Part carriers for Tier 1 suppliers

Process reliability & automation for powertrain, E-mobility & system assemblies

As a Tier 1 supplier, you bear responsibility for quality, delivery reliability, and efficiency in complex supply chains. Whether Powertrain, Electrification, Chassis, or System Modules – your components must be transported and processed traceably, without damage, and ready for assembly through highly automated processes.

ZELL Part carriers secure your components from the raw part to the line – media-resistant, stackable, automatable, and 100% process-reliable. Well-known Tier 1 companies such as Bosch, BorgWarner, SFS and many others rely on ZELL systems – as do OEM-related lines from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ford and others.

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Typical applications

• Powertrain Components: E-motor housings, rotors/stators, transmission housings, shafts, coupling parts
• Electrified drives & hybrid modules: Power electronics, HV components, cooling modules
• Assembly & JIS delivery: Control units, sensors, modular assemblies
• Component cleaning in the carrier: non-contact, positionally secure, media-compatible
• Traceability & automated transfer in test or packaging stations

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Your Benefits with ZELL

🛠️ Tailored for complex geometries

ZELL carriers are precisely matched to your component contour – including protection of sealing surfaces, functional surfaces or sensitive windings.

🔧 Example: Stators are clamped without contact – without deformation of the copper winding.

🔁 No repackaging between process steps

A carrier – for the entire chain: CNC machining → cleaning → assembly → delivery → return.

🕒 Up to 15% time savings per component by eliminating manual transfer processes (industry standard value).

🤖 Suitable for robots & automatable

ZELL systems are stackable, indexed, and gripper-compatible. Ideal for:

• Pick & Place
• Palletizers
• Robotic cells
• Conveyor technology
• Autostore & Transfer Systems

🧼 Cleanable without repositioning

Media-resistant carrier systems enable rotating or static cleaning of sensitive components – without re-fixturing. Perfect for high-performance cleaning systems (e.g. Pero, Ecoclean, iFP).

🎨 Variant handling using colored clips

ZELL Multiclips are available in any number of colors – for visual assignment according to line, component type, or vehicle model.

✔️ Reduces picking errors and facilitates quality assurance.

🔍 Traceability & Digitalization

ZELL carriers are compatible with VDA-compliant DMC fields, engraving surfaces and RFID tags – ideal for component tracking, SPC data feedback and Industry 4.0 processes.

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OEM-level ex works – references included

ZELL systems meet the logistical and technical requirements of leading OEMs – whether JIS delivery to assembly lines, multiple internal circulations, e.g. at Valeo, or prototyping and series support for e.g. Bosch Powertrain and Mobility Solutions.

Logistics solutions with up to 100% higher component density per carrier have also been developed jointly with OEMs – e.g., to increase transport efficiency in internal plant traffic.

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Your benefits at a glance

✔ Tailor-made protection for complex powertrain components
✔ No re-racking: one carrier – all steps
✔ Robotics-compatible, stackable, automatable
✔ Cleaning possible without re-racking
✔ Visualizable through color-coded clips
✔ Traceable via DMC, RFID, engraving
✔ Durable, recyclable & series-tested at Tier-1 & OEMs

👉 Get advice now – ZELL develops your individual carrier solution for series production & logistics in the powertrain environment.