Zeppelinstrasse		revised 04.03.99js
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building Zeppelinstrasse

Early in the nineties the buildings in the Waesserscheid were too small, so that a new building was constructed in the Remagen-South industrial area.
In the 170m long builing are the central warehouse, the Silverparts and test department and the buying office located.
Close by are the pavillons with the frame building and the Octagon flagship store.

pic.: warehouse for bike components

The central warehouse has a storage capacity of 2500 pallets of three different sizes: the european "Euro"-pallet, the asian "Shimano"-pallet and the custom size Schauff-pallet. This gives Schauff the flexibility to produce all bikes to order, while owning almost no complete bikes.

pic.: framebuilding "LA LUNA"

tube bending machine	8-axis-robot for plama-cutting
Luna-tube cutting	9-axis-frame welding robot, sized for tandems too!

Schauff has a high-tech frame building unit. The "La Luna" frame is made from a custom-made Mannesmann 60mm diameter cromoly tube, which is first bent 230° and then all "holes" are cut by a plasma-cutter. A second robot welds the frame with a CuSi3 welding filler, developed by Axel Schauff and german welding-specialist Fronius. Of course traditional hand-brazed lugged frames are also made here.

pic.: test department
frame fatigue test	fork test	seatpost fatigue test	complete bike test

Schauff has a wide range of test machines for almost all bike components. Schauff only assembles bikes with parts that exceed the DIN, BS, CPSC or ISO standards by a factor of at least 3. Schauff's own test criteria were developed in cooperation with the technical university of Aachen and are defined in the SSS94 safety standard.

pic.: Silverparts

The Silverparts division keeps stock of spare parts for all Schauff bicycles and also distributes other things to the bicycle retailer which the bike enthusiast needs. Silverparts can offer a 24 hour service within Germany and a little longer worldwide.