensive to ensure that users get only the best quality chain. There is much human input in the making, assembling and testing of chains.
We did manage to get some of our very own chain links straight from the manufacturing line!
The metal is heated and cooled to strengthen which created the blue hue.
The tooth is given a laser line on top and outside edge of tooth to show correct angle and how far back the tooth can be sharpened to.
One of the smallest chains manufactured
The first of the chainsaw plants is the manufacturing plant. Mainly done by huge robotic machines, the raw product for the body is brought to the factory in small coloured resin/fibreglass pellets (white, black and or course orange). These are blow moulded into the chainsaw components with different moulds for each Stihl models.
Stihl make all of the components used for the manufacture of their chainsaws in one of their own factories around the world, bringing them in to their second ‘assembly’ plant. The engines are assembled by hand with a quality check after each section on the production line. At the end of production there are 6 testing boxes where robots pull start and run every chainsaw made, this final check lasts for 6 minutes. Stihl guarantee that they have over 100% quality checked their machines – once all packaged up spot checks are made on selected models which are re-tested.
Their product demonstrator showed us some of their new models including the TSA230 cordless cut off saw which will offer users extra benefits for indoor use without losing out on performance, and the new MS201C-M professional chainsaw range with M-Tronic engine management for optimum engine performance.
