Die Fabrik und das Technologiezentrum Dillingen/en: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

[[File:2009 Dillingen Geräuschlabor 9668 BSH Konzernarchiv.jpg|thumb|350x350px|The BSH sound lab in Dillingen, 2009. (Source: BSH Corporate Archives)]]

The development department for dishwashers was located at the Giengen site until 1996, after which it relocated to Dillingen.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 170.</ref> The BSH engineers developed a number of functions that would go down as milestones in the development of dishwasher technology. These included the AquaStop system from 1985<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 115. Corporate Archives, A05-0008, inform 1985/1, page 1.</ref> (reliable protection against water damage), the 45-cm dishwasher from 1987<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 126.</ref>, the AquaSensor system from 1996<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0019, inform 1996/4, page 26.</ref> (automatic replacement of water at a certain turbidity level), the world's first fully automatic dishwasher in 2000<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 172. The first pilot series was constructed in 1999.</ref>, as well as the development of Zeolite technology for dishwashers in 2008<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0031, inform 2008/3, page 16.</ref> (optimizes drying results while minimizing energy consumption).

BSH's global technology center for dishwashers has been located in Dillingen since 2014. The center boasts a number of different laboratories, including the dishwashing lab.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0030, Business Report 2012, page 43; A01-0035, Business Report 2015, page 28; A05-0042, inform 2015/4, page 14.</ref> "In the dishwashing lab, we test how thoroughly our appliances clean and how much energy they consume with the set parameters," explained lab boss Hein Heißler in 2015.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0042, inform 2015/4, page 14.</ref> The first dishwashers fitted with the Home Connect function were added in the same year.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0041, inform 2014/4, page 13.</ref> Home Connect enables communication between home appliances and an app running on a smart phone or tablet. For example, the app can be used to turn down the temperature of the oven when on the go or to check the contents of the refrigerator for finalizing the shopping list.

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==== More than 13000 dishwashers every day ====

Environmental protection and economical use of resources are right at the top of the priority list at the Dillingen site. Because suppliers are located around the company premises, the materials required for production can be supplied cost-effectively and on an environmentally sound basis.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4. Business Report 2002, page 12.</ref> Appliances are also largely distributed by rail from the site.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4.</ref>

The factory at Dillingen has a workforce of around 2,500 employees at present.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0042, inform 2015/1, page 17.</ref> It is one of the largest employers and also trainers in the region (approx. 90 junior staff at the same time).<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 9 and 11.</ref> More than thirteen thousand dishwashers are manufactured every day at seven parallel assembly lines. Dillingen is therefore currently home to one of the largest and most state-of-the-art dishwasher plants in the world, breaking the 60 million mark in 2015 for dishwashers produced.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 3 and 5.</ref>

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==== Milestones and Innovations from Dillingen ====

!Year

!Innovation

|First dishwasher with AquaStop

|45 cm wide dishwasher

|First dishwasher with AquaSensor

|First fully automatic dishwasher worldwide

|First dishwasher with Vario-Speed

|Most energy efficient dishwasher with zeolite drying

|Energy world record holder and noise world champion

|Opening of the new technology centre for dishwashers and production of the 60 millionth dishwasher

|45 series with zeolite drying system

|First devices with System Master

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