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[ PERSPECTIVE ]
it's amazing what a little structure
and organization can do. "
Kallas starts or completes the first
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
From scattered to systematized:
Fabricating the Phantom saddle
When Tethrd, a Roeming
Industries customer,
presented a prototype
for a new hunting saddle
design, Mike Kallas saw
an opportunity. " I had
just started in the sewing
supervisor role, so it was
my first shot at creating an
effective production process
for a new project, " he says.
The fabrication process
for previous Tethrd designs
occurred all over the shop,
with no organized sewing
strategy. Before beginning
on the new Phantom saddle
design, Kallas moved the
machines that would be
needed for production to the
company's mezzanine.
Roeming has made
more than 15,000 Phantom
saddles to date. " Being an
integral part of bringing
Tethrd's ideas to fruition
has been incredible, " Kallas
says. " We have enough orders and material to keep us busy for a long
time. I'm proud of the way we worked to create an efficient procedure
to meet customer standards more quickly and easily. "
Photo credit: Samantha Earl, Roeming employee
order for every new project so he can
develop a process that will produce the
highest quality product in the shortest
amount of time. With an established,
easy-to-follow plan in place, he then
cuts the material for each work order.
A work in progress
When employees left during the
pandemic, Kallas took on more
hands-on production work to ensure
jobs were completed on time. " I help
with it all-cutting, sewing, quality
control and shipping, " he says.
Kallas also performs all the machine
maintenance and servicing repairs.
Most of the sewing equipment at
Roeming Industries comprises needle
feed and walking foot lockstitch
machines. Operators sew on everything
from cloth, plastic and leather to
webbing, fiberglass and rubber. They
manufacture products that range from
lampshades and welding curtains to
bibs and cow hobbles used by cattle
farmers during calving.
Over the past couple years, Kallas
and his team have started using more
programmable automated machine
systems. " Working with these
machines has been a lot of fun and
helped us implement new ways to use
different patterns, webbings or straps
that save us time. "
The Industrial Fabrics Association
International (IFAI) has played an
important role in attaining this new
equipment. " Thanks to the networking
opportunities available through IFAI,
I've met people who can point me to
new machines and help me learn how
to service them, " Kallas says. " Whether
it's a machine or a process, I love taking
a hands-on approach to fixing things;
it's just fun to make things work. "
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